Living Here

Wilga is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 71 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $833 a week, with median rent near $200 a week. Most homes are houses. About 74% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

71Population

45Median age

$833Median household income / wk

$200Median rent / wk

2.3Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Bridgetown - Boyup Brook statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Wilga itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10

Economic resources5/10

Education & jobs6/10

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: 31.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wilga

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

Tree cover measures, Wilga WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020	31.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021	49.1%

Demographics

Unemployment 15.2% · Labour-force participation 55%

Population by age in Wilga

Population by age, Wilga WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4	0
5-14	11
15-19	11
20-24	6
25-34	0
35-44	11
45-54	8
55-64	7
65-74	10
75-84	5
85+	4

Dwelling types in Wilga

Dwelling types, Wilga WA (ABS Census 2021)
House	26
Townhouse	0
Apartment	0
Other	0

Households by weekly income in Wilga

Households by weekly income, Wilga WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650	13
$650-1,499	0
$1,500-2,999	0
$3,000+	0

Top ancestries in Wilga

Top ancestries, Wilga WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian	45
English	17
Irish	5
Ancestry NS	5
Dutch	3
Italian	3

Housing tenure in Wilga

Housing tenure, Wilga WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned	8
Mortgage	12
Rented	4
Other	3

Cars per household in Wilga

Cars per household, Wilga WA (ABS Census 2021)
0	0
1	12
2	10
3	6
4+	5

Commute to work in Wilga

Commute to work, Wilga WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car	16
Train	0
Bus	0
Tram/ferry	0
Walked	0
Bicycle	0
Home	3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

38 bird observations recorded near Wilga — most often seen:

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Grey Fantail (1)
Laughing Kookaburra (1)
Mainland Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (1)
Osprey (1)
Red Wattlebird (1)
Red-rumped Tit (1)
Scarlet Robin (1)
Singing Honeyeater (1)
South Australian Golden Whistler (1)
South-western Australian Magpie (1)
South-western Grey Fantail (1)
South-western New Holland Honeyeater (1)
Southern Inland Thornbill (1)
Southern Laughing Kookaburra (1)
Twenty-eight Parrot (1)
Wedge-tailed Eagle (1)
Welcome Swallow (1)

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 Wilga:

Wilga West (3.9 km)
Mcalinden (11.6 km)
Noggerup (13.9 km)
Benjinup (14.9 km)
Catterick (19.4 km)
Boyup Brook (20.4 km)
Mumballup (21.8 km)
North Greenbushes (22.3 km)

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