Baldivis, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Baldivis is a fast-growing residential district south of Perth, within the City of Rockingham. Its unusual name was coined by settlers drawn to the area under the Group Settlement Scheme of the 1920s, and is said to derive from three ships that carried migrants to Western Australia in 1922, all within six weeks of one another — the BALranald, the DIogenes and the JerVIS Bay. The three vessels shared more than a season: each was making its maiden voyage, and all had been built in the same shipyard in the same year. Land beside Baldivis Road was once set aside for a tramway linking Jandakot and Karnup to serve the scheme, though it was never built through the town itself. Many local roads, such as Fifty Road, still carry the group numbers of the original settlement blocks. Urban development arrived in the 1990s, when the western portion was rezoned and Stockland opened the first estate, Settlers Hills.
Around the national middle
Baldivis is more socio-economically advantaged than about 55% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 995, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Baldivis a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 5 components we can score for Baldivis from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
55/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (55/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
27/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $360 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 27% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Amenities & access
55/100Some mapped nearby
About 19 everyday places (cafés, shops, services and more) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. · OpenStreetMap
Green space
55/100Some green space nearby
About 4.5% of the area within ~1.2 km of the centre is mapped as green space — parks, reserves, sportsgrounds and the like. An area estimate from a radius around the centre, not the suburb boundary. · OpenStreetMap
Transport
66/100A good number of stops nearby
About 10 public-transport stops (bus, train, tram or ferry) mapped within ~1.2 km of the centre. Stop coverage, not timetable frequency. · OpenStreetMap
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Baldivis at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 37,697
- Median age
- 31
- Median weekly household income
- $2,096
- SEIFA score
- 995
- Local government area
- Rockingham
- Coordinates
- -32.3314, 115.8332
Map of Baldivis
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Housing & property in Baldivis
What it costs to live in Baldivis and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $360
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,900
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 75%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 22%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Baldivis demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Baldivis demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Baldivis using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is young adults (25–44) at 33% and 34% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 10,128 | 27% |
| Youth (15–24) | 4,548 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 12,458 | 33% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 7,344 | 19% |
| Seniors (65+) | 3,228 | 9% |
Share of the 37,706 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,970 | 16% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 7,357 | 59% |
| Rented | 2,750 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 11,843 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 409 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 44 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 12,393 occupied private dwellings in Baldivis.
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,291
- Median weekly personal income
- $941
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 12,041 (34%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 4,130 (12%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 851 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 14,539 (56%)
- Labour-force participation
- 70.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.1%
- Employed full-time
- 11,703
- Employed part-time
- 5,544
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Baldivis
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Baldivis is February (average daytime high around 29.2°C) and the coolest is August (around 17.4°C). The area receives roughly 628 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.1°C | 18.9°C | 18 mm |
| Feb | 29.2°C | 19.2°C | 24 mm |
| Mar | 27.5°C | 18.2°C | 35 mm |
| Apr | 23.7°C | 15.3°C | 41 mm |
| May | 20.2°C | 12.6°C | 79 mm |
| Jun | 18°C | 11.4°C | 103 mm |
| Jul | 17.1°C | 11.1°C | 121 mm |
| Aug | 17.4°C | 10.4°C | 98 mm |
| Sep | 18.8°C | 11.3°C | 48 mm |
| Oct | 21.2°C | 13°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 24.6°C | 15.2°C | 17 mm |
| Dec | 27.4°C | 17.5°C | 7 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
Places in and around Baldivis
Amenities mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre, from OpenStreetMap. A guide to what's nearby — not a complete directory.
Eat & drink
1 nearbyHungry Jack's
Parks & recreation
16 nearbySchools & education
2 nearbyBaldivis Secondary College · Rivergums Primary School
Eat & drink in and around Baldivis
Cafés, restaurants, pubs and takeaway mapped within about 1.2km of the suburb centre. Listings are drawn from OpenStreetMap and shown as plain data — we don't rank or rate them.
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Common questions about Baldivis
Is Baldivis a good place to live?
Baldivis is the most populous suburb in Western Australia — 37,697 people in 2021, with the City of Kwinana recording the highest LGA population-growth rate in Australia at 4.58% — so when the data says Baldivis is on or just above the national average for socio-economic advantage (SEIFA 995, Score 55/100), that is a meaningful statement about scale, not a ceiling. Median household income at $2,096 a week sits comfortably above state and national, and 75% of dwellings are owner-occupied: this is one of the biggest first-home-buyer suburbs in the country and it functions. The honest trade-off residents name consistently is access — mostly car-dependent beyond the Mandurah Line stations at Wellard and Kwinana, and services that have had to grow alongside the population rather than ahead of it.
What is the median rent in Baldivis?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Baldivis was $360, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,900. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Baldivis?
Baldivis is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Rockingham local government area.
What is the population of Baldivis?
At the 2021 Census, Baldivis had a population of about 37,697.
Is Baldivis an advantaged area?
Baldivis has an ABS SEIFA score of 995, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 55 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 55% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Baldivis?
Baldivis has average daytime highs of about 22.8°C and overnight lows of about 14.5°C, with roughly 628 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Baldivis?
Baldivis is the most populous suburb in Western Australia at the 2021 Census (about 37,697 usual residents).
Where Baldivis ranks
Baldivis appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in Western Australia#1 of 25
- Largest suburbs in Australia#18 of 25
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