Booragoon, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Booragoon is a leafy southern suburb of Perth, within the City of Melville, whose name is said to come from an Aboriginal word for the lower reaches of the Canning River. It serves as a civic and shopping hub for the surrounding district: the council offices for the City of Melville are based here, alongside Westfield Booragoon, one of Perth's largest shopping centres, which opened decades ago as the Garden City complex. The nearby Booragoon bus station links the centre to suburbs and railway stations across the wider region, and a busy commercial strip runs along Riseley Street. Mount Pleasant Baptist Church is also found in the suburb. With retail, transport and council services close at hand, Booragoon is a practical, well-connected community.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Booragoon is more socio-economically advantaged than about 93% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1088, 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 Booragoon 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.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Booragoon 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
93/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (93/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
16/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $410 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 16% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- 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.
Booragoon at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 5,684
- Median age
- 43
- Median weekly household income
- $1,991
- SEIFA score
- 1088
- Local government area
- Melville
- Coordinates
- -32.0389, 115.8331
Map of Booragoon
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Housing & property in Booragoon
What it costs to live in Booragoon and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $410
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,500
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 77%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 19%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Booragoon demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Booragoon demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Booragoon 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 mid-life (45–64) at 26% and 40% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,018 | 18% |
| Youth (15–24) | 726 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,215 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,451 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,270 | 22% |
Share of the 5,680 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 965 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 685 | 32% |
| Rented | 397 | 19% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,452 | 68% |
| Townhouses & semis | 594 | 28% |
| Flats & apartments | 81 | 4% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,127 occupied private dwellings in Booragoon.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,571
- Median weekly personal income
- $847
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 2,245 (40%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 1,261 (23%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 42 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3,286 (75%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.2%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Employed full-time
- 1,551
- Employed part-time
- 1,069
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 Booragoon
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Booragoon is February (average daytime high around 29.9°C) and the coolest is August (around 17.6°C). The area receives roughly 624 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.8°C | 18.9°C | 23 mm |
| Feb | 29.9°C | 19°C | 20 mm |
| Mar | 28.2°C | 18.1°C | 40 mm |
| Apr | 24.2°C | 14.9°C | 42 mm |
| May | 20.7°C | 12°C | 78 mm |
| Jun | 18.2°C | 10.5°C | 99 mm |
| Jul | 17.2°C | 10.4°C | 112 mm |
| Aug | 17.6°C | 9.7°C | 97 mm |
| Sep | 19.1°C | 10.7°C | 47 mm |
| Oct | 21.6°C | 12.5°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 25°C | 14.9°C | 21 mm |
| Dec | 28.1°C | 17.4°C | 8 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Booragoon
Is Booragoon a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Booragoon rates 67/100 overall (Strong on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Booragoon?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Booragoon was $410, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,500. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Booragoon?
Booragoon is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Melville local government area.
What is the population of Booragoon?
At the 2021 Census, Booragoon had a population of about 5,684.
Is Booragoon an advantaged area?
Booragoon has an ABS SEIFA score of 1088, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 93 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 93% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Booragoon?
Booragoon has average daytime highs of about 23.3°C and overnight lows of about 14.1°C, with roughly 624 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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