Hannans, Western Australia

Hannans
Kalgoorlie–Boulder, Western Australia
Coordinates30°43′10″S 121°27′14″E / 30.71934°S 121.45402°E / -30.71934; 121.45402
Population2,410 (SAL 2021)
Postcode(s)6430
Area4 km2 (1.5 sq mi)
LGA(s)City of Kalgoorlie–Boulder
State electorate(s)Kalgoorlie
Federal division(s)O'Connor
Suburbs around Hannans:
Karlkurla Karlkurla / Mullingar Mullingar
Karlkurla Hannans Mullingar
Karlkurla West Lamington Lamington

Hannans is a residential suburb of Kalgoorlie–Boulder, a city in the Eastern Goldfields region of Western Australia. At the 2016 census it had a population of 2,546 people, up from 2,483 in 2011. Hannans is named after Paddy Hannan, the prospector whose discovery of gold in 1893 led to the initial rush. The name Hannans (shortened from Hannan's Camp) originally referred to the Kalgoorlie townsite, and it was only much later in the city's history that it was applied to the current suburb.