Little Sandy Desert Postcode

Western Australia

Very Remote

6646

Postcode for Little Sandy Desert, WA
Phone area code: 08 · 959 km from Perth · Pop. 5

Population

Median Age

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Household Income/wk

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Median Rent/wk

N/A/10

SEIFA Advantage

119444.2

Area (km²)

Income, rent and SEIFA figures are from the ABS 2021 Census and are reported in 2021 dollars, not adjusted for subsequent inflation.

Where Little Sandy Desert ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of WA suburbs.

How Little Sandy Desert Compares

Little Sandy Desert vs the WA average and the national average (2021 Census, population-weighted).

Metric	Little Sandy Desert	WA avg	AU avg
Median age	54	43.0	45.0
Unemployment	100.0% +WA	5.0%	5.0%

Green pill = at least 10% above the WA average; red = at least 10% below; grey = within 10%. For unemployment, colour polarity is inverted: lower is better.

Little Sandy Desert is a very remote community in Western Australia, with postcode 6646. It lies roughly 959 km from Perth, classified by the ABS as very remote Australia. The area is administered by Wiluna.

According to the 2021 Census, Little Sandy Desert has a population of 5 with a median age of 54. The unemployment rate is 100.0%, higher than the WA average.

Little Sandy Desert is part of the Mid West statistical area in Western Australia.

Little Sandy Desert Details

Postcode	6646
State	Western Australia (WA)
Phone Area Code	08
Population (2021)	5
Median Age	54 years
Median Personal Income (Census 2021)	$1,874/week
Area	119444.2 km²
Population Density	0/km²
Australian Citizens	100.0%
Unemployment Rate	100.0%
Latitude	-24.9455019
Longitude	121.5914304
Distance from Perth	959 km
Region (SA4)	Western Australia - Outback (South)
Area (SA3)	Mid West
Local Government	Wiluna
Federal Electorate	Durack

Age Profile

0–14 (0.0%) 15–24 (0.0%) 25–44 (0.0%) 45–64 (0.0%) 65+ (0.0%)

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0–14 years	0 (0.0%)
15–24 years	0 (0.0%)
25–44 years	0 (0.0%)
45–64 years	0 (0.0%)
65+ years	0 (0.0%)

Suburbs Near Little Sandy Desert

Lake Carnegie 173.6 km Capricorn 217.8 km Kumarina 219.7 km Wiluna 228.6 km Jigalong 285.2 km Newman 285.2 km Lake Wells 288.4 km Northlands Po 303.3 km Agnew 303.3 km Northlands 303.3 km Sir Samuel 311.4 km Bandya 315.6 km

Same Postcode (6646)

Lake Carnegie Wiluna

More Little Sandy Desert Data

Wiluna LGA 3 suburbs, 1 postcodes, 538 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Newman (259.1 km)

Page last reviewed June 2026. Data sources: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census (CC BY 4.0), SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, ACARA school profiles 2025. How this data is sourced.