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WA · Lake Grace Council

Lake King, 6356

Est. population · Jun 2025

88

Growth (1 yr)

+1.1%

Growth (5 yr)

+2.3%

Median age

44

Median income

$1,687/wk

Employment rate

71.8%

University qualified

4.5%

Work from home

34.5%

Languages at home

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

  • Green suburb
  • Agricultural
  • Remote
What Lake King is known for: Green suburb, Agricultural, Remote

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Suburb profile

Lake King is a remote locality in Western Australia, in Lake Grace Council. It is close to Lake King Progress Association.

Local amenities is an exceptional strength, well above typical levels for remote localities. School ICSEA scores are a relative strength. Socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median, and green cover is stronger than in comparable places, and working from home is more common than in comparable places. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high.

Lake King is a better fit for people who value socio-economic advantage and school quality.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Remote locality · compared with remote localities in Western Australia (453)

Strengths

  • Socio-economic advantage sits well above the peer median
  • Green cover is stronger than in comparable places
  • Working from home is more common than in comparable places
  • School ICSEA scores are a relative strength
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places

Weaknesses

No relative weaknesses against comparable places.

What stands out

  • Lake King Progress Association
  • Space is a strength, but car dependence is high

Who it suits

  • StudentsInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Lake King compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$195/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

88

+1.1% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

50.0%

Census unoccupied dwellings

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Pop. growth

49th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

26%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

9/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

40th

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Population

Estimated resident population

88(June 2025)

+1.1% annual · +2.3% over 5 years · 49th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+1.1%
5-year growth
+2.3%
Change in 1 year
+1
Change in 5 years
+2
Growth rank in WA
49th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~100), extrapolated at -0.4% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
84
Median age
44
Median household income / week
$1,687
Dwelling vacancy
50%
Unoccupied private dwellings
28 of 56
Median monthly mortgage
$1,475
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$195
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
56.5% / 17.4% / 26.1%
Employment rate
71.8%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
34.5% / 0% / 38.2%
Walked or cycled to work
20%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
27 / 0 / 0 (+ 3 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

4.5% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 17.9% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified4.5% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified9% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational17.9% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below68.7% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Education25%
  • Agriculture and environment21.4%
  • Engineering and related technologies14.3%
  • Management and commerce14.3%
  • Society and culture14.3%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services10.7%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$84,708

96th percentile in WA · +44% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$45,246

7th percentile in WA · -30% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
12.0%

44th percentile in WA · -13% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$24,500

6th percentile in WA · -61% vs Australia

Residents with business income
4.0%

5th percentile in WA · -61% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6356 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
94
Taxpayers reporting net rent
11
Median net rent
-$4,509
Taxpayers reporting business income
4
Taxable income vs state median
+39%
Salary / wages vs state median
-28%
Rental investment vs state median
0%
Super vs state median
-62%
Business income vs state median
-50%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in WA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

56.4% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 24.5× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.3% across Western Australia.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
56.4%

87th percentile in WA · +2352% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
31
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 6356

Occupation mix in this industry

2021 Census G56, residents employed in agriculture, forestry and fishing. Counts below 10 are not shown.

  • Managers20

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 6356 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Western Australia - Wheat Belt (SA4 509), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12144,875
  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 12131,810
  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 12121,106
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211804
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415550
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412493
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8416305
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 841979
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841341
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841129

Western Australia - Wheat Belt is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 55 · AFF share +2352% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

17.1% born overseas

Language at home
74 English only · 0 other
Non-English at home
0%
Born overseas
13 (17.1%)
Australian citizens
69

Religion

50%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 50%, while 47.6% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion47.6%42.5%
Christianity50%41.1%
Other / not stated2.4%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Anglican11.9%10.1%
Catholic11.9%18.7%
Christian (not further defined)11.9%3.4%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Figures are for the Great Southern Police District, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
3,627
Against the person
983
Against property
1,654
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
51.5
State crime-rate percentile
32.5th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-34.6%

Most common offence types

  • Assault (Family)
  • Breach Of Violence Restraint Order
  • Drug Offences
  • Property Damage
  • Stealing

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • WA Police district crime statistics — Western Australia Police Force · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Quarterly timeseries XLSX; district-level aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
1
Median school ICSEA
986
Median ICSEA percentile
40th
School list
  • Lake King Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 986 · 40th percentile · LBOTE 14% · 37 students · Top SEA quarter 15% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Public transport

1 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Transwa Bay Transwa Lake King

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

5 mapped amenities

1 campgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
2/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(4)
  • Damnosa Nature ReserveNature reserve
  • Kathleen Nature ReserveNature reserve
  • Lake Ace Nature ReserveNature reserve
  • Lake King Nature ReserveNature reserve
Camping & holiday parks(1)
  • Lake King Caravan ParkCampground

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Sporting clubs

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Lakes Football Club

    Australian Rules Football

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
0.1%
Woodland / forest cover
0.1%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
8
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
28°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Ravensthorpe District Health Service (64.8 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
1
Participants per 1,000 residents
11.4

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
28° / 14°
Rainfall
46 mm · ~6 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
23° / 11°
Rainfall
83 mm · ~10 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
16° / 6°
Rainfall
122 mm · ~15 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
22° / 8°
Rainfall
65 mm · ~8 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via WA bush fire prone area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain mapping against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
O'Connor
Member of Parliament
Rick WILSON (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
122,006
Turnout (2025)
86.7%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-6.6 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 63.3%Labor 36.7%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 145.6 km away).

Coalition 83.9%Labor 16.1%

20.6 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -7.2 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • NewdegateLabor 13.0% · Coalition 87.0% TPP (2025)59.3 km away
  • RavensthorpeLabor 22.3% · Coalition 77.7% TPP (2025)65.5 km away
  • HydenLabor 5.5% · Coalition 94.5% TPP (2025)103.4 km away
  • HopetounLabor 32.9% · Coalition 67.1% TPP (2025)104.3 km away
  • Lake GraceLabor 12.9% · Coalition 87.1% TPP (2025)111.9 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
9/10
IRSD decile (2021)
9/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

More in Lake Grace Council

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Comparable suburbs

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