Sinclair WA 6450
606 addresses · 26 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Esperance LGA › Sinclair · 600 km from Perth
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Living Here
Sinclair is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 765 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,441 a week, with median rent near $270 a week. Most homes are houses. About 65% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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 Esperance statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Sinclair itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 supermarkets
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 hospital
1 post office
3 service stations
3 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 bakery
2 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
2 mechanics
1 plumber
Getting around. Airport: Esperance Airport, 20.8 km 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: 17.9% 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 | 17.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 33.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 62.8%
Population by age in Sinclair
| 0-4 | 45 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 99 |
| 15-19 | 54 |
| 20-24 | 61 |
| 25-34 | 95 |
| 35-44 | 86 |
| 45-54 | 92 |
| 55-64 | 105 |
| 65-74 | 73 |
| 75-84 | 44 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Sinclair
| House | 273 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 14 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Sinclair
| <$650 | 47 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 72 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 80 |
| $3,000+ | 32 |
Top ancestries in Sinclair
| Australian | 346 |
|---|---|
| English | 304 |
| Scottish | 96 |
| Irish | 75 |
| Aboriginal | 58 |
| Ancestry NS | 53 |
Housing tenure in Sinclair
| Owned | 79 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 104 |
| Rented | 94 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Sinclair
| 0 | 11 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 102 |
| 2 | 113 |
| 3 | 31 |
| 4+ | 19 |
Commute to work in Sinclair
| Car | 282 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 5 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 6 |
| Home | 11 |
Top countries of birth in Sinclair
| New Zealand | 33 |
|---|---|
| England | 27 |
| South Africa | 11 |
| Philippines | 7 |
| Ireland | 6 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Sinclair
| Australian Indigenous | 7 |
|---|---|
| Filipino | 7 |
| German | 4 |
| Russian | 4 |
| Afrikaans | 3 |
| French | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,579 bird observations recorded near Sinclair — most often seen:
- New Holland Honeyeater (434)
- Western Wattlebird (385)
- Yellow-throated Miner (344)
- Silver Gull (340)
- Pacific Gull (320)
- Rock Dove (305)
- Red Wattlebird (297)
- Magpie-lark (281)
- Silvereye (272)
- Common Bronzewing (267)
- Pacific Black Duck (263)
- Crested Pigeon (256)
- Willie Wagtail (245)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Sinclair
- Chestnut Teal (231)
- Welcome Swallow (218)
- White-faced Heron (205)
- Australian Magpie (195)
- Australian Raven (160)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (160)
- Australian Shelduck (158)
- Black-faced Cormorant (153)
- Cape Barren Goose (141)
- Grey Butcherbird (141)
- South-western Australian Magpie (126)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (123)
- Little Pied Cormorant (119)
- Eurasian Coot (118)
- Grey Teal (112)
- Sooty Oystercatcher (111)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (99)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Sinclair:
- Nulsen (1 km)
- West Beach (1.3 km)
- Esperance (1.3 km)
- Chadwick (3.1 km)
- Castletown (4.5 km)
- Pink Lake (5.3 km)
- Bandy Creek (5.6 km)
- Windabout (6 km)
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Streets
- Backland Street (23)
- Begonia Place (9)
- Blake Street (15)
- Connolly Street (3)
- Doug Murray Drive (8)
- Frederick Street (43)
- Freeman Street (14)
- George Street (16)
- Gibson Street (37)
- Gladstone Street (19)
- Johns Street (47)
- Kalari Place (4)
- Lee Close (4)
- Milner Street (25)
- Moir Street (25)
- Mount Street (44)
- Ocean Street (52)
- Parsons Street (10)
- Piesse Street (15)
- Pink Lake Road (39)
- Scholey Street (16)
- Sherwood Place (11)
- Sims Street (35)
- St Patricks Avenue (35)
- Treasure Road (37)
- Valentine Way (20)
