Wattening WA 6568
52 addresses · 13 streets
Durack Electorate › Toodyay LGA › Wattening · 91 km from Perth
Living Here
Wattening is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 61 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $2,333 a week, with median rent near $450 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, German. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Toodyay statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wattening itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 golf club
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: 6.2% 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 | 6.2% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 15.3% |
Demographics
Population by age in Wattening
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 8 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 8 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 10 |
| 65-74 | 3 |
| 75-84 | 3 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wattening
| House | 19 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Wattening
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 0 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 3 |
| $3,000+ | 7 |
Top ancestries in Wattening
| Australian | 29 |
|---|---|
| English | 23 |
| Other | 9 |
| German | 6 |
| Scottish | 6 |
| Ancestry NS | 5 |
Housing tenure in Wattening
| Owned | 9 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 3 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wattening
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Wattening
| Car | 13 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Wattening
| England | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
29 bird observations recorded near Wattening — most often seen:
- Banded Lapwing (4)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (4)
- Birds (3)
- Regent Parrot (3)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (3)
- Western Galah (3)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (2)
- Black-shouldered Kite (1)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (1)
- Red-capped Robin (1)
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (1)
- South-western Grey Fantail (1)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (1)
Show all 14 birds recorded near Wattening
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 Wattening:
- Bolgart (6.8 km)
- Bejoording (8.3 km)
- Culham (10.5 km)
- Dewars Pool (15.3 km)
- Wyening (18.2 km)
- Coondle (18.8 km)
- Mumberkine (21.3 km)
- Wongamine (22.5 km)
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Streets
- Bindi Bindi-toodyay Road (8)
- Bull Road (1)
- Bulligan Road (4)
- Carroll Road (2)
- Connor Road (2)
- Long Forrest Road (2)
- Mount Road (12)
- Old Plains Road (8)
- Syred Road (1)
- Telegraph Road (4)
- Wattening Road (3)
- Wattening Spring Road (4)
- Wroth Road (1)
