Western Australia · Postcode 6537

Shark Bay postcode and suburb data

Western Australia · Phone area code 08 · 730 km from Perth

Very Remote

Suburb snapshot

Shark Bay at a glance

Key postcode, Census, SEIFA, school and LGA signals for Shark Bay.

Quick facts

6537 Postcode See every suburb sharing this postcode
0 People Resident population, Census 2021
Shark Bay Council area 19 suburbs, 3 postcodes

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

ABS Census 2021 · SEIFA 2021

Shark Bay is a very remote community in Western Australia, with postcode 6537. It lies roughly 730 km from Perth, classified by the ABS as very remote Australia. The area is administered by Shark Bay.

Shark Bay is part of the Gascoyne statistical area in Western Australia.

Shark Bay details

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

Postcode6537
StateWestern Australia (WA)
Phone Area Code08
Area61.4 km²
Latitude-25.7834193
Longitude113.2987712
Distance from Perth730 km
Region (SA4)Western Australia - Outback (South)
Area (SA3)Gascoyne
Local GovernmentShark Bay
Federal ElectorateDurack
State ElectorateNorth West Central (Mining and Pastoral)
Time ZoneAWST (UTC+8), Australia/Perth (standard time)

Suburbs Near Shark Bay

Francois Peron National Park 25.5 km Dirk Hartog Island 27.5 km Dirk Hartog 27.5 km Denham 29.2 km Useless Loop 39.8 km Monkey Mia 42.1 km Carrarang 61.6 km Dorre Island 82.4 km Wooramel 97.3 km Massey Bay 105.0 km Bernier Island 105.0 km South Carnarvon 105.5 km

Same Postcode (6537)

Denham Dirk Hartog Dirk Hartog Island Francois Peron National Park Monkey Mia Nanga Useless Loop

More Shark Bay Data

Shark Bay LGA 19 suburbs, 3 postcodes, 1,033 people Climate & Weather Closest station: Monkey Mia (42.2 km) NDIS Providers NDIS data for Shark Bay LGA

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.