Corrigin, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Corrigin is a Wheatbelt town in Western Australia, about 230 kilometres east-south-east of Perth. Its name is of Noongar origin, though its meaning is now unknown. The settlement grew up around a railway siding built in 1913 and was gazetted the following year, becoming a service centre for the surrounding wheat and sheep farms. Corrigin is best loved for a pair of quirky claims to fame: a Dog Cemetery on the western edge of town, where more than eighty dogs are buried, and a world record for the most dogs in utes, set when more than 1,500 utes paraded through the district and now marked by a roadside statue. The granite outcrop of Corrigin Rock lies a short drive to the east.
Less advantaged than the national average
Corrigin is more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 944, 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 Corrigin 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.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Corrigin 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
27/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (27/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
81/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $185 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 81% 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.
Corrigin at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 701
- Median age
- 50
- Median weekly household income
- $1,157
- SEIFA score
- 944
- Local government area
- Corrigin
- Coordinates
- -32.3350, 117.9016
Map of Corrigin
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Housing & property in Corrigin
What it costs to live in Corrigin and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $185
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $867
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 68%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 25%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Corrigin demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Corrigin demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Corrigin 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 seniors (65+) at 32% and 12% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 99 | 14% |
| Youth (15–24) | 62 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 146 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 168 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 226 | 32% |
Share of the 701 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 130 | 44% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 72 | 24% |
| Rented | 75 | 25% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 270 | 93% |
| Townhouses & semis | 17 | 6% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 290 occupied private dwellings in Corrigin.
- Average household size
- 2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,775
- Median weekly personal income
- $771
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 81 (12%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 24 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 21 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 238 (40%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58%
- Unemployment rate
- 4%
- Employed full-time
- 212
- Employed part-time
- 97
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 Corrigin
Is Corrigin 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, Corrigin rates 45/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Corrigin?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Corrigin was $185, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $867. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Corrigin?
Corrigin is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Corrigin local government area.
What is the population of Corrigin?
At the 2021 Census, Corrigin had a population of about 701.
Is Corrigin an advantaged area?
Corrigin has an ABS SEIFA score of 944, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 27 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of Australian suburbs.
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