Suburb profile
Salmon Gums WA 6445
Salmon Gums is located in the Outback Western Australia (South) region of Western Australia, postcode 6445. It has 136 properties across 28 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Salmon Gums, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Salmon Gums
Salmon Gums, WA 6445, sits in Outback Western Australia (South) and neighbours Buraminya, Dundas, Grass Patch and Lort River. Its 28 streets hold 136 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for Esperance Surrounds, the statistical area that contains the suburb. At the 2021 Census it had 3,966 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,653 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,040 a month and the median rent $233 a week. Of 1,398 dwellings, 1,306 were separate houses, 9 semi-detached, 13 flats and 37 other; 557 were owned outright, 216 owned with a mortgage and 306 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Salmon Gums
- 3,966Peoplelive in the area
- 41Median ageyears
- $1,653Median household incomea week
- $233Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,306
- Townhouses and semis9
- Flats and apartments13
- Other37
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,040a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Salmon Gums
Salmon Gums Primary School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Salmon Gums.
Streets in Salmon Gums
- Ainsworth Road1 property
- Circle Valley Road16 properties
- Coolgardie-Esperance Highway6 properties
- Davies Road1 property
- Doney Road2 properties
- Dunn Street9 properties
- Eldred Road4 properties
- Gimlet Road1 property
- Hanson Road6 properties
- Hobby Road3 properties
- Holt Road3 properties
- Johns Street5 properties
- Kumarl Road3 properties
- Machen Road2 properties
- Magagnotti Road2 properties
- Mccrea Road5 properties
- Old Kens Road3 properties
- Osborne Road2 properties
- Poverty Lane8 properties
- Quast Road12 properties
- Rogers Street10 properties
- Salmon Gums East Road13 properties
- Salmon Gums West Road9 properties
- Sassella Road1 property
- Spratt Road2 properties
- Starcevich Road1 property
- Sunrise Hill Road3 properties
- Swann Road3 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.