Wyalkatchem, Western Australia

Wyalkatchem
Western Australia
Wyalkatchem Town Hall, 2013
Wyalkatchem is located in Western Australia
Wyalkatchem
Wyalkatchem
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Coordinates31°11′00″S 117°23′00″E / 31.18333°S 117.38333°E / -31.18333; 117.38333
Population304 (UCL 2021)[1]
Established1910s
Postcode(s)6485
Area511.4 km2 (197.5 sq mi)[2]
Location
  • 192 km (119 mi) NE of Perth
  • 35 km (22 mi) E of Dowerin
LGA(s)Shire of Wyalkatchem
State electorate(s)Central Wheatbelt
Federal division(s)Durack

Wyalkatchem is a town in the central Wheatbelt region, 192 kilometres (119 mi) east-north-east of Perth, 35 kilometres (22 mi) east of Dowerin and 44 kilometres (27 mi) south of Koorda. At the 2021 census, Wyalkatchem had a population of 358.

The town won the state tidy town award in 2000 and 2002, and then won the national award in 2003.[3]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Wyalkatchem (urban centre and locality)". Australian Census 2021. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "2021 Community Profiles: Wyalkatchem (Suburbs and Localities)". 2021 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 16 November 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Wyalkatchem is Australia's Tidiest Town". 2003. Retrieved 5 February 2011.