Located in Western Australia within the Coolgardie local government area, Mount Burges is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 6429). It is home to about 116 residents, with a younger, working-age population and a median age of 27. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.9% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 24 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 12 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward education and mining. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Australian, English.
The median weekly rent is $228 (Census 2021).
Public transport access includes 4 bus stops.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.