Watheroo WA 6513
152 addresses · 24 streets
Durack Electorate › Moora LGA › Watheroo · 185 km from Perth
Living Here
Watheroo is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 137 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,541 a week, with median rent near $160 a week. Most homes are houses. About 77% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Aboriginal. 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 Moora statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Watheroo itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 place to stay
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: 0.9% 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 | 0.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 5.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 71.2%
Population by age in Watheroo
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 3 |
| 35-44 | 18 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 20 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 4 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Watheroo
| House | 49 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Watheroo
| <$650 | 7 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 10 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Watheroo
| English | 58 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 52 |
| Aboriginal | 23 |
| Scottish | 17 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Ancestry NS | 7 |
Housing tenure in Watheroo
| Owned | 27 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 9 |
| Rented | 7 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Watheroo
| 0 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 7 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 7 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Watheroo
| Car | 37 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Watheroo
| England | 5 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 5 |
Languages used at home in Watheroo
| Australian Indigenous | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
83 bird observations recorded near Watheroo — most often seen:
- Western Australian Raven (7)
- Long-billed Black-cockatoo (5)
- Butler's Corella (4)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (4)
- White-winged Fairy-wren (4)
- Australian Ringneck (3)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Rufous Songlark (3)
- South-western Australian Magpie (3)
- Southern Magpie-lark (3)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (3)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (3)
- Western Corella (3)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Watheroo
- Western Galah (3)
- Australian Magpie (2)
- Birds (2)
- Galah (2)
- Grey Fantail (2)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (2)
- Inland Red-tailed Black-cockatoo (2)
- Magpie-lark (2)
- Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (2)
- Mainland Wedge-tailed Eagle (2)
- Pied Butcherbird (2)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (2)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (2)
- South-western Yellow-throated Miner (2)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (2)
- Southern Weebill (2)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (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 Watheroo:
- Namban (9.6 km)
- Coomberdale (19.1 km)
- Gunyidi (20.3 km)
- Berkshire Valley (30.1 km)
- Marchagee (31.8 km)
- Miling (33.1 km)
- Miamoon (38.8 km)
- Moora (38.9 km)
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Streets
- Arrawarra Road (1)
- Bartlett Road (1)
- Carino Road (1)
- Carot Well Road (8)
- Eagle Hill Road (2)
- Edawa Road (2)
- Elliot Way (1)
- Ellis Street (7)
- Emu Parade (3)
- French Road (2)
- George Street (32)
- Grain Lane (1)
- Longman Road (2)
- Low Road (1)
- Marah Street (3)
- Mason Road (1)
- Merewana Road (9)
- Midlands Road (7)
- Miling Watheroo Road (14)
- Murray Street (7)
- Old Geraldton North Road (2)
- Railway Road (2)
- Watheroo Road (5)
- York Street (38)
