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.
Is Bencubbin a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Bencubbin from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
36/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (36/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
93/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $110 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 93% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Bencubbin at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 203
- Median age
- 47
- Median weekly household income
- $1,339
- SEIFA score
- 963
- Local government area
- Mount Marshall
- Coordinates
- -30.7829, 117.8547
Map of Bencubbin
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Housing & property in Bencubbin
What it costs to live in Bencubbin and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $110
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $675
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 57%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 32%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Bencubbin demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
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% 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.
- 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.
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Common questions about Bencubbin
Is Bencubbin a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Bencubbin rates 55/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Bencubbin?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Bencubbin was $110, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $675. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Bencubbin?
Bencubbin is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Mount Marshall local government area.
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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