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Spalding WA 6530

1,146 addresses · 52 streets

Durack Electorate › Greater Geraldton LGA › Spalding · 376 km from Perth

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Living Here

Spalding is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 1,992 people, with a median age of 40. The typical household earns around $1,061 a week, with median rent near $220 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

1,992Population
40Median age
$1,061Median household income / wk
$220Median rent / wk
2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Bus interchange: Transwa Geraldton, 3.9 km south-west · Airport: Geraldton Airport, 9.4 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
Education & jobs1/10

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: 16.6% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Spalding

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

Tree cover measures, Spalding WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202016.6%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202147.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 10.2% · Labour-force participation 46.9%

Population by age in Spalding
Population by age, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4127
5-14291
15-19129
20-24129
25-34220
35-44236
45-54261
55-64262
65-74228
75-8490
85+29
Dwelling types in Spalding
Dwelling types, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
House613
Townhouse74
Apartment23
Other0
Households by weekly income in Spalding
Households by weekly income, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650179
$650-1,499244
$1,500-2,999172
$3,000+54
Top ancestries in Spalding
Top ancestries, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian714
English607
Aboriginal373
Ancestry NS326
Irish143
Scottish133
Housing tenure in Spalding
Housing tenure, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned234
Mortgage217
Rented223
Other7
Cars per household in Spalding
Cars per household, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
049
1274
2224
392
4+43
Commute to work in Spalding
Commute to work, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car516
Train0
Bus15
Tram/ferry0
Walked0
Bicycle13
Home13
Top countries of birth in Spalding
Top countries of birth, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
England47
New Zealand34
Philippines16
Thailand11
Germany10
South Africa10
Languages used at home in Spalding
Languages used at home, Spalding WA (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese19
Australian Indigenous10
Filipino10
Afrikaans9
Mandarin6
Thai6

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

4,117 bird observations recorded near Spalding — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Spalding

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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