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Wanneroo WA 6065

6,508 addresses · 251 streets

Pearce Electorate › Wanneroo LGA › Wanneroo · 22 km from Perth

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Living Here

Wanneroo is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 12,113 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $1,561 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

12,113Population
41Median age
$1,561Median household income / wk
$350Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Edgewater, 3.3 km south-west · Bus interchange: Whitfords Bus Terminal, 5.4 km south-west · Airport: Perth Airport, 25.6 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 24% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wanneroo

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

Tree cover measures, Wanneroo WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202024.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202149.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.9% · Labour-force participation 60.8%

Population by age in Wanneroo
Population by age, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4699
5-141,514
15-19623
20-24665
25-341,492
35-441,623
45-541,437
55-641,487
65-741,406
75-84801
85+368
Dwelling types in Wanneroo
Dwelling types, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
House3,962
Townhouse466
Apartment7
Other126
Households by weekly income in Wanneroo
Households by weekly income, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650806
$650-1,4991,162
$1,500-2,9991,340
$3,000+769
Top ancestries in Wanneroo
Top ancestries, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
English5,380
Australian3,629
Irish1,291
Other1,176
Scottish1,143
Ancestry NS646
Housing tenure in Wanneroo
Housing tenure, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,374
Mortgage1,991
Rented946
Other177
Cars per household in Wanneroo
Cars per household, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
0240
11,492
21,663
3679
4+423
Commute to work in Wanneroo
Commute to work, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car3,917
Train83
Bus88
Tram/ferry0
Walked81
Bicycle6
Home412
Top countries of birth in Wanneroo
Top countries of birth, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
England1,567
New Zealand465
South Africa247
Scotland186
India162
Ireland157
Languages used at home in Wanneroo
Languages used at home, Wanneroo WA (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese141
Afrikaans103
Gujarati101
Mandarin97
Italian94
French55

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

56,275 bird observations recorded near Wanneroo — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Wanneroo

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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