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Mount Pleasant WA 6153

4,403 addresses · 64 streets

Tangney Electorate › Melville LGA › Mount Pleasant · 8 km from Perth

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Living Here

Mount Pleasant is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 7,456 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,401 a week, with median rent near $460 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 22% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Chinese. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

7,456Population
43Median age
$2,401Median household income / wk
$460Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Canning Bridge, 1.9 km north-east · Railway halt: Canning Junction, 6.3 km east · Bus interchange: Booragoon Bus Station, 1.6 km south-west · Ferry wharf: Mends Street Jetty, 6.1 km north · Airport: Jandakot Airport, 8.1 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources9/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 8.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Mount Pleasant

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

Tree cover measures, Mount Pleasant WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20208.8%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 20215.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 4.1% · Labour-force participation 65.1%

Population by age in Mount Pleasant
Population by age, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4335
5-14905
15-19414
20-24438
25-34718
35-441,055
45-54990
55-641,024
65-74937
75-84467
85+187
Dwelling types in Mount Pleasant
Dwelling types, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
House1,965
Townhouse550
Apartment341
Other0
Households by weekly income in Mount Pleasant
Households by weekly income, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650315
$650-1,499561
$1,500-2,999673
$3,000+1,129
Top ancestries in Mount Pleasant
Top ancestries, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
English2,618
Australian1,867
Chinese1,092
Other1,091
Irish700
Scottish671
Housing tenure in Mount Pleasant
Housing tenure, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,222
Mortgage942
Rented636
Other31
Cars per household in Mount Pleasant
Cars per household, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
087
1963
21,219
3379
4+200
Commute to work in Mount Pleasant
Commute to work, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,542
Train63
Bus182
Tram/ferry0
Walked33
Bicycle36
Home468
Top countries of birth in Mount Pleasant
Top countries of birth, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
England530
Malaysia311
China175
South Africa160
Indonesia147
Singapore137
Languages used at home in Mount Pleasant
Languages used at home, Mount Pleasant WA (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin376
Cantonese143
Indonesian141
Persian109
Italian83
Korean64

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

123,018 bird observations recorded near Mount Pleasant — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Mount Pleasant

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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