Windabout WA 6450
46 addresses · 6 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Esperance LGA › Windabout · 602 km from Perth
Living Here
Windabout is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 124 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $2,305 a week, with median rent near $475 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 9 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Esperance statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Windabout itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 hospital
2 golf clubs
2 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
2 mechanics
1 plumber
Getting around. Airport: Esperance Airport, 17.6 km north-west.
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: 32.5% 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 | 32.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 45.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.9% · Labour-force participation 64.2%
Population by age in Windabout
| 0-4 | 5 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 10 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 10 |
| 25-34 | 7 |
| 35-44 | 14 |
| 45-54 | 26 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 11 |
| 75-84 | 13 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Windabout
| House | 37 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Windabout
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 7 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Windabout
| Australian | 61 |
|---|---|
| English | 44 |
| Ancestry NS | 22 |
| Irish | 13 |
| German | 10 |
| Italian | 7 |
Housing tenure in Windabout
| Owned | 18 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 17 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Windabout
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 5 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 15 |
Commute to work in Windabout
| Car | 43 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Windabout
| Netherlands | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,939 bird observations recorded near Windabout — most often seen:
- Western Wattlebird (711)
- New Holland Honeyeater (639)
- Pacific Black Duck (615)
- White-faced Heron (576)
- Willie Wagtail (542)
- Chestnut Teal (452)
- Black Swan (447)
- Silvereye (445)
- Australian Shelduck (437)
- Silver Gull (435)
- Australian Pelican (421)
- Magpie-lark (418)
- Great Egret (410)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Windabout
- Musk Duck (393)
- Grey Teal (380)
- Common Bronzewing (376)
- Red Wattlebird (372)
- Eurasian Coot (364)
- Australian Raven (352)
- Yellow-throated Miner (333)
- Welcome Swallow (325)
- Australian White Ibis (322)
- Little Black Cormorant (316)
- Little Pied Cormorant (294)
- Crested Pigeon (284)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (284)
- Hoary-headed Grebe (281)
- Australian Magpie (260)
- Rock Dove (228)
- Pacific Gull (227)
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 Windabout:
- Bandy Creek (1.2 km)
- Castletown (1.5 km)
- Chadwick (3 km)
- Myrup (4.7 km)
- Esperance (5 km)
- Nulsen (5.5 km)
- Sinclair (6 km)
- West Beach (6.7 km)
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Streets
- Claire Road (1)
- Dickinson Road (1)
- Lalor Drive (27)
- Norseman Road (1)
- Tranquil Drive (12)
- Windabout Way (4)
