Mount Hawthorn, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Mount Hawthorn is a desirable inner-city suburb of Perth within the City of Vincent, popular with young families for its parks, cafes, bars and restaurants. The area was first marked out for development in 1887, and when a syndicate subdivided its land in 1903 one of the owners named his portion the Hawthorn Estate, after the Melbourne suburb where he had recently stayed. Mount Hawthorn Primary School, opened in 1906, is among the largest in the state and displays a mural honouring May O'Brien, Western Australia's first qualified female Aboriginal teacher. The suburb wears its First World War history with pride: Axford Park recalls the Victoria Cross winner Thomas Axford, while Anzac Cottage on Kalgoorlie Street was built by local tradespeople in a single day in 1916 to house a returned veteran.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Mount Hawthorn is more socio-economically advantaged than about 97% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1121, 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 Mount Hawthorn 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.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Mount Hawthorn 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
97/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (97/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
15/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $420 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 15% 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.
Mount Hawthorn at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 8,183
- Median age
- 37
- Median weekly household income
- $2,890
- SEIFA score
- 1121
- Local government area
- Vincent
- Coordinates
- -31.9206, 115.8349
Map of Mount Hawthorn
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Housing & property in Mount Hawthorn
What it costs to live in Mount Hawthorn and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $420
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,518
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 26%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Mount Hawthorn demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Mount Hawthorn demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Mount Hawthorn 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 young adults (25–44) at 29% and 26% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,870 | 23% |
| Youth (15–24) | 843 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 2,391 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 2,253 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 831 | 10% |
Share of the 8,188 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 897 | 30% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 1,245 | 42% |
| Rented | 774 | 26% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 2,310 | 78% |
| Townhouses & semis | 515 | 17% |
| Flats & apartments | 128 | 4% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,973 occupied private dwellings in Mount Hawthorn.
- Average household size
- 2.7 people
- Median weekly family income
- $3,440
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,262
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 2,062 (26%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 1,185 (15%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 66 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 4,667 (77%)
- Labour-force participation
- 75.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 3%
- Employed full-time
- 2,796
- Employed part-time
- 1,628
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.
Weather and climate in Mount Hawthorn
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Mount Hawthorn is February (average daytime high around 29.9°C) and the coolest is August (around 17.6°C). The area receives roughly 624 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.8°C | 18.9°C | 23 mm |
| Feb | 29.9°C | 19°C | 20 mm |
| Mar | 28.2°C | 18.1°C | 40 mm |
| Apr | 24.2°C | 14.9°C | 42 mm |
| May | 20.7°C | 12°C | 78 mm |
| Jun | 18.2°C | 10.5°C | 99 mm |
| Jul | 17.2°C | 10.4°C | 112 mm |
| Aug | 17.6°C | 9.7°C | 97 mm |
| Sep | 19.1°C | 10.7°C | 47 mm |
| Oct | 21.6°C | 12.5°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 25°C | 14.9°C | 21 mm |
| Dec | 28.1°C | 17.4°C | 8 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Mount Hawthorn
Is Mount Hawthorn 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, Mount Hawthorn rates 70/100 overall (Strong 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 Mount Hawthorn?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Mount Hawthorn was $420, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,518. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Mount Hawthorn?
Mount Hawthorn is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Vincent local government area.
What is the population of Mount Hawthorn?
At the 2021 Census, Mount Hawthorn had a population of about 8,183.
Is Mount Hawthorn an advantaged area?
Mount Hawthorn has an ABS SEIFA score of 1121, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 97 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 97% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Mount Hawthorn?
Mount Hawthorn has average daytime highs of about 23.3°C and overnight lows of about 14.1°C, with roughly 624 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
Does Mount Hawthorn have high household incomes?
Mount Hawthorn has one of the highest median weekly household incomes in Western Australia — the 17th-highest among suburbs with at least 1,000 residents at the 2021 Census ($2,890 per week).
Where Mount Hawthorn ranks
Mount Hawthorn appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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