Cervantes, Western Australia
Town in Western Australia
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Cervantes is a town in Western Australia about 198 kilometres (123 mi) north of the state capital, Perth, in the Shire of Dandaragan local government area. Based on the 2021 census, Cervantes had a population of 480 down from 527 in 2016.[3][4] The town was named after a ship wrecked nearby that was, in turn, named after Miguel de Cervantes, author of Don Quixote.
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The main shopping strip at Cervantes, 2015 | |
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 Interactive map of Cervantes | |
| Coordinates: 30.5°S 115.066°E | |
| Country | Australia |
| State | Western Australia |
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| Location |
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| Established | 1962 |
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| Area | |
• Total | 9.8 km2 (3.8 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 480 (SAL 2021)[1][2] |
| Postcode | 6511 |
The principal industry in the town is fishing. A small tourism industry is supported by the Pinnacles in nearby Nambung National Park. The saline Lake Thetis, which contains stromatolites, is also nearby.
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Demographics
Notes
- Respondents had the option of reporting up to two ancestries on their census form, and this is captured by the ancestry multi-response. Therefore, the sum of all ancestry responses for an area will not equal the total number of people in the area.
- The Australian Bureau of Statistics has stated that most who nominate "Australian" as their ancestry have at least partial Anglo-Celtic ancestry.[7]
