Hyden, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Hyden is a small wheatbelt town in the Shire of Kondinin in Western Australia, roughly 290 kilometres east-south-east of Perth on the traditional lands of the Njakinjaki people. Sandalwood cutters were among the first Europeans to pass through, and farming took hold in the 1920s, with the first wheat harvested in 1927, the townsite gazetted in 1932 and a railway reaching nearby Hyden Rock in 1933. The town is famous for Wave Rock, a granite formation a few kilometres east whose smooth, curved face rises like a great breaking wave; together with the wildflowers that bloom from spring it draws around a hundred thousand visitors a year to this remote corner of the wheatbelt.
Around the national middle
Hyden is more socio-economically advantaged than about 46% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 981, 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.
Hyden at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 384
- Median age
- 44
- Median weekly household income
- $1,367
- SEIFA score
- 981
- Coordinates
- -32.4011, 119.0921
Hyden demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Hyden 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 mid-life (45–64) at 28%, 29% of homes are rented, and 13% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 72 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 25 | 7% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 94 | 25% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 108 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 80 | 21% |
Share of the 379 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 57 | 46% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 20 | 16% |
| Rented | 36 | 29% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 120 | 94% |
| Townhouses & semis | 3 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 127 occupied private dwellings in Hyden.
- Median weekly rent
- $175
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,035
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,136
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,013
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 40 (13%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 8 (2%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 8 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 123 (41%)
- Labour-force participation
- 66.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.5%
- Employed full-time
- 137
- Employed part-time
- 50
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 Hyden
Where is Hyden?
Hyden is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Hyden?
At the 2021 Census, Hyden had a population of about 384.
Is Hyden an advantaged area?
Hyden has an ABS SEIFA score of 981, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 46 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 46% of Australian suburbs.
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