Waterbank WA 6725
13 addresses · 7 streets
Durack Electorate › Broome LGA › Waterbank · 1698 km from Perth
Living Here
Waterbank is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 110 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,374 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 79% of households own their home and 21% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Roebuck statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Waterbank 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: 25.2% 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 | 25.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 54.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 9.5% · Labour-force participation 62.4%
Population by age in Waterbank
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 6 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 23 |
| 55-64 | 32 |
| 65-74 | 13 |
| 75-84 | 6 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Waterbank
| House | 22 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Waterbank
| <$650 | 6 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 8 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Waterbank
| English | 45 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 34 |
| Ancestry NS | 18 |
| Irish | 15 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Other | 6 |
Housing tenure in Waterbank
| Owned | 15 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 8 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Waterbank
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 13 |
| 2 | 15 |
| 3 | 6 |
| 4+ | 3 |
Commute to work in Waterbank
| Car | 26 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Waterbank
| England | 3 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
10,819 bird observations recorded near Waterbank — most often seen:
- Rufous Whistler (544)
- Paperbark Flycatcher (498)
- Mangrove Gerygone (488)
- Brown Honeyeater (480)
- Rainbow Bee-eater (468)
- Whistling Kite (419)
- Pacific Black Duck (412)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (411)
- Blue-winged Kookaburra (411)
- Masked Lapwing (406)
- Magpie-lark (389)
- Australian White Ibis (373)
- Red-winged Parrot (366)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Waterbank
- Bar-shouldered Dove (351)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (345)
- White-faced Heron (324)
- Torresian Crow (319)
- Golden-headed Cisticola (316)
- Red-collared Lorikeet (316)
- Red-capped Plover (315)
- Willie Wagtail (314)
- Little Friarbird (306)
- White-breasted Woodswallow (301)
- Great Bowerbird (300)
- Peaceful Dove (296)
- Brush Cuckoo (275)
- Australasian Grebe (273)
- Double-barred Finch (272)
- Little Bronze-cuckoo (270)
- White-gaped Honeyeater (261)
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
- Broome-cape Leveque Road (1)
- Buckleys Road (1)
- Denham Road (2)
- Lawrence Road (3)
- Mcguigan Road (4)
- Stanley Place (1)
- Williams Road (1)