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Lake Austin vs Mount Magnet

Suburb / Locality comparison ≈ 56 km apart · Lake Austin profile · Mount Magnet profile

Lake Austin Mount Magnet

Mount Magnet and Lake Austin are two rural areas in Western Australia. Mount Magnet is a small town of 583 people, while Lake Austin is largely non-residential with no population. Mount Magnet has far more infrastructure, including one public transport route and a walkability score of 3.5 (mostly car-dependent), whereas Lake Austin is car-dependent with a score of 0.0. In Mount Magnet, about 70.5% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of groceries and 70.6% are near a park; in Lake Austin, 0.0% of homes have this access.

Both areas are similar in their terrain, with a mean slope of about 3%. They also both have only one school within 3 km, and in both places, no homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services. While Mount Magnet has a larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population of 54 people, Lake Austin has none.

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Where they differ most

Population: 583 larger in Mount Magnet

Demographics & Identity

Population in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +583 larger in Mount Magnet gap widening
0 0th pct 583 67th pct
Median age in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet gap narrowing
— 43 yrs 43rd pct
First Nations in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 9.3% 86th pct
Aged 65+ in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 16.1% 38th pct
Under 15 in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 21.1% 75th pct
De facto in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 18.3% 85th pct

Ancestry & Birthplace

Born overseas in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 10.3% 45th pct

Language

Other language in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 2.6% 43rd pct
Limited English in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 0.0% 0th pct

Religion

No religion in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 23.2% 13th pct

Education & Qualifications

Year 12 in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 19.4% 1st pct
Bachelor+ in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 7.8% 21st pct
Schools/1k kids in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 8.13 71st pct
Schools ≤3 km in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet even
1 43rd pct 1 43rd pct
Avg size in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +91 larger in Mount Magnet
23 6th pct 114 28th pct
ICSEA in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +40 higher in Mount Magnet
677 0th pct 717 0th pct

Income

Personal income in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet gap narrowing
— $703 41st pct
Household income in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— $1,192 25th pct
Family income in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— $1,357 18th pct
High earners in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 7.8% 48th pct
High-income homes in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 8.6% 25th pct

Health & Disability

Health condition in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 18.7% 12th pct
Mental health in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 6.2% 32nd pct
Needs assistance in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 3.3% 34th pct

Community Participation

Volunteering in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 15.1% 35th pct
Unpaid carers in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 8.6% 18th pct
Unpaid child care in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 11.4% 9th pct
Defence service in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 3.4% 63rd pct
Housework 15h+ in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 13.1% 10th pct

First Nations

First Nations people in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +54 larger in Mount Magnet
0 0th pct 54 78th pct
Median age in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 36 yrs 74th pct
Year 12 in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 30.8% 28th pct
Median income in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— $560 41st pct
Household income in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— $1,281 30th pct
Indigenous language in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 5.6% 59th pct

Family & Households

Household size in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 2.0 14th pct
One-parent in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 24.0% 91st pct
Living alone in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 38.3% 89th pct

Housing & Dwellings

Rent in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— $175 19th pct
Mortgage in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— $535 2nd pct
People / bedroom in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 0.80 43rd pct
Renting in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 30.5% 79th pct
Owned outright in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 40.6% 48th pct
Separate houses in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 89.1% 30th pct
3+ bedrooms in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 68.0% 24th pct

Transport & Vehicles

No car in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 4.9% 73rd pct
Work from home in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 5.8% 13th pct
PT commute in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 0.0% 0th pct
PT stops in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +1 more in Mount Magnet
0 0th pct 1 64th pct
Stops/1k in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 1.72 64th pct
Departures/1k in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 6.9 58th pct
PT routes in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +1 more in Mount Magnet
0 0th pct 1 71st pct
Stop walk in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 52 81st pct

Migration & Movement

Recent movers in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 20.8% 17th pct
Recent arrivals in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 5.0% 42nd pct

Jobs & Industry

Unemployment in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 4.8% 66th pct
Participation in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 31.7% 2nd pct
Full-time in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 74.5% 92nd pct

Walkability

Walk score in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +3.5 higher in Mount Magnet
0.0 0th pct 3.5 75th pct
Types ≤15 min in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +3.8 more in Mount Magnet
0.0 0th pct 3.8 76th pct
15-min city in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +62.1 pts higher in Mount Magnet
0.0% 0th pct 62.1% 83rd pct
Walk to shops in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +70.5 pts higher in Mount Magnet
0.0% 0th pct 70.5% 85th pct
Walk to transit in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +11.1 pts higher in Mount Magnet
0.0% 0th pct 11.1% 61st pct
Walk to school in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +63.3 pts higher in Mount Magnet
0.0% 0th pct 63.3% 80th pct
Walk to a park in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +70.6 pts higher in Mount Magnet
0.0% 0th pct 70.6% 70th pct
Walk to health in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet even
0.0% 0th pct 0.0% 0th pct
Amenities/1k in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet
— 24.0 67th pct
Intersections/km² in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet even
0 1st pct 0 36th pct
Mean slope in Lake Austinin Mount Magnet +0.6 pts higher in Mount Magnet
2.5% 5th pct 3.1% 14th pct

Compare Lake Austin with nearby areas

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Compare Mount Magnet with nearby areas

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Cite this page

Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Lake Austin vs Mount Magnet [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sal/SAL50810/lake-austin/vs/SAL51024/mount-magnet