Wongan Hills, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
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.
Wongan Hills at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 896
- Median age
- 43
- Median weekly household income
- $1,174
- SEIFA score
- 907
- Coordinates
- -30.8305, 116.6912
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%, 35% of homes are rented, 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.
- Median weekly rent
- $180
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,083
- 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.
Common questions about Wongan Hills
Where is Wongan Hills?
Wongan Hills is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
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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