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Mount Burges, WA

Mount Burges had a population of 116 at the 2021 Census (+20.8% since 2016). Median age 27.4. Median weekly household income $940. Source: ABS Census 2021, via Censible. Census 2026 data arrives June 2027.

Mount Burges at a glance

What the 2021 Census says, compared with Western Australia.

In Western Australia - Outback (South)

Between the 2016 and 2021 censuses, Mount Burges's population grew by 20.8% to 116, faster than Western Australia as a whole (+7.4%). With a median age of 27.4, it is younger than the WA average (38.0). Children under 10 make up 19.0% of residents, and people aged 70 and over 0.0%.

81.8% of households rent, a larger share than the WA average of 27.7%. 0.0% own their home outright. Almost every home is a house; flats and apartments are 0.0% of homes. The 2021 Census counted 22 households.

The median household earns $940 a week, below the WA average of $1,816.

0.0% of residents were born overseas, fewer than the WA average of 34.2%. 21.0% use a language other than English at home. 39.3% report no religion, lower than the WA average (46.6%).

Key figures

2021 Census, Mount Burges beside WA and Australia.

MeasureMount BurgesWAAustralia
Population1162,662,30425,422,828
Growth since 2016+20.8%+7.4%+8.6%
Median age27.438.038.2
Households22965,2579,275,123
Flats and apartments0.0%6.5%14.3%
Renting81.8%27.7%31.1%
Owned outright0.0%29.6%31.4%
Median household income a week$940$1,816$1,747
Median rent a week$236$341$376
Median mortgage repayment a month–$1,841$1,866
Born overseas0.0%34.2%29.3%
Other language at home21.0%19.7%23.6%
No religion39.3%46.6%41.9%

Source: ABS Census 2021, via Censible. How the figures are built

Population and age

Each census since 2011, and the age profile in 2021.

Population

+20.8% since 2016.

Population · each census
  1. 842011
  2. 962016
  3. 1162021

Age

Median age 27.4, against 38.0 for Western Australia.

Mount Burges Western Australia
Share of people by age, Mount Burges and Western Australia
0–919.0%
10–1912.9%
20–2921.6%
30–3910.3%
40–496.0%
50–5919.8%
60–693.4%
70–790.0%
80+0.0%

Source: ABS Census 2021, via Censible. How the figures are built

Cultural background

The largest groups in Mount Burges at the 2021 Census.

Ancestry

Top 5 · ancestry
  1. Australian Aboriginal85.7%
  2. Australian23.8%
  3. English15.5%
  4. Scottish3.6%

Languages at home

Top 5 · languages at home
  1. Australian Indigenous languages20.2%

Country of birth

Source: ABS Census 2021, via Censible. How the figures are built

Around Mount Burges

The places it belongs to, sits beside and contains.

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