Corrigin, WA

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 31 May 2026

Corrigin is a Wheatbelt town in Western Australia, about 230 kilometres east-south-east of Perth. Its name is of Noongar origin, though its meaning is now unknown. The settlement grew up around a railway siding built in 1913 and was gazetted the following year, becoming a service centre for the surrounding wheat and sheep farms. Corrigin is best loved for a pair of quirky claims to fame: a Dog Cemetery on the western edge of town, where more than eighty dogs are buried, and a world record for the most dogs in utes, set when more than 1,500 utes paraded through the district and now marked by a roadside statue. The granite outcrop of Corrigin Rock lies a short drive to the east.

27/100

Suburb Score

Less advantaged than the national average

Corrigin is more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 944, where about 1000 is the national average).

A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.

Corrigin at a glance

Population (2021): 701
Median age: 50
Median weekly household income: $1,157
SEIFA score: 944
Coordinates: -32.3350, 117.9016

Corrigin demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Corrigin using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is seniors (65+) at 32%, 25% of homes are rented, and 12% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	99	14%
Youth (15–24)	62	9%
Young adults (25–44)	146	21%
Mid-life (45–64)	168	24%
Seniors (65+)	226	32%

Share of the 701 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	130	44%
Owned with a mortgage	72	24%
Rented	75	25%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	270	93%
Townhouses & semis	17	6%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 290 occupied private dwellings in Corrigin.

Median weekly rent: $185
Median monthly mortgage: $867
Average household size: 2 people
Median weekly family income: $1,775
Median weekly personal income: $771

Community and culture

Born overseas: 81 (12%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 24 (4%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 21 (3%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 238 (40%)
Labour-force participation: 58%
Unemployment rate: 4%
Employed full-time: 212
Employed part-time: 97

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.

Common questions about Corrigin

Where is Corrigin?

Corrigin is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.

What is the population of Corrigin?

At the 2021 Census, Corrigin had a population of about 701.

Is Corrigin an advantaged area?

Corrigin has an ABS SEIFA score of 944, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 27 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 27% of Australian suburbs.