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Mirrabooka WA 6061

3,472 addresses · 142 streets

Cowan Electorate › Stirling LGA › Mirrabooka · 10 km from Perth

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Living Here

Mirrabooka is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 8,000 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $1,267 a week, with median rent near $290 a week. Most homes are houses. About 68% of households own their home and 31% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Vietnamese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

8,000Population
36Median age
$1,267Median household income / wk
$290Median rent / wk
3.0Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Noranda, 5.3 km east · Bus interchange: Mirrabooka Bus Station, 1.4 km south-west · Airport: Perth Airport, 13.2 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

😟More disadvantaged · 1/10
Economic resources2/10
Education & jobs1/10

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 10.5% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mirrabooka

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

Tree cover measures, Mirrabooka WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202010.5%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202121.9%

Demographics

Unemployment 9.1% · Labour-force participation 53.9%

Population by age in Mirrabooka
Population by age, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4455
5-141,233
15-19615
20-24559
25-341,012
35-441,004
45-54951
55-641,034
65-74724
75-84302
85+119
Dwelling types in Mirrabooka
Dwelling types, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
House2,118
Townhouse334
Apartment24
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mirrabooka
Households by weekly income, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650540
$650-1,499762
$1,500-2,999674
$3,000+264
Top ancestries in Mirrabooka
Top ancestries, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
Other3,332
English1,133
Australian1,040
Vietnamese796
Ancestry NS630
Chinese471
Housing tenure in Mirrabooka
Housing tenure, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned710
Mortgage924
Rented751
Other29
Cars per household in Mirrabooka
Cars per household, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
0187
1798
2792
3423
4+223
Commute to work in Mirrabooka
Commute to work, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,396
Train11
Bus81
Tram/ferry0
Walked28
Bicycle7
Home102
Top countries of birth in Mirrabooka
Top countries of birth, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnam722
Myanmar477
Iraq239
North Macedonia165
India152
Bosnia & Herzegovina145
Languages used at home in Mirrabooka
Languages used at home, Mirrabooka WA (ABS Census 2021)
Vietnamese953
Arabic751
Macedonian237
Cantonese137
Tagalog77
Mandarin73

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

21,802 bird observations recorded near Mirrabooka — most often seen:

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