The Lakes WA 6556
15 addresses · 6 streets
Hasluck Electorate › Mundaring LGA › The Lakes · 46 km from Perth
Living Here
The Lakes is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 20 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $3,625 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Chidlow statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: The Lakes itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 café or restaurant
Getting around. Airport: Perth Airport, 36.4 km west.
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: 38.8% 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 | 38.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 72.9% |
Demographics
Population by age in The Lakes
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 4 |
| 35-44 | 0 |
| 45-54 | 6 |
| 55-64 | 8 |
| 65-74 | 6 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in The Lakes
| House | 8 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Top ancestries in The Lakes
| Australian | 15 |
|---|---|
| English | 12 |
| Scottish | 5 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in The Lakes
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in The Lakes
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in The Lakes
| Car | 7 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
6,575 bird observations recorded near The Lakes — most often seen:
- Yellow-plumed Honeyeater (401)
- Southern Weebill (353)
- Rufous Treecreeper (348)
- South-western Grey Fantail (326)
- Western Striated Pardalote (301)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (282)
- Forest Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (262)
- Western Thornbill (256)
- Australian Raven (252)
- Australian Ringneck (242)
- Weebill (234)
- South-western Australian Magpie (218)
- South-west Western Gerygone (209)
Show all 30 birds recorded near The Lakes
- Western Spinebill (206)
- Dusky Woodswallow (203)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (197)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (185)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (184)
- Western Australian Raven (180)
- South-western Scarlet Robin (174)
- Grey Shrike-thrush (173)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (161)
- Red-capped Parrot (160)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (160)
- Willie Wagtail (160)
- Tree Martin (153)
- Galah (152)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (151)
- Grey Fantail (148)
- Red Wattlebird (144)
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 The Lakes:
- Beechina (4.6 km)
- Chidlow (8.3 km)
- Woottating (9.7 km)
- Wooroloo (10.5 km)
- Mount Helena (12.9 km)
- Sawyers Valley (13.2 km)
- Wundowie (13.8 km)
- Copley (15.2 km)
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Streets
- Abercorn Road (4)
- Carter Road (2)
- Flynn Road (1)
- Great Eastern Highway (3)
- Great Southern Highway (3)
- Tudor Park Road (2)