Wellstead WA 6328
78 addresses · 14 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Albany LGA › Wellstead · 383 km from Perth
Living Here
Wellstead is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 78 people, with a median age of 39. The typical household earns around $1,333 a week, with median rent near $104 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 32% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Albany Region statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wellstead itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 service station
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: 14.1% 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 | 14.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 38.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 58.1%
Population by age in Wellstead
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 4 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 12 |
| 35-44 | 12 |
| 45-54 | 4 |
| 55-64 | 15 |
| 65-74 | 10 |
| 75-84 | 7 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Wellstead
| House | 24 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 3 |
Households by weekly income in Wellstead
| <$650 | 4 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 9 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 9 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Wellstead
| English | 30 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 27 |
| Irish | 9 |
| Ancestry NS | 9 |
| German | 7 |
| Scottish | 4 |
Housing tenure in Wellstead
| Owned | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 8 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Wellstead
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 5 |
| 2 | 9 |
| 3 | 4 |
| 4+ | 9 |
Commute to work in Wellstead
| Car | 20 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 7 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 7 |
Languages used at home in Wellstead
| Italian | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
410 bird observations recorded near Wellstead — most often seen:
- Short-billed Black-cockatoo (24)
- Australian Raven (22)
- Red Wattlebird (22)
- New Holland Honeyeater (21)
- Willie Wagtail (21)
- Galah (17)
- Red-capped Parrot (17)
- Crested Pigeon (16)
- Nankeen Kestrel (16)
- Welcome Swallow (16)
- South-western Australian Magpie (15)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (15)
- Grey Currawong (14)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Wellstead
- Western Australian Raven (14)
- Magpie-lark (12)
- Western Red Wattlebird (12)
- Western Silvereye (12)
- Black-shouldered Kite (11)
- Pacific Black Duck (11)
- Regent Parrot (11)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (11)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (10)
- South-western Grey Currawong (10)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (10)
- Western Spinebill (10)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (9)
- Southern Magpie-lark (8)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (8)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (8)
- Common Bronzewing (7)
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 Wellstead:
- Mettler (10.9 km)
- Gnowellen (17.3 km)
- Kojaneerup South (22 km)
- Boxwood Hill (26.1 km)
- Monjebup (27.1 km)
- Green Range (29.3 km)
- South Stirling (36.7 km)
- Nalyerlup (43.8 km)
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Streets
- Basil Road (1)
- Boat Harbour Road (4)
- Cape Riche Road (5)
- Fenwick Street (7)
- Gnowellen Road (3)
- Lawrence Street (3)
- Lehman Avenue (4)
- Old Boundary Road (3)
- Porter Street (6)
- Sandalwood Road (7)
- South Coast Highway (14)
- Steedman Street (8)
- Turnor Road (1)
- Windsor Road (12)
