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%.
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Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
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 12,751 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 12,751 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 57 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Esperance council area (not just Salmon Gums). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 1215 Ainsworth Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 1516 Sunrise Hill Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 26755 Coolgardie-Esperance Highway, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 296 Gimlet Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 32 Rogers Street, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 37 Dunn Street, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 499 Swann Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
- 685 Sassella Road, Salmon Gums WA 6445
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Esperance
Compare Salmon Gums 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.