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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%

University qualified

11.8%

Work from home

5.3%

Languages at home

5.9%non-English

Most common: Afrikaans, Cantonese, Persian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

55.5/100
Good

Top 13% of Western Australia's suburbs

Verified 90% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Green suburb
  • Agricultural
  • Café precinct
  • Walkable
What Esperance is known for: Beach, Green suburb, Agricultural, Café precinct, Walkable

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Suburb profile

Esperance is a major regional centre in Western Australia, in Esperance Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. Notable landmarks include Bijou Theatre and Esperance RSL Building, Norfolk Island Pine Trees and War Memorial.

Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. Health access is an exceptional strength, placing it among the highest-ranked major regional centres. School access is strong. Crime in the wider Goldfields-Esperance Police District remains above typical levels but is improving. Reported offences have fallen 23% year on year. The clearer weaknesses are weaker population growth and lower socio-economic advantage, with population growth 75% below the peer median.

Esperance is a better fit for people who value health access and daily services more than population growth.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Major regional centre · compared with major regional centres in Western Australia (122)

Strengths

  • Health access is a relative strength
  • Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
  • School access is strong

Weaknesses

  • Population has been growing more slowly than in comparable places, or declining
  • Socio-economic advantage is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Esperance Beach
  • Bijou Theatre
  • Esperance RSL Building, Norfolk Island Pine Trees and War Memorial
  • Crime in the wider Goldfields-Esperance Police District remains above typical levels but is improving

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Esperance compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

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

#7

among Country & regional · Mature

Pop. growth

34th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

49%

2021 Census tenure

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
55.5/100 — Good
State standing
Top 13% of Western Australia's suburbs
National rank
1053rd in Australia
State rank
86th in WA
Peer rank
#7 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#8 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
90%

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 (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

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
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$235
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
33.3% / 17.5% / 49.2%
Employment rate
47.6%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
5.3% / 0% / 70.8%
Walked or cycled to work
9.2%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
572 / 252 / 77 (+ 3 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted 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

Qualifications

11.8% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 17.8% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified11.8% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified6.5% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational17.8% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below63.9% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Engineering and related technologies18.6%
  • Health17.8%
  • Management and commerce16.1%
  • Society and culture9.9%
  • Education9.7%
  • Architecture and building9.2%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$58,905

42nd percentile in WA · 0% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$60,243

42nd percentile in WA · -7% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
14.0%

63rd percentile in WA · +1% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$60,725

46th percentile in WA · -4% vs Australia

Residents with business income
8.0%

40th percentile in WA · -23% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6450 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
8,811
Taxpayers reporting net rent
1,263
Median net rent
$1,592
Taxpayers reporting business income
699
Taxable income vs state median
-3%
Salary / wages vs state median
-4%
Rental investment vs state median
+17%
Super vs state median
-5%
Business income vs state median
0%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in WA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

7.6% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 3.3× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.3% across Western Australia.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
7.6%

50th percentile in WA · +230% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
65
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 6450

Occupation mix in this industry

2021 Census G56, residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Counts below 10 are not shown.

  • Managers32
  • Labourers11

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 6450 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Western Australia - Outback (South) (SA4 511), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 12121,011
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1214696
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211488
  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1213276
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415188
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412115
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 841652
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841134
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 841925
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841310

Western Australia - Outback (South) is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 856 · AFF share +230% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

5.9% speak a language other than English at home; 19.5% born overseas

Language at home
1,753 English only · 109 other
Non-English at home
5.9%
Born overseas
358 (19.5%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
55 (2.6%)
Australian citizens
1,701
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
7

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Afrikaans10 · 29.4%
  • Cantonese6 · 17.6%
  • Persian4 · 11.8%
  • Sinhalese4 · 11.8%
  • Thai4 · 11.8%
  • Hindi3 · 8.8%
  • Vietnamese3 · 8.8%

Religion

42.8%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 42.8%, while 42.5% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion42.5%42.5%
Christianity42.8%41.1%
Other / not stated14.7%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican13.8%10.1%
Catholic12.1%18.7%
Christian (not further defined)4.6%3.4%
Uniting Church3.2%1.6%
Baptist2.3%1.6%
Jehovah's Witnesses2.3%0.4%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Figures are for the Goldfields-Esperance Police District, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
6,479
Against the person
2,215
Against property
2,879
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
142.8
State crime-rate percentile
92.6th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-27.8%

Most common offence types

  • Assault (Family)
  • Assault (Non-Family)
  • Drug Offences
  • Property Damage
  • Stealing

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • WA Police district crime statistics — Western Australia Police Force · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 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 (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

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 (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

160 mapped amenities

7 restaurants · 6 cafes · 3 pubs · 1 bars · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 5 fast food · 2 bakeries

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Good local dining options — 24 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
2.88
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
11.54
Parks per 1,000 residents
3.37
Food & drink(24)
  • Bakery
  • Brumby's BakeriesBakery
  • Eljay's Bar and RestaurantBar
  • Aurelias Ice Creamery and CafeCafe
  • Break Away CafeCafe

    51 Dempster Street

  • 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
  • 33 DegreesPub
  • 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

  • Xing's Sushi & NoodleRestaurant
Shopping(9)
  • LiquorBaronsBottle shop
  • LiquorSTAXBottle shop
  • Butcher
  • K HubDepartment store
  • Esperance Home HardwareHardware store
  • Esperance BoulevardShopping centre
  • IGASupermarket
  • WoolworthsSupermarket
Everyday services(7)
  • ANZBank
  • BankwestBank
  • WestpacBank
  • ChargefoxEV charging
  • AmpolPetrol station
  • SHELL REDDY EXPRESS ESPERANCEPetrol station
  • Esperance LPOPost office
Community(2)
  • First Esperamce Scout GroupCommunity centre
  • Esperance Primary SchoolSchool
Health & services(6)
  • Banksia Medical and HealthDentist
  • Dr C Harris and Associates - Dental SurgeryDentist
  • Esperance Bay DentalDentist
  • Esperance HospitalHospital
  • Esperance Family PracticeMedical clinic
  • Bradshaws PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(25)
  • BBQ
  • Beach (2)
  • Bow ParkBeach
  • Esperance Primary RouteCycling route
  • Great Ocean TrailCycling route
  • Drinking water
  • By The Bay PilatesGym
  • Adventureland ParkPark

    The Esplanade

  • Bow ParkPark

    The Esplanade

  • James Street ParkPark
  • Museum ParkPark
  • Ralph Bower Adventureland ParkPark
  • The EsplandePark

    The Esplanade

  • Playground (4)
  • Public toilets
  • Bay of Isles Leisure CentreSports centre
  • Esperance Indoor Sport StadiumSports centre
  • Sports centre (2)
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool
Camping & holiday parks(2)
  • Overflow campsite EsperanceCampground
  • Esperance Bay Holiday ParkCaravan park
Places to stay(9)
  • Beachfront ResortHotel
  • Comfort Inn Bay of IslesHotel
  • HospitalityHotel
  • Pier HotelHotel
  • The Jetty ResortHotel
  • Bayview MotelMotel
  • Captain HuonMotel
  • Clearwater Motel ApartmentsMotel
  • The Esperance AccommadationMotel
Entertainment(3)
  • Fenwick 3 CinemasCinema
  • Aunty Joan's Dolly MixMuseum
  • Historic VillageMuseum
Other(38)
  • The Yot SpotApartment
  • Adventureland Miniature RailwayAttraction
  • Attraction
  • Connect HearingAudiologist
  • Bicycle Parking (4)
  • Books
  • AvisCar Rental
  • Little UrchinsClothes
  • Esperance CourthouseCourthouse
  • Aunty Joan's Dolly MixEvents Venue
  • Fire station
  • Loxe Floral and Home Co.Florist
  • Don Mackenzie Waterfront GardenGarden
  • Miarhetts Hair DesignHairdresser
  • Loxe Floral and Home Co.Houseware
  • Esperance Visitors CentreInformation
  • Computer AlleyInternet Cafe
  • Parking (33)
  • Esperance Seventh-day Adventist ChurchPlace of worship

    43 Foy Street

  • Esperance Uniting Church CentrePlace of worship
  • Place of worship
  • Esperance PodiatryPodiatrist
  • Esperance Police StationPolice
  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Recycling
  • RetravisionRental
  • Just One More StitchSewing
  • Shelter (2)
  • Shower
  • Dempster SportingSports
  • SportsPowerSports
  • ABC EsperanceStudio

    80 Windich Street, Esperance

  • South Coast InkTattoo
  • TelstraTelephone
  • Track
  • 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. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Sporting clubs

2 named sporting clubs in this suburb

  • Esperance Bay Yacht Club

    Sailing

  • Esperance Tennis Club

    Tennis

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

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

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
9.2%
Woodland / forest cover
1.1%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
8
Parks (OSM)
7
Typical summer maximum
24°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Places of worship

3 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • Esperance Seventh-day Adventist Church

    43 Foy Street

  • Esperance Uniting Church Centre
  • Place of worship

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

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
GP clinics in suburb
1
GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)
0 of 1
Aged-care services
1
Residential aged-care places
104

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

  • Esperance Family PracticeGP
  • Banksia Medical and HealthDentist
  • Bradshaws PharmacyPharmacy
  • Connect HearingAudiologist
  • Dr C Harris and Associates - Dental SurgeryDentist
  • Esperance Bay DentalDentist
  • Esperance HospitalHospital
  • Esperance PodiatryPodiatrist
Aged-care services
  • Esperance Aged Care FacilityESPERANCEResidential

Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

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

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 (12%)

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

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Heritage listings as established streetscape

Data sources & freshness

  • State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via WA bush fire prone area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain mapping against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood 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

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 (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

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