Mount Barker (Western Australia)

Mount Barker
State :  Australia State : Western Australia Founded : 1892
Coordinates : 34 ° 38 ′  S , 117 ° 40 ′  E Coordinates: 34 ° 38 ′  S , 117 ° 40 ′  E Height : 300  m Area : 6.8  km²
Residents : 1,905 (2016) Population density : 280 inhabitants per km²
Time zone : AWST ( UTC + 8 ) Postal code : 6324 LGA : Shire of Plantagenet
Mount Barker

Mount Barker is a small town on the Albany Highway in the Great Southern Region of Western Australia . In 2011 the city had 1,795 inhabitants.

location

Mount Barker is 360 kilometers south of Perth and 50 kilometers north of Albany . The coastal city of Denmark is around 50 kilometers southwest by road. The Hay River rises west of Mount Barker.

economy & Administration and Management

Agriculture and animal husbandry determine the local economy. Among other things, there is also viticulture . The city is the administrative seat of the Local Government Area (LGA) Shire of Plantagenet .

Web links

• Mount Barker Community Resource Center
• Shire of Plantagenet
• Mount Barker Visitor Center

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Australian Bureau of Statistics : Mount Barker (WA) ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
2. ↑ plantagenet.wa.gov.au