Castletown, Western Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Castletown
City:Esperance
State:wa
Lga:Shire of Esperance
Local Map:yes
Zoom:12
Coordinates:-33.836°N 121.91°W
Postcode:6450
Area:1.6
Stategov:Roe
Fedgov:O'Connor
Dist1:4
Dir1:NE
Location1:Esperance
Near-Nw:Windabout
Near-N:Windabout
Near-Ne:Bandy Creek
Near-W:Chadwick
Near-E:Bandy Creek
Near-Sw:Chadwick
Near-S:Southern Ocean
Near-Se: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.

The suburb was gazetted in 1965.

Geography

Castletown is located 4km (02miles) 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.[1]

Demographics

In the, Castletown had a population of 3,113.

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.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Western Australia Country Road Atlas. 11. UBD. Universal Press. 0-7319-1587-9. 2005. 203.