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

Owned outright 557Owned with a mortgage 216Rented 306Other 319

Schools in Salmon Gums

  • Salmon Gums Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Salmon Gums

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.