Wongan Hills, WA
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Wongan Hills is a Wheatbelt town in Western Australia, about 182 kilometres north-north-east of Perth and named for a low range of hills that rises just to the north-west. The name comes from Aboriginal words, and although its exact meaning is uncertain it is often said to mean whispering hills, from wongan and katta, a word for hill. Surveyor General John Septimus Roe recorded the hills in 1836, but the town itself grew much later, gazetted in 1911 when the railway arrived from Goomalling on its way to Mullewa. Wheat, sheep and pigs have long been the mainstays, served by an agricultural research station opened in 1925 and the tall grain silos that have marked the skyline since the 1930s.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Wongan Hills is more socio-economically advantaged than about 14% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 907, 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 Wongan Hills 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 Wongan Hills 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
14/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (14/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
82/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $180 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 82% 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.
Wongan Hills at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 896
- Median age
- 43
- Median weekly household income
- $1,174
- SEIFA score
- 907
- Local government area
- Wongan-Ballidu
- Coordinates
- -30.8305, 116.6912
Map of Wongan Hills
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Housing & property in Wongan Hills
What it costs to live in Wongan Hills and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $180
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,083
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 62%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 35%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Wongan Hills demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Wongan Hills demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Wongan Hills 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 24% and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 164 | 18% |
| Youth (15–24) | 84 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 216 | 24% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 216 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 216 | 24% |
Share of the 896 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 132 | 36% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 93 | 26% |
| Rented | 127 | 35% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 337 | 93% |
| Townhouses & semis | 26 | 7% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 363 occupied private dwellings in Wongan Hills.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,547
- Median weekly personal income
- $726
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 120 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 41 (5%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 63 (7%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 294 (41%)
- Labour-force participation
- 60.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Employed full-time
- 262
- Employed part-time
- 133
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 Wongan Hills
Is Wongan Hills 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, Wongan Hills rates 37/100 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 Wongan Hills?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Wongan Hills was $180, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Wongan Hills?
Wongan Hills is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Wongan-Ballidu local government area.
What is the population of Wongan Hills?
At the 2021 Census, Wongan Hills had a population of about 896.
Is Wongan Hills an advantaged area?
Wongan Hills has an ABS SEIFA score of 907, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 14 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 14% of Australian suburbs.
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