WA · Halls Creek Council
Halls Creek, 6770
Current weather
29.6°CPartly cloudy
23% humidity · 11.9 km/h wind · 30.4° / 18.6° today · 0 mm rain
Updated
Desirability score
- Education hub
- High desirability
- Café precinct
- Green suburb
Suburb profile
Halls Creek anchors everyday life in Halls Creek, a regional smaller community with its own identity and rhythm. Far from the capital hubbub, it offers genuine distance, local character and room to live at a slower pace. The community skews younger, with a strong presence of young families throughout.
Weekends tend to revolve around local favourites: a café, a market run, a walk through town. Schools and education options in the area make family routines easier to manage. Housing remains accessible compared with many parts of the state.
The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
The desirability score is around average, weighed down by weaker community and employment and housing affordability against similar regional towns, even with safety and transport and access holding up better.
Population
- Population
- 1,572
- Median age
- 30
- Median household income / week
- $1,228
- Dwelling vacancy
- 19%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 106 of 557
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,780
- Employment rate
- 30.8%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 49 / 57 / 15
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 Census release
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Schools & preschools
- Schools & preschools
- 7
- Median school ICSEA (6 schools)
- 658
- Birlirr Ngawiyiwu Catholic SchoolPrimary
- Halls Creek District High SchoolCombined
- John Pujajangka Piyirn SchoolCombined
- Kururrungku Catholic Education CentreCombined
- Luurnpa Catholic SchoolCombined
- Warlawurru Catholic SchoolPrimary
- Yiyili Aboriginal Community SchoolCombined
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Period: 2025 · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
Amenities
29 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
- Alcohol
- Bench
- Car repair
- Halls Creek 4WDCar repair
- Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical ServicesClinic
Terone Street
- Child and Parent Centre - Halls CreekCommunity centre
20 Duncan Road, Halls Creek
- Civic CentreCommunity centre
- ChargefoxEV charging
- Kicky's Fried ChickenFast food
- Halls Creek Womens HubGift
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe).
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · Period: current · Updated on site · Weekly refresh
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics
- 3
- Emergency department
- On site
- Halls Creek District Hospitalhospital
- Halls Creek Pharmacypharmacy
- Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical ServicesTerone Streetclinic
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · Period: current · Updated on site
Socio-economic (SEIFA)
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 1/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 1/10
SEIFA indexes from ABS 2021. Decile 10 = most advantaged / least disadvantaged in Australia.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Period: 2021 · Updated on site · 2021 SEIFA release
Heritage
1 state heritage place
- Halls Creek Trackers' HutCnr Roberta Av & Great Northrn Hwy, Halls Creek3241
Data sources & freshness
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Period: current · Updated on site
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via WA bush fire prone area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · Period: current · Updated on site
Desirability Index
- Desirability score
- 48.5/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 30% of Western Australia's suburbs
- National rank
- 1950th in Australia
- State rank
- 209th in WA
- Peer rank
- #15 among Country & regional · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #22 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 48%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived score) · Period: current · Updated on site · Derived from source metrics
Recent changes
- Halls Creek Trackers' HutheritageCnr Roberta Av & Great Northrn Hwy, Halls Creek3241
- Halls Creek District Hospitalhealthhospital
- Halls Creek Pharmacyhealthpharmacy
- Yura Yungi Aboriginal Medical ServiceshealthTerone Streetclinic
- Birlirr Ngawiyiwu Catholic SchoolschoolsPrimary
- Halls Creek District High SchoolschoolsCombined
- John Pujajangka Piyirn SchoolschoolsCombined
- Kururrungku Catholic Education CentreschoolsCombined
- Luurnpa Catholic SchoolschoolsCombined
- Warlawurru Catholic SchoolschoolsPrimary
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · Updated on site · Annual ACARA release
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · Updated on site
- State heritage register — State heritage authority · Updated on site
More in Halls Creek Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Western Australia.