Perth suburbs / Balga
Balga 6061
A free data profile of Balga, Perth — home to about 13,875 people across 7,929 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Balga
Balga is a large Perth suburb, home to about 13,875 people across 7,929 properties. Residents have a median age of 33, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,288/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Balga records about 124 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 6 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Balga Primary School, Dryandra Primary School, Hudson Park Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 12% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Balga was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 0% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 1 pathology (blood-test) centre within its bounds.
Generated from WA Police, WA Health, ABS Census 2021, Digital Earth Australia (green cover), ACCC (mobile) and infrastructure.gov.au open data, compared to Perth-metro medians. Housing, tenure & commute: Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Green cover © DEA/Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0). Informational only.
Explore the neighbourhood — Balga
Demographic, employment and income insights of 13,864 residents living in Balga, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 32Household type
Majority are families (62%)Occupancy
48% own their home, 48% rentHow it has changed
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011, 2016 & 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Suburb-level figures; boundaries differ a little between census years, so trends are indicative.
Who lives here
Housing & tenure
How people commute
Schools & education
6 schools in Balga · nearest nearby:
- Majella Catholic Primary Schoolin suburb
- Balga Senior High Schoolin suburb
- Gladys Newton Schoolin suburb
- North Balga Primary Schoolin suburb
- Balga Primary Schoolin suburb
- Warriapendi Primary Schoolin suburb
- John Septimus Roe Anglican Community School147 m
- Emmanuel Christian Community School240 m
Primary: Balga Primary School, Dryandra Primary School, Hudson Park Primary School, North Balga Primary School, Roseworth Primary School, Waddington Primary School, Warriapendi Primary School
Secondary: Balcatta Senior High School, Balga Senior High School, Dianella Secondary College, Girrawheen Senior High School, Warwick Senior High School
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Health & medical
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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