Locality in the City of Albany, Western Australia
Cuthbert is a town and locality of the City of Albany in the Great Southern region of Western Australia.[3][4] Cuthbert is about 8 km (5.0 mi) west of the Albany city center.
Cuthbert was originally established as a siding on the Great Southern Railway and called Eastwood at the time. In 1909 the decision was made to establish a town site at Eastwood but the name was already in use in three other Australian states and therefore deemed unsuitable. The alternative names of Karajinup and Atwell were considered but, eventually, Werillup was chosen and the townsite was gazetted in 1914. Werillup, meaning "place of swamps", was rejected as a name the following year and the town was officially renamed to Cuthbert in September 1916, after an early European settler.[5]
Demographics
As of the 2021 Australian census, 157 people resided in Cuthbert,[1] up from 156 in the 2016 census.[6] The median age of persons in Cuthbert was 48 years. There were fewer males than females, with 48.1% of the population male and 51.9% female. The average household size was 2.5 people per household.[1]
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