Capel

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Capel

Total population

2,402

Coordinates-33.55°, 115.56°

Demographic figures from Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Capel is a town in the South West region of Western Australia, located 212 kilometres (132 mi) south of Perth and midway between Bunbury and Busselton. The town is located on the Capel River and is approximately 19 metres (62 ft) above sea level.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Nearby places in Western Australia

• Tutunup
  7.7 mi away
• Hithergreen
  11.8 mi away · pop. 61
• Dardanup
  15.2 mi away · pop. 545
• Jarrahwood
  18 mi away · pop. 20
• Kirup
  21.8 mi away · pop. 219
• Mullalyup
  25.7 mi away · pop. 152
• Brunswick Junction
  26 mi away · pop. 807
• Yallingup
  31.4 mi away · pop. 1,029
• Lyalls
  33.7 mi away
• Greenbushes
  35.3 mi away · pop. 361
• Cardiff
  38.2 mi away · pop. 107
• Cwrf
  42.2 mi away

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Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Capel

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

purple enamel orchid

Elythranthera brunonis

Seen 2026-09-26

foxtail mulga grass

Neurachne alopecuroidea

Seen 2026-09-21

Running Postman

Kennedia prostrata

Seen 2026-09-19

Cutleaf Hibbertia

Hibbertia cuneiformis

Seen 2026-09-19

Western Tiger Snake

Notechis scutatus occidentalis

Seen 2026-09-17

King-in-his-carriage

Drakaea glyptodon

Seen 2026-09-17

Australian Ringneck

Barnardius zonarius

Seen 2026-09-16

Southern Meat Ant

Iridomyrmex purpureus

Seen 2026-09-13

Grand spider orchid

Caladenia huegelii

Seen 2026-09-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).