Torbay WA 6330
187 addresses · 27 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Albany LGA › Torbay · 378 km from Perth
Living Here
Torbay is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 378 people, with a median age of 42. The typical household earns around $1,430 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 12% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. 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 Albany Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Torbay 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: 21.2% 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 | 21.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 31.1% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.7% · Labour-force participation 58.8%
Population by age in Torbay
| 0-4 | 22 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 38 |
| 15-19 | 18 |
| 20-24 | 17 |
| 25-34 | 60 |
| 35-44 | 38 |
| 45-54 | 43 |
| 55-64 | 73 |
| 65-74 | 43 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Torbay
| House | 113 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Torbay
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 38 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 34 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Torbay
| English | 145 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 133 |
| Ancestry NS | 58 |
| Scottish | 28 |
| Irish | 25 |
| Other | 20 |
Housing tenure in Torbay
| Owned | 59 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 33 |
| Rented | 13 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Torbay
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 51 |
| 3 | 17 |
| 4+ | 24 |
Commute to work in Torbay
| Car | 101 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 12 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 28 |
Top countries of birth in Torbay
| England | 25 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Netherlands | 7 |
| Wales | 7 |
| South Africa | 5 |
| Italy | 3 |
Languages used at home in Torbay
| Italian | 10 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
3,320 bird observations recorded near Torbay — most often seen:
- South-western Grey Fantail (169)
- South-western Australian Magpie (160)
- South-west Western Rosella (152)
- Western Australian Raven (152)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (150)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (140)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (140)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (139)
- Gilbert's Honeyeater (137)
- Red-eared Firetail (134)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (124)
- Common Bronzewing (122)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (120)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Torbay
- Western Splendid Fairy-wren (120)
- Western Red Wattlebird (119)
- Western Silvereye (118)
- Red-capped Parrot (115)
- Southern Inland Thornbill (114)
- Mainland Tree Martin (94)
- White-breasted Robin (91)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (90)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (86)
- Pacific Black Duck (75)
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (75)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (73)
- White-faced Heron (67)
- Forest Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (63)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (62)
- Australian Shelduck (60)
- South-west Western Gerygone (59)
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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Streets
- Boccomazzo Road (2)
- Cochrane Road (2)
- Corio Road (12)
- Fairview Road (2)
- Fennell Road (3)
- Hennings Road (3)
- Howard Road (1)
- Hunwick Road (9)
- Hunwick Road N (8)
- Hunwick South Road (30)
- Jarman Road (2)
- Lower Denmark Road (12)
- Marshall Road (1)
- Meanwood Road (8)
- Newbold Road (12)
- Norton Road (6)
- Perkins Beach Road (14)
- Puls Road (15)
- Railway Road (8)
- Rutherford Road (8)
- Rutherhill Road (2)
- Rutherwood Road (3)
- South Coast Highway (14)
- Thomas Road (2)
- Torbay Inlet Road (1)
- Unndiup Road (3)
- Wilgie Road (4)
