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Wickham WA 6720

1,525 addresses · 51 streets

Durack Electorate › Karratha LGA › Wickham · 1260 km from Perth

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Living Here

Wickham is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 2,022 people, with a median age of 31. The typical household earns around $3,358 a week, with median rent near $115 a week. Most homes are houses. About 5% of households own their home and 93% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

2,022Population
31Median age
$3,358Median household income / wk
$115Median rent / wk
2.9Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Roebourne Airport, 9.4 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources4/10
Education & jobs2/10

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: 0.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wickham

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

Tree cover measures, Wickham WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.0%

Demographics

Unemployment 1.9% · Labour-force participation 69.6%

Population by age in Wickham
Population by age, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4198
5-14379
15-19114
20-24103
25-34369
35-44409
45-54247
55-64155
65-7445
75-8412
85+0
Dwelling types in Wickham
Dwelling types, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
House382
Townhouse133
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Wickham
Households by weekly income, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6509
$650-1,49932
$1,500-2,999133
$3,000+278
Top ancestries in Wickham
Top ancestries, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian776
English631
Ancestry NS388
Aboriginal235
Other179
Irish136
Housing tenure in Wickham
Housing tenure, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned10
Mortgage17
Rented469
Other6
Cars per household in Wickham
Cars per household, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
016
1120
2238
387
4+43
Commute to work in Wickham
Commute to work, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car589
Train0
Bus91
Tram/ferry0
Walked23
Bicycle12
Home7
Top countries of birth in Wickham
Top countries of birth, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
New Zealand85
Philippines41
England29
South Africa19
Thailand18
India12
Languages used at home in Wickham
Languages used at home, Wickham WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous33
Thai16
Tagalog15
Afrikaans13
Spanish10
Filipino9

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

1,098 bird observations recorded near Wickham — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Wickham

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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