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Shackleton WA 6386

106 addresses · 22 streets

O'Connor Electorate › Bruce Rock LGA › Shackleton · 187 km from Perth

Living Here

Shackleton is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 114 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,875 a week, with median rent near $138 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Ancestry NS, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

114Population
42Median age
$1,875Median household income / wk
$138Median rent / wk
2.9Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Merredin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Shackleton itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 0.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Shackleton

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Shackleton WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.9%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20211.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.8% · Labour-force participation 47.3%

Population by age in Shackleton
Population by age, Shackleton WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-48
5-1410
15-196
20-2412
25-348
35-4416
45-5415
55-6420
65-7412
75-840
85+0
Dwelling types in Shackleton
Dwelling types, Shackleton WA (ABS Census 2021)
House21
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Shackleton
Households by weekly income, Shackleton WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,4993
$1,500-2,9993
$3,000+0
Top ancestries in Shackleton
Top ancestries, Shackleton WA (ABS Census 2021)
Ancestry NS51
English30
Australian22
Irish10
Scottish7
Aboriginal5
Housing tenure in Shackleton
Housing tenure, Shackleton WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned13
Mortgage3
Rented6
Other0
Cars per household in Shackleton
Cars per household, Shackleton WA (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
214
35
4+3
Commute to work in Shackleton
Commute to work, Shackleton WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car23
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked5
Bicycle0
Home6

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

163 bird observations recorded near Shackleton — most often seen:

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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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