Cervantes bushfire risk
Of Cervantes’s 770 mapped properties, 51.7% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.
For context, Cervantes’s bushfire exposure is above the WA average of 21.7%.
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Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Cervantes
Flood and bushfire areas across Cervantes. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Cervantes
Cervantes sits in the Mid West-Gascoyne police district, which recorded 14,998 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 14,998 total. Figures are for the whole Mid West-Gascoyne police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Cervantes
Cervantes is mostly other. The most common zones:
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Zone: Tourist
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Zone: Public purposes
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Zone: Public purposes
Who lives in Cervantes
At the 2021 Census, 16.3% of Cervantes’s 480 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 Cervantes
Dandaragan council approved 64 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Dandaragan council area (not just Cervantes). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Other suburbs in Dandaragan
Compare Cervantes with the rest of the council area, largest first.
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.