Lake Grace, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Lake Grace is a town in the eastern Wheatbelt of Western Australia, about 345 kilometres south-east of Perth and the main centre of the surrounding shire, set among the chain of salt lakes that share its name. Those lakes were named in 1910 by the district surveyor Marshall Fox after Grace Brockman, née Bussell, the wife of the Surveyor General, who as a young woman had become famous for a daring horseback rescue of survivors from an 1876 shipwreck. The town itself was established in 1911 and reached by rail in 1916. Its restored Australian Inland Mission hospital, opened in 1926, now serves as a heritage museum, and wheat remains the district's mainstay.
Around the national middle
Lake Grace is more socio-economically advantaged than about 55% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 995, 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.
Lake Grace at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 523
- Median age
- 38
- Median weekly household income
- $1,699
- SEIFA score
- 995
- Coordinates
- -33.0945, 118.4346
Lake Grace demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Lake Grace 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 young adults (25–44) at 26%, 26% of homes are rented, and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 106 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 59 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 135 | 26% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 123 | 24% |
| Seniors (65+) | 93 | 18% |
Share of the 516 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 71 | 34% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 58 | 28% |
| Rented | 55 | 26% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 187 | 90% |
| Townhouses & semis | 13 | 6% |
| Flats & apartments | 3 | 1% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 207 occupied private dwellings in Lake Grace.
- Median weekly rent
- $180
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,083
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,143
- Median weekly personal income
- $987
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 72 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 41 (8%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 17 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 212 (52%)
- Labour-force participation
- 71.8%
- Employed full-time
- 208
- Employed part-time
- 74
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 Lake Grace
Where is Lake Grace?
Lake Grace is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Lake Grace?
At the 2021 Census, Lake Grace had a population of about 523.
Is Lake Grace an advantaged area?
Lake Grace has an ABS SEIFA score of 995, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 55 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 55% of Australian suburbs.
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