Salmon Gums bushfire risk
Of Salmon Gums’s 454 mapped properties, 41.9% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.
For context, Salmon Gums’s bushfire exposure is above the WA average of 21.7%.
Where the hazards are in Salmon Gums
Flood and bushfire areas across Salmon Gums. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Salmon Gums
Salmon Gums sits in the Goldfields-Esperance police district, which recorded 12,255 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 12,255 total. Figures are for the whole Goldfields-Esperance police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Salmon Gums
Salmon Gums is mostly rural. The most common zones:
Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.
Zone: Rural
Community facilities — schools, hospitals, and civic or community uses.
Zone: Education
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure Services
Who lives in Salmon Gums
At the 2021 Census, 10.3% of Salmon Gums’s 146 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Salmon Gums
Esperance council approved 59 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Esperance council area (not just Salmon Gums). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 1549 Old Kens Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 21 Johns Street, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 356 Machen Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 1162 Kumarl Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 1898 Swann Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 685 Starcevich Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 324 Doney Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 610 Salmon Gums West Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
Nearby suburbs
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.