Bencubbin WA 6477
311 addresses · 40 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Mount Marshall LGA › Bencubbin · 228 km from Perth
Living Here
Bencubbin is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 203 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,339 a week, with median rent near $110 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 34% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
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: Bencubbin itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 Catholic church
1 childcare centre
1 post office
2 service stations
2 gyms & sports centres
1 golf club
Socio-economic Standing
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: 0.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 0.9% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.7% · Labour-force participation 62.9%
Population by age in Bencubbin
| 0-4 | 10 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 17 |
| 15-19 | 3 |
| 20-24 | 12 |
| 25-34 | 20 |
| 35-44 | 27 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 44 |
| 65-74 | 18 |
| 75-84 | 10 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Bencubbin
| House | 76 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 6 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bencubbin
| <$650 | 13 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 28 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 17 |
| $3,000+ | 8 |
Top ancestries in Bencubbin
| English | 104 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 85 |
| Scottish | 23 |
| Ancestry NS | 20 |
| Aboriginal | 14 |
| Irish | 9 |
Housing tenure in Bencubbin
| Owned | 34 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 10 |
| Rented | 25 |
| Other | 5 |
Cars per household in Bencubbin
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
| 2 | 25 |
| 3 | 13 |
| 4+ | 11 |
Commute to work in Bencubbin
| Car | 55 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 14 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 17 |
Top countries of birth in Bencubbin
| New Zealand | 9 |
|---|---|
| England | 6 |
| Scotland | 5 |
| Germany | 3 |
Languages used at home in Bencubbin
| German | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
184 bird observations recorded near Bencubbin — most often seen:
- Port Lincoln Parrot (14)
- Western Australian Raven (14)
- Rock Dove (10)
- Mainland Tree Martin (9)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (9)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (8)
- Western Galah (8)
- Southern Weebill (7)
- Galah (6)
- Inland Singing Honeyeater (6)
- South-western Australian Magpie (6)
- Southern Magpie-lark (6)
- Western Crested Pigeon (6)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bencubbin
- Western Striated Pardalote (6)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (6)
- Yellow-throated Miner (6)
- Australian Raven (5)
- Magpie-lark (5)
- Red-capped Robin (5)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (5)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (5)
- Inland Grey Butcherbird (4)
- Nankeen Kestrel (4)
- Pied Butcherbird (4)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (4)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (4)
- Brown Honeyeater (3)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (3)
- Cockatiel (3)
- Common Bronzewing (3)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Bencubbin:
- Welbungin (15.2 km)
- Gabbin (17.6 km)
- North Trayning (26.2 km)
- North Kununoppin (26.7 km)
- Barbalin (27.2 km)
- Lake Margarette (32.2 km)
- Wattoning (32.9 km)
- Kununoppin (34 km)
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Streets
- Andrews Tank Road (3)
- Baxter Street (7)
- Beacon Back Road (3)
- Beacon-bencubbin Road (10)
- Bencubbin-gabbin Road (1)
- Bencubbin-kellerberrin Road (4)
- Bencubbin-kununoppin Road (3)
- Breakell Road (5)
- Brown Street (77)
- Collins Street (16)
- Cornell Street (5)
- Diver Street (9)
- Federation Street (2)
- Gabbabin Road (1)
- Gilham Cooper Road (2)
- Gillett Road (3)
- Gluyas Street (3)
- Grant Road (1)
- Grant Street (4)
- Grylls Road (2)
- Hammond Street (30)
- Hogan Road (2)
- Jack Road (3)
- Jeffries Street (8)
- Koorda-bullfinch Road (3)
- Mandiga-marindo Road (2)
- Mandiga-trayning Road (1)
- Marshall Rock North Road (1)
- Marshall Rock South Road (1)
- Monger Street (52)
- Murray Street (2)
- Nabawa Street (9)
- Padbury Street (2)
- Perry Road (1)
- Powell Street (9)
- Rowlands Street (9)
- Sachse North South Road (2)
- Watson Court (1)
- Welbungin Road (9)
- Wren Road (3)
