Perth suburbs / Ballajura
Ballajura 6066
A free data profile of Ballajura, Perth — home to about 18,453 people across 7,174 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Ballajura
Ballajura is a large Perth suburb, home to about 18,453 people across 7,174 properties. Residents have a median age of 38, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,755/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Ballajura records about 50 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), below the Perth median of 69 — safer than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 6 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Ballajura Primary School, Illawarra Primary School, South Ballajura Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 21% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Ballajura 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 2 pathology (blood-test) centres, 1 pharmacy 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 — Ballajura
Demographic, employment and income insights of 18,459 residents living in Ballajura, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 37Household type
Majority are families (80%)Occupancy
80% own their home, 18% 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 Ballajura · nearest nearby:
- South Ballajura Education Support Centrein suburb
- Ballajura Community Collegein suburb
- Illawarra Primary Schoolin suburb
- Mary Mackillop Catholic Community Primary Schoolin suburb
- Ballajura Primary Schoolin suburb
- South Ballajura Primary Schoolin suburb
- Carnaby Rise Primary School451 m
- Alinjarra Primary School651 m
Primary: Ballajura Primary School, Illawarra Primary School, South Ballajura Primary School
Secondary: Ballajura Community College, Morley 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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