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Western Australia · SA2 509031246

What's going on in Brookton

Population 3,504 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#9 of 241 in Western Australia

for Median age (50)

Rank 2

#19 of 241 in Western Australia

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (62.5%)

Rank 3

#29 of 241 in Western Australia

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (6.4%)

The three dimensions where Brookton picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,258 / week
#216 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
50 years
#9 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
20.5%
#150 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
4.8%
#107 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#229 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Brookton's sharpest rank is for Median age. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #189 · one rank above Gingin - Dandaragan Western Australia ↓ #191 · one rank below Northampton - Mullewa - Greenough Western Australia

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.