Perenjori, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Perenjori is a small Wheatbelt town in the northern agricultural region of Western Australia, about 348km north of Perth and 39km south-east of Morawa. Its name comes from the nearby Perenjori Rockhole, an Aboriginal water source; the name is believed to derive from the Peranj-jiddee bush that grew around it. The first settlers arrived from 1905, the townsite was gazetted in 1916, and the railway through the district opened about the same time. Wheat and other cereal crops remain the mainstay, handled through a CBH receival site, with iron ore also railed from the area. Perenjori sits on the Wildflower Way and draws visitors during the spring wildflower season from August to October.
Around the national middle
Perenjori is more socio-economically advantaged than about 50% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 987, 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 Perenjori 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 Perenjori 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
50/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (50/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
84/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $170 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 84% 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.
Perenjori at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 259
- Median age
- 42
- Median weekly household income
- $1,768
- SEIFA score
- 987
- Local government area
- Perenjori
- Coordinates
- -29.4460, 116.1602
Map of Perenjori
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Housing & property in Perenjori
What it costs to live in Perenjori and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $170
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $790
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 62%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 30%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Perenjori demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Perenjori demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Perenjori 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 37% and 12% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 49 | 20% |
| Youth (15–24) | 23 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 49 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 91 | 37% |
| Seniors (65+) | 32 | 13% |
Share of the 244 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 28 | 33% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 25 | 29% |
| Rented | 26 | 30% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 81 | 95% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 85 occupied private dwellings in Perenjori.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,023
- Median weekly personal income
- $955
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 23 (12%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 4 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 12 (5%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 74 (37%)
- Labour-force participation
- 56%
- Unemployment rate
- 0.9%
- Employed full-time
- 83
- Employed part-time
- 27
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 Perenjori
Is Perenjori 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, Perenjori rates 61/100 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 Perenjori?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Perenjori was $170, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $790. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Perenjori?
Perenjori is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Perenjori local government area.
What is the population of Perenjori?
At the 2021 Census, Perenjori had a population of about 259.
Is Perenjori an advantaged area?
Perenjori has an ABS SEIFA score of 987, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 50 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 50% of Australian suburbs.
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