Sandstone WA 6639
138 addresses · 9 streets
Durack Electorate › Sandstone LGA › Sandstone · 551 km from Perth
Living Here
Sandstone is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 109 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $949 a week, with median rent near $70 a week. Most homes are houses. About 62% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Ancestry NS, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Meekatharra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sandstone itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 park
Getting around. Airport: Sandstone Airport, 900 m north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 3.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020
Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 3.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.7% · Labour-force participation 41.3%
Population by age in Sandstone
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 13 |
| 35-44 | 7 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 31 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 15 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Sandstone
| House | 34 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Sandstone
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Sandstone
| English | 34 |
|---|---|
| Ancestry NS | 34 |
| Australian | 32 |
| Irish | 12 |
| Scottish | 9 |
| Other | 8 |
Housing tenure in Sandstone
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 10 |
Cars per household in Sandstone
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Sandstone
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 4 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Sandstone
| New Zealand | 4 |
|---|---|
| England | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
690 bird observations recorded near Sandstone — most often seen:
- Crested Pigeon (53)
- Yellow-throated Miner (46)
- Western Bowerbird (40)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (34)
- Magpie-lark (33)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (32)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (30)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (30)
- Pied Butcherbird (28)
- Tree Martin (26)
- Western Crested Pigeon (25)
- Crested Bellbird (23)
- Australian Ringneck (22)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sandstone
- Western Welcome Swallow (22)
- Southern Magpie-lark (21)
- Mulga Parrot (18)
- Western Galah (18)
- Australian Magpie (17)
- Red-capped Robin (17)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (17)
- Singing Honeyeater (16)
- Northern Crested Bellbird (15)
- Rufous Whistler (15)
- Galah (14)
- Mainland Tree Martin (14)
- South-western Australian Magpie (14)
- Welcome Swallow (14)
- Inland Western Bowerbird (12)
- Red-rumped Tit (12)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Green Street (12)
- Griffith Street (32)
- Hack Street (28)
- Irvine Street (5)
- Mingah Street (7)
- Oroya Street (2)
- Payne Street (33)
- Paynes Find-sandstone Road (3)
- Thaduna Street (16)