Waddy Forest WA 6515
43 addresses · 12 streets
Durack Electorate › Coorow LGA › Waddy Forest · 236 km from Perth
Living Here
Waddy Forest is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 30 people, with a median age of 38. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Morawa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waddy Forest 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: 1.7% 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 | 1.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 3.7% |
Demographics
Population by age in Waddy Forest
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 5 |
| 55-64 | 3 |
| 65-74 | 4 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 4 |
Dwelling types in Waddy Forest
| House | 13 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Waddy Forest
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 4 |
| $3,000+ | 3 |
Top ancestries in Waddy Forest
| Australian | 21 |
|---|---|
| English | 14 |
| Other | 4 |
| Aboriginal | 0 |
| Chinese | 0 |
| Croatian | 0 |
Housing tenure in Waddy Forest
| Owned | 5 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 0 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Waddy Forest
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 0 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Waddy Forest
| Car | 9 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 8 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
347 bird observations recorded near Waddy Forest — most often seen:
- Port Lincoln Parrot (32)
- Western Galah (32)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (22)
- Birds (20)
- Southern Weebill (19)
- Western Striated Pardalote (19)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (17)
- Southern Magpie-lark (16)
- Western Australian Raven (14)
- South-western Australian Magpie (13)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (12)
- Western Crested Pigeon (12)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (12)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waddy Forest
- Mainland Tree Martin (11)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (11)
- Inland Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (9)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (9)
- Nankeen Kestrel (8)
- South-western Yellow-throated Miner (7)
- Butler's Corella (6)
- Northern Little Corella (6)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (5)
- Red-capped Robin (5)
- South-western Black-faced Woodswallow (5)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (5)
- Yellow-throated Miner (5)
- South-western Grey Fantail (4)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (4)
- Western Welcome Swallow (4)
- Banded Lapwing (3)
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
- Chapman Road (3)
- Coorow-latham Road (11)
- Davies Road (4)
- Fowler Patton Road (1)
- Green Road (1)
- Lampard-tremlett Road (9)
- Mamboobie Road (1)
- Raffan Road (2)
- Read Road (2)
- South Waddy Road (3)
- Waddy Forest Road (5)
- White Road (1)
