Western Australia · Postcode 6638

Paynesville postcode and suburb data

Western Australia · Phone area code 08 · 510 km from Perth

Very Remote

Suburb snapshot

Paynesville at a glance

Key postcode, Census, SEIFA, school and LGA signals for Paynesville.

Quick facts

6638 Postcode See every suburb sharing this postcode
0 People Resident population, Census 2021
Mount Magnet Council area 4 suburbs, 1 postcodes

Where Paynesville ranks: household income sits in the bottom 10% of WA suburbs.

ABS Census 2021 · SEIFA 2021

Paynesville is a very remote community in Western Australia, with postcode 6638. It lies roughly 510 km from Perth, classified by the ABS as very remote Australia. The area is administered by Mount Magnet.

Paynesville is part of the Mid West statistical area in Western Australia.

Paynesville details

Location, Census, housing, SEIFA and geography fields used across this profile.

Postcode6638
StateWestern Australia (WA)
Phone Area Code08
Area3329.5 km²
Latitude-28.014494
Longitude118.5768157
Distance from Perth510 km
Region (SA4)Western Australia - Outback (South)
Area (SA3)Mid West
Local GovernmentMount Magnet
Federal ElectorateDurack
State ElectorateNorth West Central (Mining and Pastoral)
Time ZoneAWST (UTC+8), Australia/Perth (standard time)

Suburbs Near Paynesville

Cooladar Hill 67.3 km Mount Magnet 71.7 km Lake Austin 78.5 km Sandstone 83.4 km Daggar Hills 93.3 km Cue 93.7 km Reedy 110.6 km Weld Range 136.0 km Meekatharra 158.0 km Paynes Find 176.4 km Yalgoo 189.1 km Bimbijy 197.6 km

Same Postcode (6638)

Cooladar Hill Daggar Hills Mount Magnet

More Paynesville Data

Mount Magnet LGA 4 suburbs, 1 postcodes, 649 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Meekatharra (158.6 km)

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