Thomson Brook WA 6239
88 addresses · 12 streets
Forrest Electorate › Donnybrook-Balingup LGA › Thomson Brook · 186 km from Perth
Living Here
Thomson Brook is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 89 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $966 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 10% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Donnybrook - Balingup statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Thomson Brook itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
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: 29.4% 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 | 29.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 43.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.8% · Labour-force participation 58.7%
Population by age in Thomson Brook
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 4 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 0 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 11 |
| 55-64 | 21 |
| 65-74 | 22 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Thomson Brook
| House | 34 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Thomson Brook
| <$650 | 9 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 10 |
Top ancestries in Thomson Brook
| Australian | 37 |
|---|---|
| English | 37 |
| Irish | 19 |
| Scottish | 11 |
| Other | 8 |
| Dutch | 3 |
Housing tenure in Thomson Brook
| Owned | 14 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 3 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Thomson Brook
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 10 |
| 3 | 9 |
| 4+ | 8 |
Commute to work in Thomson Brook
| Car | 22 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Thomson Brook
| England | 8 |
|---|
Languages used at home in Thomson Brook
| Afrikaans | 5 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
92 bird observations recorded near Thomson Brook — most often seen:
- Forest Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (7)
- Western Yellow Robin (6)
- Australasian Shoveler (4)
- Australian Shelduck (4)
- Eurasian Coot (4)
- Grey Teal (4)
- Hardhead (4)
- Long-billed Black-cockatoo (4)
- Pacific Black Duck (4)
- Red-rumped Tit (4)
- Australasian Grebe (3)
- Australian Wood Duck (3)
- Black-fronted Dotterel (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Thomson Brook
- Golden Whistler (3)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (3)
- Western Splendid Fairy-wren (3)
- White-naped Honeyeater (3)
- Australasian Darter (2)
- Australian White Ibis (2)
- Common Bronzewing (2)
- Eyre Peninsula Yellow Robin (2)
- Great Cormorant (2)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (2)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (2)
- South-west Western Rosella (2)
- South-western Australian Magpie (2)
- South-western Grey Fantail (2)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (2)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (2)
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 Thomson Brook:
- Charley Creek (6.4 km)
- Brookhampton (7.5 km)
- Lowden (9.3 km)
- Queenwood (9.6 km)
- Newlands (10.3 km)
- Yabberup (10.3 km)
- Beelerup (11.7 km)
- Kirup (12.1 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Road (2)
- Brookhampton Road (2)
- Charley Creek Road (13)
- Eastman Road (3)
- Forrest Road (6)
- King Spring Road (20)
- Little Road (1)
- Lyons Road (1)
- Preston Road (2)
- Thomson Brook Road (29)
- Towers Road (3)
- Wildmere Road (6)
