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Tom Price, 6751

Est. population · Jun 2025

3,281

Growth (1 yr)

+1.2%

Growth (5 yr)

-6.6%

Median age

32

Median income

$3,125/wk

Employment rate

74.5%

University qualified

14.4%

Work from home

2.3%

Languages at home

11.8%non-English

Most common: Tagalog, Indonesian, Arabic

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

35.9/100
Below average

480th in WA

Verified 85% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Holiday parks
  • Port & industry
What Tom Price is known for: Holiday parks, Port & industry

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Suburb profile

Tom Price is an industrial and port town in Western Australia, in Ashburton Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. It is set against the Hamersley Range. It has an industrial and port economy.

Employment rates are stronger than in comparable places, with employment 23% above the peer median. The suburb is highly walkable compared with similar places, placing it among the highest-ranked industrial and port towns. Local amenities are a relative strength. Health access is an exceptional strength, with health access 100% above the peer median. Trade-offs centre on weaker population growth and thinner mapped green cover within the suburb boundary.

Overall, Tom Price suits people prioritising walkability and local amenities over 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

Industrial or port town · compared with industrial and port towns in Western Australia (58)

Strengths

  • The suburb is highly walkable compared with similar places
  • Local amenities are a relative strength
  • Employment rates are stronger than in comparable places
  • Health-facility access is stronger than in comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Population has been growing more slowly than in comparable places, or declining
  • Green cover is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Industrial and port economy
  • Hamersley Range

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Tom Price compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$500/wk

Population (ERP)

3,281

+1.2% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

30.8%

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

#30

among Country & regional · Established

Pop. growth

51st

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

92%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

6/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

13th

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
35.9/100 — Below average
National rank
5443rd in Australia
State rank
480th in WA
Peer rank
#30 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#170 among Country & regional suburbs
Data confidence
85%

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)
295

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

3,281(June 2025)

+1.2% annual · -6.6% over 5 years · 51th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.2%
5-year growth
-6.6%
Change in 1 year
+40
Change in 5 years
-233
Growth rank in WA
51th 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 (~3,050), extrapolated at -1.4% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
2,910
Median age
32
Median household income / week
$3,125
Dwelling vacancy
30.8%
Unoccupied private dwellings
363 of 1,177
Median monthly mortgage
$1,200
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$48
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
5.2% / 2.6% / 92.1%
Employment rate
74.5%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
2.3% / 17.4% / 53.5%
Walked or cycled to work
6.8%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
742 / 32 / 18 (+ 16 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

14.4% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 30.5% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified14.4% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified7.9% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational30.5% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below47.2% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies32.4%
  • Management and commerce18.2%
  • Education12.3%
  • Society and culture10.5%
  • Architecture and building8%
  • Health7.1%
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)
$111,679

99th percentile in WA · +90% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$103,993

99th percentile in WA · +60% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
24.0%

99th percentile in WA · +74% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$76,798

70th percentile in WA · +21% vs Australia

Residents with business income
6.0%

22nd percentile in WA · -42% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6751 — 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
1,769
Taxpayers reporting net rent
418
Median net rent
-$2,679
Taxpayers reporting business income
104
Taxable income vs state median
+84%
Salary / wages vs state median
+66%
Rental investment vs state median
+100%
Super vs state median
+21%
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

11.8% speak a language other than English at home; 21.6% born overseas

Language at home
2,210 English only · 295 other
Non-English at home
11.8%
Born overseas
540 (21.6%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
301 (10.3%)
Australian citizens
2,191
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
15

Top languages other than English

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

  • Tagalog14 · 12.1%
  • Indonesian13 · 11.2%
  • Arabic11 · 9.5%
  • Australian Indigenous languages11 · 9.5%
  • Sinhalese11 · 9.5%
  • Filipino10 · 8.6%
  • Thai10 · 8.6%
  • Mandarin8 · 6.9%

Religion

50.2%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 50.2%, while Christianity accounts for 30.5%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion50.2%42.5%
Christianity30.5%41.1%
Other / not stated19.3%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic15.2%18.7%
Anglican6.1%10.1%
Baptist2.3%1.6%
Christian (not further defined)2%3.4%

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 Pilbara 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)
5,762
Against the person
2,048
Against property
2,421
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
108.7
State crime-rate percentile
77.5th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-22.1%

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

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
3
Median school ICSEA (3 schools)
910
Median ICSEA percentile
13th
School list
  • Tom Price Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 896 · 10th percentile · LBOTE 18% · 311 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 0.6 km awayView on My School →
  • North Tom Price Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 910 · 13th percentile · LBOTE 18% · 275 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
  • Tom Price Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 912 · 13th percentile · LBOTE 36% · 272 students · Top SEA quarter 6% · 1.0 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

90 mapped amenities

1 cafes · 1 pubs · 1 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 1 libraries · 1 places of worship · 1 playgrounds · 1 dog parks

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • A car helps for daily needs
  • Decent local green space — 3 parks in suburb, 1 playgrounds nearby
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 29 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
44/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.34
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.69
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.03
Food & drink(2)
  • KarijiniCafe
  • Tom Price HotelPub
Shopping(4)
  • BottlemartBottle shop
  • LiquorlandBottle shop
  • ColesSupermarket

    Central Road

Everyday services(5)
  • Beyond BankBank
  • WestpacBank
  • Coles ExpressPetrol station
  • Petrol station
  • Australia PostPost office
Community(4)
  • Tom Price Public LibraryLibrary
  • North Tom Price Primary SchoolSchool

    Tanunda Street, Tom Price

  • Tom Price Primary SchoolSchool

    857 Wattle Street, Tom Price

  • Tom Price Senior High SchoolSchool

    Milpera Street, Tom Price

Health & services(2)
  • Tom Price HospitalHospital
  • Tom Price PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(37)
  • BBQ
  • Tom Price Dog ParkDog park
  • Drinking water (2)
  • Lions ParkPark
  • Park (2)
  • Playground
  • Public toilets
  • Clem Thompson OvalSports centre
  • Tom Price Recreation CentreSports centre
  • Sports field
  • Tom Price Pump TrackSports field
  • Swimming pool (22)
  • Tom Price PoolSwimming pool
  • Mt Nameless Walk TrailWalking trail
Camping & holiday parks(2)
  • SummerstarCampground
  • Tom Price Tourist ParkCaravan park
Places to stay(2)
  • Hotel
  • Windawarri LodgeHotel
Other(24)
  • KangarooArtwork
  • Old Haul TruckAttraction
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Auto ProCar Parts
  • Car repair
  • Mister and SisterClothes
  • Tom Price Computer ServicesComputer
  • Betta Home LivingElectronics
  • Fire station
  • The Curio CornerGift
  • Tom Price Visitor CentreInformation
  • Parking (10)
  • Catholic ChurchPlace of worship
  • Western Australia Police ForcePolice
  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Containers for ChangeRecycling
  • Recycling
  • Coates HireRental
  • Go West ToursRepair
  • Shelter
  • Shower
  • Brooks HireTool Hire
  • Track
  • Pilbara Food ServicesWholesale

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

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Mountain View Sporting Club

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

1 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Lions ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
3
Parks (OSM)
3
Typical summer maximum
39°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

1 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • Catholic Church

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
2
Nearest hospital
Tom Price Hospital (1.0 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
On site
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).

  • Tom Price HospitalHospital
  • Tom Price PharmacyPharmacy

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
39
Participants per 1,000 residents
11.9

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
39° / 24°
Rainfall
175 mm · ~22 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
32° / 18°
Rainfall
97 mm · ~12 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
24° / 10°
Rainfall
52 mm · ~6 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
33° / 17°
Rainfall
12 mm · ~2 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
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
Durack
Member of Parliament
Melissa PRICE (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
119,942
Turnout (2025)
78.3%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-5.5 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 60.1%Labor 39.9%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 239.2 km away).

Coalition 52.6%Labor 47.4%

7.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -9.5 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • Tom PriceLabor 47.4% · Coalition 52.6% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
  • ParaburdooLabor 56.6% · Coalition 43.4% TPP (2025)56.8 km away
  • PannawonicaLabor 36.4% · Coalition 63.6% TPP (2025)190.3 km away
  • NewmanLabor 45.0% · Coalition 55.0% TPP (2025)212.2 km away
  • RoebourneLabor 60.1% · Coalition 39.9% TPP (2025)224.4 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)
6/10
IRSD decile (2021)
8/10

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

More in Ashburton Council

Other suburbs in the same local government area.

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Western Australia.