Bencubbin, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Bencubbin is a small town in the northeastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia, about 275km northeast of Perth. The name is thought to come from an Aboriginal word, variously said to mean 'place of the snakes' and recorded in early forms such as 'Gnylbencubbing'. The surveyor John Septimus Roe passed through the district in 1836, settlers took up wheat land from around 1908, and the townsite was gazetted in 1917. Grain farming remains the mainstay, served by CBH storage. Bencubbin is best known for the Bencubbin meteorite, found in 1930, an unusual stony-iron type whose fragments are held by museums including the Smithsonian. Wide streets and grain silos mark the small townsite at the heart of a broad farming district.
Less advantaged than the national average
Bencubbin is more socio-economically advantaged than about 36% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 963, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Bencubbin at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 203
- Median age
- 47
- Median weekly household income
- $1,339
- SEIFA score
- 963
- Coordinates
- -30.7829, 117.8547
Bencubbin demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Bencubbin using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 36%, 32% of homes are rented, and 12% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 27 | 14% |
| Youth (15–24) | 15 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 47 | 24% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 72 | 36% |
| Seniors (65+) | 37 | 19% |
Share of the 198 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 34 | 44% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 10 | 13% |
| Rented | 25 | 32% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 76 | 93% |
| Townhouses & semis | 6 | 7% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 82 occupied private dwellings in Bencubbin.
- Median weekly rent
- $110
- Median monthly mortgage
- $675
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,812
- Median weekly personal income
- $891
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 23 (12%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 3 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 14 (7%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 66 (39%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Employed full-time
- 64
- Employed part-time
- 25
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Bencubbin
Where is Bencubbin?
Bencubbin is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Bencubbin?
At the 2021 Census, Bencubbin had a population of about 203.
Is Bencubbin an advantaged area?
Bencubbin has an ABS SEIFA score of 963, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 36 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 36% of Australian suburbs.
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