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Wyalkatchem WA 6485

339 addresses · 45 streets

O'Connor Electorate › Wyalkatchem LGA › Wyalkatchem · 167 km from Perth

Living Here

Wyalkatchem is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 358 people, with a median age of 55. The typical household earns around $781 a week, with median rent near $155 a week. Most homes are houses. About 69% of households own their home and 27% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

358Population
55Median age
$781Median household income / wk
$155Median rent / wk
1.8Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Wyalkatchem, 1.1 km north.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources1/10
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: 0.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Wyalkatchem

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

Tree cover measures, Wyalkatchem WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20200.7%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20210.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 45.7%

Population by age in Wyalkatchem
Population by age, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-410
5-1433
15-1915
20-2413
25-3434
35-4439
45-5439
55-6458
65-7469
75-8453
85+9
Dwelling types in Wyalkatchem
Dwelling types, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
House159
Townhouse6
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Wyalkatchem
Households by weekly income, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65057
$650-1,49954
$1,500-2,99928
$3,000+13
Top ancestries in Wyalkatchem
Top ancestries, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
English154
Australian120
Scottish43
Ancestry NS33
Aboriginal30
Irish29
Housing tenure in Wyalkatchem
Housing tenure, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned83
Mortgage30
Rented44
Other7
Cars per household in Wyalkatchem
Cars per household, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
013
169
259
320
4+6
Commute to work in Wyalkatchem
Commute to work, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car91
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle0
Home10
Top countries of birth in Wyalkatchem
Top countries of birth, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
England23
New Zealand6
Philippines5
India3
Ireland3
United States3
Languages used at home in Wyalkatchem
Languages used at home, Wyalkatchem WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous4
Gujarati4
Malayalam3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

875 bird observations recorded near Wyalkatchem — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Wyalkatchem

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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