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WA 6324 · Plantagenet
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Mount Barker, Western Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Mount Barker (WA) WA
Based on 62 sales in the preceding 12 months
$635,000
Up 37.3% over 12 months
Based on 23 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$500 per week
Up 17.6% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Mount Barker (WA), WA is currently $635,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Mount Barker (WA) has a 12-month growth rate of 37.3% for houses and 16.7% for units.
One-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $525,000, Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $475,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $580,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $780,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $900,000 in Mount Barker (WA).
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Mount Barker (WA) is $500 per week. The median house rent has increased 17.6% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Mount Barker is 9,534 offences per 100,000 residents — 6% above the Rest of WA benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Mount Barker.
Overall crime rate
9,534
offences per 100,000 residents
6% aboveRest of WA
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Mount Barker WA 6324 is in Western Australia, within Rest of WA.
2,855 people call Mount Barker home, with an average of 2.4 people per household and a median household income of $1,104 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
7.0% of workers in Mount Barker worked from home on Census day.
6.4% of Mount Barker residents were born in England.
43.6% of people in Mount Barker described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Mount Barker WA 6324.
17.5% of Mount Barker's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
742 family households lived in Mount Barker; 35.8% were couple families and 13.5% were one-parent families.
31.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Rest of WA average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Mount Barker had 2,855 residents at the 2021 Census.
18.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
40.6% were 55 or older. That is well above the Rest of WA average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 95.3% of occupied private dwellings in Mount Barker.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 2.5% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.3% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
43.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Rest of WA average.
31.5% were buying their home with a mortgage.
25.5% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Mount Barker had 2.4 people.
One-person households made up 27.6% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.
Two-person households represented 39.7%, while 18.9% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
7.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.
66.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.
0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.7% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
One-car households formed 32.6% of the total.
64.3% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
63.8% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.2% reported a different address.
18.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
79.9% of residents used only English at home.
8.0% used a language other than English at home.
0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
18.8% of Mount Barker's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 81.2% was born in Australia.
0.1% of residents were born in China.
0.2% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 82.7%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 45.4% of ancestry responses in Mount Barker.
Australian ancestry made up 37.8% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
12.4% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
Managers accounted for 14.6% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 9.7%.
Health care and social assistance employed 11.5% of workers, and education and training employed 9.6%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 51.1%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.
26.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 17.8% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.2%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
50.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.
10.9% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.9% reported asthma, 11.7% arthritis and 4.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
14.7% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.3% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 39.9%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,104 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,226.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $225 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 7.0% in Mount Barker, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.
Outright ownership was 43.0% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is well above the Rest of WA average.
Renting accounted for 25.5% in Mount Barker, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $635,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 742 local families, and 17.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
Larger houses have a median around $900,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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