Western Australia location profile
Tammin WA 6409
Tammin is a small Wheatbelt farming town known for broadacre cropping and sheep, offering a quiet, close-knit community. It sits on the Great Eastern Highway with basic services, affordable housing, and rail/coach links to Perth and Kalgoorlie.
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Why families consider Tammin
Predominantly agricultural workers, farming families and older residents; a practical rural lifestyle with strong community involvement, local sport, and seasonal farm rhythms.
Amenities & services
- General store/roadhouse
- Post office agency
- Shire office and Community Resource Centre
- Hotel/tavern meals
- Primary health/visiting nurse (nearest hospitals in Kellerberrin and Cunderdin)
- Sports and recreation facilities
- Shire of Tammin Library at the Community Resource Centre, Donnan Street, Tammin
Transport & connectivity
- Tammin railway station (Transwa Prospector and MerredinLink services)
- Transwa road coach services along Great Eastern Highway
- Great Eastern Highway; access via Goldfields Road, Yorkrakine Road, Tammin South Road
Lifestyle & recreation
- Donnan Park sports oval and recreation facilities
- Kadjininy Kep amphitheatre and walk trail
- Community events at the recreation centre/town hall
- Donnan Park
- Kadjininy Kep
- Yorkrakine Rock Nature Reserve
- South Tammin Nature Reserve
Education context
No dedicated long day care in town; limited family day care/occasional care, with full-service centres available in Kellerberrin and Cunderdin.
- Curtin University (Bentley, Perth)
- The University of Western Australia (Crawley, Perth)
- Edith Cowan University (Mount Lawley and Joondalup, Perth)
- Murdoch University (Murdoch, Perth)