Strengths and weaknesses
Rural locality · compared with rural localities in Western Australia (596)
Strengths
- Local amenities are a relative strength
Weaknesses
- Employment is a relative weakness
What stands out
- Stirling Range
WA · Gnowangerup Council
Stirling Range National Park, 6338
- National parks
- Holiday parks
- Rural living
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Suburb profile
Stirling Range National Park is a rural locality in Western Australia, in Gnowangerup Council. It is set against the Stirling Range.
Local amenities are a relative strength, placing it among the highest-ranked rural localities. Employment is a relative weakness, with employment 100% below the peer median.
Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising local amenities over employment.
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.
Housing, growth and risk
How Stirling Range National Park compares
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median house price
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No data available
Median rent
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No data available
Population (ERP)
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No data available
Dwelling vacancy
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No data available
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Population
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 0
- Median age
- 0
- Median household income / week
- $0
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 0 of 0
- Median monthly mortgage
- $0
- Employment rate
- 0%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 0 / 0 / 0
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
Tax & income
- Median taxable income (2023–24)
- $51,810
- Median salary / wages (2023–24)
- $46,104
- Residents with rental investments
- 18.0%
- Median super balance (2023–24)
- $55,828
- Residents with business income
- 10.0%
18th percentile in WA · -12% vs Australia
9th percentile in WA · -29% vs Australia
91st percentile in WA · +30% vs Australia
37th percentile in WA · -12% vs Australia
70th percentile in WA · -4% vs Australia
Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6338 — 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
- 593
- Taxpayers reporting net rent
- 104
- Median net rent
- $2,039
- Taxpayers reporting business income
- 57
- Taxable income vs state median
- -15%
- Salary / wages vs state median
- -26%
- Rental investment vs state median
- +50%
- Super vs state median
- -12%
- Business income vs state median
- +25%
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
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
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 Great Southern 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)
- 3,627
- Against the person
- 983
- Against property
- 1,654
- Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
- 51.5
- State crime-rate percentile
- 39.1th (higher = more crime)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -34.6%
Most common offence types
- Assault (Family)
- Breach Of Violence Restraint Order
- 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
Amenities
7 mapped amenities
5 campgrounds
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 0/100
Sport & outdoors(2)
- Stirling Range National ParkNature reserve
- Stirling Range Ridge WalkWalking trail
Camping & holiday parks(5)
- Bluff Knoll Road Rest AreaCampground
- Campground
- Camping caveCampground
- Eucalyptus ColCampground
- She-Oak colCampground
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
Green cover
- Green cover of suburb area
- 0%
- Woodland / forest cover
- 0%
- Parks & woodland features (OSM)
- 0
- Parks (OSM)
- 0
- Typical summer maximum
- 28°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
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Plantagenet Hospital (43.9 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- GP clinics in suburb
- 0
GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)
Hospitals, GPs and aged care
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals, GPs and aged care — OpenStreetMap + AIHW GEN aged care service list · current · Updated
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
- 28° / 13°
- Rainfall
- 48 mm · ~6 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 82 mm · ~10 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 16° / 6°
- Rainfall
- 137 mm · ~17 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 21° / 8°
- Rainfall
- 91 mm · ~11 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
- 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 53.4 km away).
Coalition 71.6%Labor 28.4%
8.3 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -7.2 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- PorongurupLabor 41.1% · Coalition 58.9% TPP (2025)31.0 km away
- KendenupLabor 29.0% · Coalition 71.0% TPP (2025)41.2 km away
- Mount BarkerLabor 37.8% · Coalition 62.2% TPP (2025)42.8 km away
- NapierLabor 18.3% · Coalition 81.7% TPP (2025)46.9 km away
- CranbrookLabor 21.3% · Coalition 78.7% TPP (2025)47.8 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
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