Wonthella
WA 6530 · Greater Geraldton
1,711 (2021) → 1,709 est. (2025) · Stable
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Wonthella is a stable suburb in Greater Geraldton, WA 6530, about 373km from Perth CBD. Recent property sales in Wonthella are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has 1 school, a transport score of 30/100, and is right by the coast. Wonthella has an overall score of 46/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 5/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (3.33%), New Zealand (2.16%), Philippines (1.52%), India (0.76%), Pakistan (0.64%)
Top languages: Punjabi (0.82%), Tagalog (0.7%), Thai (0.64%), French (0.47%), Vietnamese (0.47%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
WAdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the police-region average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same region share the same figures.
Visitor / tourist hub. This suburb attracts significant visitor and tourist traffic. Crime figures are recorded by incident location and include offences involving visitors, not just residents, so the per-resident rates below may overstate the risk for people living here.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
These totals are recorded by incident location and include offences involving the suburb's many visitors, not just residents.
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: WA Police (regional aggregate) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 927 (below the national average of 1000).
In suburb
- Allendale Primary SchoolPrimary · GovernmentICSEA 890
Nearby (within 10km)
- Geraldton Grammar SchoolCombined · Independent · 1.3kmICSEA 1078
- Geraldton Flexible Learning CentreSecondary · Catholic · 1.5kmICSEA 741
- Rangeway Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 1.5kmICSEA 726
- St John's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 1.9kmICSEA 907
- Geraldton Christian CollegeCombined · Independent · 1.9kmICSEA 997
- St Francis Xavier Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.2kmICSEA 1012
- Geraldton Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · 2.6kmICSEA 892
- Nagle Catholic CollegeSecondary · Catholic · 2.6kmICSEA 1016
- Holland Street SchoolCombined · Government · 2.8kmICSEA 931
- St Lawrence's Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · 2.8kmICSEA 1008
- Geraldton Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 2.9kmICSEA 992
- Meekatharra School Of The AirPrimary · Government · 2.9kmICSEA 1061
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Population & Growth
StableSource: ABS ERP & NSW DPHI
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Frequently asked questions about Wonthella
Is Wonthella safe?
Wonthella has a residential safety score of 5/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 84,294 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Wonthella from Perth CBD?
Wonthella is about 373.1 km from Perth CBD.
What schools are in Wonthella?
Wonthella has 1 school, with an average ICSEA of 890 (the national average is 1000). Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Wonthella?
Wonthella has a transport score of 30/100 and 19 bus stops.