Mukinbudin, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Mukinbudin is a small wheatbelt town in the north-eastern agricultural region of Western Australia, around 300 kilometres east of Perth and north of Merredin, near Lake Campion. The origin of the town's name is not recorded in the usual accounts. Sheep graziers took up large pastoral leases here from the 1870s, and from around 1910 farmers arrived to grow wheat on smaller blocks; the railway reached the district in 1923 and the townsite was gazetted the year before. Grain growing remains the mainstay of the local economy, and Mukinbudin is a receival point for the state's bulk grain handler. It serves as a quiet service centre for the surrounding farming community of the outer wheatbelt.
Less advantaged than the national average
Mukinbudin 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 Mukinbudin 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 Mukinbudin 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
89/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $150 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 89% 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.
Mukinbudin at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 336
- Median age
- 44
- Median weekly household income
- $1,218
- SEIFA score
- 963
- Local government area
- Mukinbudin
- Coordinates
- -30.8701, 118.2762
Map of Mukinbudin
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Housing & property in Mukinbudin
What it costs to live in Mukinbudin and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $150
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $778
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 68%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 24%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Mukinbudin demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Mukinbudin demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Mukinbudin 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 25% and 12% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 63 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 35 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 76 | 23% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 85 | 25% |
| Seniors (65+) | 77 | 23% |
Share of the 336 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 61 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 31 | 23% |
| Rented | 33 | 24% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 140 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 140 occupied private dwellings in Mukinbudin.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,875
- Median weekly personal income
- $716
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 36 (12%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 7 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 25 (7%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 93 (36%)
- Labour-force participation
- 52.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.1%
- Employed full-time
- 99
- Employed part-time
- 35
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 Mukinbudin
Is Mukinbudin 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, Mukinbudin rates 54/100 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 Mukinbudin?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Mukinbudin was $150, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $778. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Mukinbudin?
Mukinbudin is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Mukinbudin local government area.
What is the population of Mukinbudin?
At the 2021 Census, Mukinbudin had a population of about 336.
Is Mukinbudin an advantaged area?
Mukinbudin 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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