Mount Magnet bushfire risk
Of Mount Magnet’s 858 mapped properties, 34.5% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.
For context, Mount Magnet’s bushfire exposure is above the WA average of 21.7%.
Check a specific Mount Magnet address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Mount Magnet
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Magnet. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet sits in the Mid West-Gascoyne police district, which recorded 14,998 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 14,998 total. Figures are for the whole Mid West-Gascoyne police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet is mostly special purpose. The most common zones:
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Special use
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure Services
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Emergency Services
Who lives in Mount Magnet
At the 2021 Census, 9.9% of Mount Magnet’s 583 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
- 10/8 Scott Close, Mount Magnet WA 6638
- 10 Kennedy Court, Mount Magnet WA 6638
- 13 Naughton Street, Mount Magnet WA 6638
- 22 Lockyer Street, Mount Magnet WA 6638
- 54221 Great Northern Highway, Mount Magnet WA 6638
- 5 Burrows Court, Mount Magnet WA 6638
- 86 Hepburn Street, Mount Magnet WA 6638
- 9 Jensen Close, Mount Magnet WA 6638
Nearby suburbs
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.