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WA · Esperance Council
Esperance, 6450
Est. population · Jun 2025
2,197
Growth (1 yr)
+0.2%
Growth (5 yr)
+1.4%
Median age
52
Median income
$1,087/wk
Employment rate
47.6%
Languages at home
5.9%non-English
Most common: Afrikaans, Cantonese, Persian
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Excellent transport
- High desirability
- Green suburb
- Education hub
- Café precinct
Suburb profile
Away from the major hubs, Esperance is a smaller community in Esperance Council with its own quieter rhythm. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with families and grandchildren still a visible part of community life. There is a dense cluster of schools and early-learning options nearby.
Outdoor life is easy here, with generous parks and room for kids, dogs and weekend strolls. Daily life works well on foot, with buses also serving the suburb. Housing is more affordable than in many parts of the state.
Reported crime has been falling recently. The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
Desirability rates good overall, led by local dining and lifestyle amenities, while community and employment land closer to the middle of the pack for similar regional towns.
At a glance
Esperance snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$500/wk
Population (ERP)
2,197
+0.2% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
21.8%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#1
among Country & regional · Mature
Safety
18th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
34th
percentile in WA
Advantage (IRSAD)
2/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
23rd
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 55.9/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 22% of Western Australia's suburbs
- National rank
- 1465th in Australia
- State rank
- 148th in WA
- Peer rank
- #1 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #6 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 78%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- All types (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
- $500
- Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
- 836
Median weekly rent from WA rental bond lodgements. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- WA rental bond lodgements — Department of Communities (WA) · wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv · Updated · Monthly bond summaries
Population
Estimated resident population
2,197(June 2025)
+0.2% annual · +1.4% over 5 years · 34th percentile in WA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +0.2%
- 5-year growth
- +1.4%
- Change in 1 year
- +4
- Change in 5 years
- +31
- Growth rank in WA
- 34th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~2,250), extrapolated at +0.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 2,080
- Median age
- 52
- Median household income / week
- $1,087
- Dwelling vacancy
- 21.8%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 253 of 1,161
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,500
- Employment rate
- 47.6%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 572 / 252 / 77 (+ 3 other)
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 3,295
- Against the person
- 1,162
- Against property
- 1,434
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 1,499.8
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 2 residents
- State safety percentile
- 18.1th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -54.2%
Most common offence types
- Assault (Family)541
- Assault (Non-Family)255
- Drug Offences472
- Property Damage378
- Stealing500
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- WA Police district crime statistics — Western Australia Police Force · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Quarterly timeseries XLSX; district-level aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 7
- Median school ICSEA (7 schools)
- 946
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 23th
School list
- Esperance Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1010 · 51th percentile · LBOTE 13% · 453 students · Top SEA quarter 15% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
- Esperance Anglican Community SchoolSecondary · Independent · ICSEA 1004 · 49th percentile · LBOTE 13% · 308 students · Top SEA quarter 12% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
- Esperance Christian SchoolPrimary · Independent · ICSEA 858 · 5th percentile · LBOTE 13% · 41 students · Top SEA quarter 14% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
- Nulsen Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 833 · 4th percentile · LBOTE 10% · 193 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Our Lady Star of the Sea Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1011 · 52th percentile · LBOTE 21% · 99 students · Top SEA quarter 17% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Esperance Education Support CentreSpecial · Government · ICSEA 912 · 13th percentile · LBOTE 0% · 14 students · Top SEA quarter 1% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
- Esperance Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 946 · 23th percentile · LBOTE 9% · 761 students · Top SEA quarter 9% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Public transport
33 public transport stops in this suburb
- Dempster St After William St
- Emily St After Dempster St
- Emily St After Sampson St
- Mungan St After Foy St
- Mungan St Before Harbour Rd
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
85 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
6 restaurants · 5 cafes · 2 pubs · 1 bars · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 5 fast food · 2 bakeries
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Highly walkable for everyday errands
- Good local dining options — 21 food & drink venues nearby
- Great for outdoor family life — 7 parks mapped in suburb, 4 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 33 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 11 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 100/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 2.4
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 10.1
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 3.37
Food & drink(21)
- Bakery
- Brumby's BakeriesBakery
- Eljay's Bar and RestaurantBar
- Aurelias Ice Creamery and CafeCafe
- Cafe
- Coffee CatCafe
- Down Town Espresso BarCafe
- ROAST AND TOAST LUNCH BAR AND CAFECafe
- Jax SnaxFast food
- McDonald'sFast food
- Red RoosterFast food
- SubwayFast food
Unit 8 79 Dempster Street, Esperance
- Top End TakeawayFast food
- Esperance HotelPub
- Pier HotelPub
The Esplanade
- Eljay's Bar and RestaurantRestaurant
- Golden OrientRestaurant
- Ocean Blue RestaurantRestaurant
The Esplanade
- Pizza & PorterRestaurant
- SANDY HOOK TAVERNRestaurant
- The QuartersRestaurant
1 Taylor Street, Esperance
Shopping(4)
- Butcher
- IGASupermarket
- WoolworthsSupermarket
Community(1)
- First Esperamce Scout GroupCommunity centre
Health & services(3)
- Banksia Medical and HealthDentist
- Esperance Bay DentalDentist
- Bradshaws PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(11)
- By The Bay PilatesGym
- Playground (4)
- Bay of Isles Leisure CentreSports centre
- Esperance Indoor Sport StadiumSports centre
- Sports centre (2)
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Entertainment(1)
- Fenwick 3 CinemasCinema
Other(40)
- LiquorBaronsAlcohol
- LiquorSTAXAlcohol
- ANZBank
- BankwestBank
- WestpacBank
- Bbq
- Bicycle Parking (4)
- Books
- AvisCar Rental
- Little UrchinsClothes
- Esperance CourthouseCourthouse
- K HubDepartment Store
- Esperance Home HardwareDoityourself
- Drinking water
- ChargefoxEV charging
- Aunty Joan's Dolly MixEvents Venue
- Fire station
- Loxe Floral and Home Co.Florist
- Miarhetts Hair DesignHairdresser
- Loxe Floral and Home Co.Houseware
- Computer AlleyInternet Cafe
- Parking (3)
- AmpolPetrol station
- Esperance Uniting Church CentrePlace of worship
- Esperance Police StationPolice
- Australia PostPost Box
- Esperance LPOPost office
- Public toilets
- Recycling
- RetravisionRental
- Just One More StitchSewing
- Shower
- Dempster SportingSports
- SportsPowerSports
- ABC EsperanceStudio
80 Windich Street, Esperance
- South Coast InkTattoo
- TelstraTelephone
- Flight CentreTravel Agency
- Water Point
- Esperance Red Cross ShopYes
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
7 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Adventureland ParkPark
- Bow ParkPark
- James Street ParkPark
- Museum ParkPark
- Ralph Bower Adventureland ParkPark
- The EsplandePark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 7
- Parks (OSM)
- 7
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Esperance Uniting Church Centre
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 8
- Nearest hospital
- Esperance Hospital (0.6 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- On site
- Banksia Medical and HealthDentist
- Bradshaws PharmacyPharmacy
- Connect HearingAudiologist
- Dr C Harris and Associates - Dental SurgeryDentist
- Esperance Bay DentalDentist
- Esperance Family PracticeDoctor
- Esperance HospitalHospital
- Esperance PodiatryPodiatrist
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 56
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 25.5
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 24° / 15°
- Rainfall
- 71 mm · ~9 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 22° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 170 mm · ~21 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 18° / 9°
- Rainfall
- 342 mm · ~43 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 20° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 167 mm · ~21 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Heritage
5 heritage places
- Esperance RSL Building, Norfolk Island Pine Trees and War Memorial84 Dempster St, Esperance18402
- Norfolk Pine TreesAndrew & Dempster Sts, Esperance5054
- Bijou Theatre115 Dempster St, Esperance828
- Dempster Homestead (fmr), Esperance155 Dempster St, Esperance822
- R.S.L. Building / RSL Headquarters84 Dempster St, Esperance825
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via WA bush fire prone area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- O'Connor
- Member of Parliament
- Rick WILSON (Liberal)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 122,006
- Turnout (2025)
- 86.7%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -6.6 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 63.3%Labor 36.7%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 185.3 km away).
Coalition 70.7%Labor 29.3%
7.4 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -6.7 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- EsperanceLabor 28.9% · Coalition 71.1% TPP (2025)0.1 km away
- Special Hospital Team 6Labor 44.9% · Coalition 55.1% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
- NulsenLabor 40.5% · Coalition 59.5% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
- CastletownLabor 23.9% · Coalition 76.1% TPP (2025)3.8 km away
- GibsonLabor 11.4% · Coalition 88.6% TPP (2025)24.9 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 2/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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