Lake Darlot is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Leonora local government area (postcode 6438). It is home to about 178 residents, with a mix of families and early-career residents and a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $12K per year, with an average household size of 1.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.9% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 24 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 12 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and admin services. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $350 (Census 2021).
On the investment side, Population growth of -1.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.