Mulga Downs, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Is Mulga Downs 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.
Very strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 1 component we can score for Mulga Downs from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Housing affordability
97/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $80 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 97% 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.
- Socio-economic advantageNot scored — this suburb has no ABS SEIFA score.
- 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.
Mulga Downs at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 23
- Median age
- 49
- Median weekly household income
- $824
- Local government area
- Ashburton
- Coordinates
- -22.2131, 118.8654
Map of Mulga Downs
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Housing & property in Mulga Downs
What it costs to live in Mulga Downs and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $80
- per week
- Rented
- 100%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Mulga Downs demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Mulga Downs demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Mulga Downs 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 52% and 22% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 0 | 0% |
| Youth (15–24) | 4 | 19% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 6 | 29% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 11 | 52% |
| Seniors (65+) | 0 | 0% |
Share of the 21 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 0 | 0% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 0 | 0% |
| Rented | 3 | 100% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3 | 100% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 3 occupied private dwellings in Mulga Downs.
- Average household size
- 1.4 people
- Median weekly family income
- $575
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,375
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 5 (22%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 11 (55%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 9 (39%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 8 (38%)
- Labour-force participation
- 59.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 7.7%
- Employed full-time
- 10
- Employed part-time
- 0
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 Mulga Downs
Is Mulga Downs a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On housing affordability, Mulga Downs rates 97/100 overall (Very 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 Mulga Downs?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Mulga Downs was $80. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Mulga Downs?
Mulga Downs is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Ashburton local government area.
What is the population of Mulga Downs?
At the 2021 Census, Mulga Downs had a population of about 23.
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