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Beacon WA 6472

214 addresses · 32 streets

O'Connor Electorate › Mount Marshall LGA › Beacon · 254 km from Perth

Living Here

Beacon is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 123 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,468 a week, with median rent near $155 a week. Most homes are houses. About 63% of households own their home and 19% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

123Population
47Median age
$1,468Median household income / wk
$155Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Mukinbudin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Beacon itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs7/10

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 3.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Beacon

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Beacon WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20203.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20212.8%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 70.6%

Population by age in Beacon
Population by age, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-46
5-148
15-190
20-243
25-3411
35-4420
45-5424
55-6424
65-7414
75-845
85+3
Dwelling types in Beacon
Dwelling types, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
House47
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Beacon
Households by weekly income, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$6500
$650-1,49910
$1,500-2,9998
$3,000+11
Top ancestries in Beacon
Top ancestries, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian62
English54
Irish14
Ancestry NS10
German7
NZ5
Housing tenure in Beacon
Housing tenure, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned24
Mortgage10
Rented10
Other10
Cars per household in Beacon
Cars per household, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
00
19
221
33
4+7
Commute to work in Beacon
Commute to work, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car32
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked7
Bicycle0
Home17
Top countries of birth in Beacon
Top countries of birth, Beacon WA (ABS Census 2021)
England3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

244 bird observations recorded near Beacon — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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