Castletown, Western Australia

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Castletown
Esperance,  Western Australia
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Castletown
Castletown, Western Australia
Coordinates 33°50′10″S121°54′36″E / 33.836°S 121.910°E / -33.836; 121.910 Coordinates: 33°50′10″S121°54′36″E / 33.836°S 121.910°E / -33.836; 121.910
Population3,968 (SAL 2021) [1]
Postcode(s) 6450
Area1.6 km2 (0.6 sq mi)
Location4 km (2 mi) NE of Esperance
LGA(s) Shire of Esperance
State electorate(s) Roe
Federal division(s) O'Connor
Suburbs around Castletown:
Windabout Windabout Bandy Creek
Chadwick Castletown Bandy Creek
Chadwick Southern Ocean Southern Ocean

Castletown is a north-eastern suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance.

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The suburb was gazetted in 1965. [2]

Geography

Castletown is located 4 kilometres (2 mi) northeast of Esperance's central business district. It is bounded on the west by Norseman Road, on the north by Stable and Fisheries Roads, and on the east by Goldfields and Ormonde Roads. [3]

Demographics

In the 2006 census, Castletown had a population of 3,113. [4]

Castletown residents had a median age of 34, and the median individual income was $480 per week compared with $454 per week in the Esperance region. The population of Castletown was predominantly Australian-born - 83.5% as at the 2006 census and at the 2006 census, 3.9% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians.

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References

  1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Castletown (Suburb and Locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.  OOjs UI icon edit-ltr-progressive.svg
  2. ↑ "Naming of Locality of Castletown – Shire of Esperance (per 2887/63)". Western Australia Government Gazette. 19 February 1965. p. 1965:608.
  3. ↑ UBD (2005). Western Australia Country Road Atlas (11 ed.). Universal Press. p. 203. ISBN   0-7319-1587-9.
  4. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series : Castletown (State Suburb)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
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