Bandy Creek, Western Australia
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| Coordinates: 33°49′19″S 121°55′59″E / 33.822°S 121.933°E | |||||||||||||
| Country | Australia | ||||||||||||
| State | Western Australia | ||||||||||||
| City | Esperance | ||||||||||||
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• Total | 34.3 km2 (13.2 sq mi) | ||||||||||||
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| • Total | 383 (SAL 2021)[2] | ||||||||||||
| Postcode | 6450 | ||||||||||||
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Bandy Creek is a north-eastern suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance, and it is located 6 kilometres (4 mi) northeast of Esperance's central business district. The east and north of Bandy Creek are covered by the Mullet Lake Nature Reserve while, in the south, it borders the Southern Ocean.[3][4]
In the 2006 census, Bandy Creek had a population of 223.[5]
The Mullet Lake Nature Reserve was gazetted on 2 October 1953, has a size of 18.85 square kilometres (7.28 mi2) and is located within the Esperance Plains bioregion.[6]
References
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bandy Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Bandy Creek (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
- ^ "SLIP Map". maps.slip.wa.gov.au. Landgate. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ "NationalMap". nationalmap.gov.au. Geoscience Australia. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
- ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (25 October 2007). "Community Profile Series: Bandy Creek (State Suburb)". 2006 Census of Population and Housing. Retrieved 26 March 2009.
- ^ "Terrestrial CAPAD 2022 WA summary". www.dcceew.gov.au/. Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water. Retrieved 22 December 2024.
