QP SUBURB BRIEF
WA overview · postcode 6477.
KEY FACTS FIRST, DETAILS BELOW

Bencubbin at a glance, before the advanced view.

This page now starts with the practical questions ordinary users ask first: is the suburb expensive, what does rent look like, how big is it, what is nearby, and what should you do next.

Bencubbin is in Mount Marshall LGA, WA, postcode 6477, with population 203.

MEDIAN HOUSE
No local house series
MEDIAN RENT
$171/wk
Market rent signal
POPULATION
203
203 local footprint
SCHOOLS
1
Avg ICSEA 936
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QUICK READ
6477
SUBURB VERDICT

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

JOBS SIGNAL

The local employment base leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. Local earnings momentum is not available from the linked ATO series. WA employment is up +1.1% year-on-year (+18K jobs) and +17.0% over five years in the official NERO dataset. Read this as a broader state jobs backdrop combined with local employment mix, not a suburb-only new-jobs count.

INFRASTRUCTURE PIPELINE

WA has 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2024-10-02. There is no matched local transport-stop count here, so read the infrastructure backdrop as broader state delivery context only. Read this as a state delivery backdrop, not a suburb-specific project list.

LIVEABILITY READ

Bencubbin is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Mount Marshall local government area (postcode 6477). With a population of 203, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

DATA CONFIDENCE

This suburb mixes release datasets, Census data, and matched local services. Use the data status block before treating every metric as equally fresh.

SOURCE & FRESHNESS

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

Release-based suburb price series, not a live market feed

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

DATA STATUS
Property prices
ABS Data by Region and processed state datasets · Release-based series
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
Missing
Market rent
Homes Victoria / state rent dataset · H2 2025 · State market dataset
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · annual
Available
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · No linked annual population growth series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · No linked approvals series
medium stability · mixed acquisition · mixed refresh · mixed
Missing
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as Census rent fallback or low-confidence hospital matching.
EVIDENCE DEPTH
THIN EVIDENCE

Bencubbin is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

The page has limited direct evidence. Missing signals include Property prices, Crime, and Hospitals, so use nearby alternatives or compare before relying on it.

NEXT STEP

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DIRECT
2

Market rent, Schools

VERIFY
0

No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.

MISSING
6

Property prices, Crime, Hospitals, Transport

DECISION INTELLIGENCE
THIN-CONTEXT

Bencubbin currently reads as a thin-context candidate.

The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

RECOMMENDED NEXT STEP

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WHY IT FITS

No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.

WHAT TO CHECK

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

DECISIVE GAPS

Property prices, Transport

COMPARE STATUS

Use as context

SPARSE LOCALITY NOTE

This page stays indexable because Bencubbin is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, transport stops, crime coverage, and population trend data.

The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage, transport stops, crime coverage, population trend data, and building approvals. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

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PAGE STATUS
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

STRONGER NEARBY READS

If Bencubbin feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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SIMILAR RENT PROFILE SIMILAR SUBURB SCALE

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WHY PEOPLE LOOK HERE
  • Buyers want a quick sense of price, schools, and neighbourhood scale before getting lost in data.
  • Investors want to know whether rent, yield, and affordability broadly support the suburb story.
  • Researchers want one place that ties property, demographics, transport, and services together.
LOCAL SIGNALS
Schools: 1 matched, including Bencubbin Primary School.
Crime: No local crime dataset linked.
Transport: No matched local transport stops.
FAQ
What is the typical weekly rent in Bencubbin? +
The median weekly rent in Bencubbin is $171/wk, based on the current market rent dataset.
Where does QuickProperty get its data for Bencubbin? +
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
How often is the Bencubbin data updated? +
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.
ADVANCED VIEW

Full data detail for Bencubbin

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Bencubbin WA

Postcode 6477 · Mount Marshall LGA

Bencubbin is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Mount Marshall local government area (postcode 6477). With a population of 203, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $70K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $171. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $675.

Bencubbin is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 936, which is below the national average of 1,000.

SEIFA INDEX (ABS)
Advantage3/10
Education6/10
Economic4/10
Disadvantage4/10
MEDIAN RENT /WK
$110
POPULATION
203
DEMOGRAPHICS
Median Age47
Household Size2.1
HH Income /wk$1,339
Personal Income /wk$891
Mortgage /mth$675
SCHOOLS (1)
Avg ICSEA936
Total Students28
Government1
Bencubbin Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 936
NEARBY IN MOUNT MARSHALL LGA
DATA STATUS
Property prices
Processed price datasets
Missing
Market rent
State rent dataset · H2 2025 · Market dataset
Available
Crime
State crime dataset
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · 1 schools matched
Available
Hospitals
AIHW
Missing
Transport
GTFS
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP
Missing
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals
Missing
Available means a local dataset is present. Verify means coverage exists but location confidence is limited.
Data: Census 2021