Brabham, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
More advantaged than the national average
Brabham is more socio-economically advantaged than about 64% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1012, 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 Brabham 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 2 components we can score for Brabham 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
64/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (64/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
25/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $370 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 25% 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.
Brabham at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 8,665
- Median age
- 29
- Median weekly household income
- $2,155
- SEIFA score
- 1012
- Local government area
- Swan
- Coordinates
- -31.8294, 115.9738
Map of Brabham
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Housing & property in Brabham
What it costs to live in Brabham and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $370
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,928
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 87%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 12%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Brabham demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Brabham demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Brabham 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 48% and 46% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 2,418 | 28% |
| Youth (15–24) | 867 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 4,142 | 48% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,044 | 12% |
| Seniors (65+) | 178 | 2% |
Share of the 8,649 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 118 | 4% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 2,359 | 83% |
| Rented | 331 | 12% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 2,780 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 63 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 11 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,854 occupied private dwellings in Brabham.
- Average household size
- 3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,256
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,059
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 3,851 (46%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 3,652 (44%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 248 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 4,300 (71%)
- Labour-force participation
- 80.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Employed full-time
- 3,188
- Employed part-time
- 1,364
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 Brabham
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Brabham is January (average daytime high around 32.7°C) and the coolest is July (around 17°C). The area receives roughly 618 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.7°C | 18.9°C | 25 mm |
| Feb | 32.2°C | 19°C | 21 mm |
| Mar | 29.6°C | 18°C | 36 mm |
| Apr | 25.2°C | 14.8°C | 43 mm |
| May | 21°C | 11.9°C | 66 mm |
| Jun | 18°C | 10.1°C | 87 mm |
| Jul | 17°C | 9.6°C | 118 mm |
| Aug | 17.6°C | 9.1°C | 101 mm |
| Sep | 19.7°C | 10°C | 50 mm |
| Oct | 23°C | 11.9°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 27.2°C | 14.5°C | 26 mm |
| Dec | 31°C | 17.2°C | 8 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Brabham
Is Brabham a good place to live?
Brabham scores 64/100 (SEIFA 1,012) — in the top half of Australian suburbs nationally — and its $2,155 median household income reflects a suburb full of dual-income mortgaged households who moved in recently and are earning well: 82.7% of dwellings carry a mortgage, labour-force participation runs at 80.9%, and median age is just 29. Its most striking feature — one the score doesn’t capture — is how culturally diverse it already is for an outer Perth growth suburb: only 52.8% of residents were born in Australia, India-born (11.9%) and Philippines-born (7.2%) communities together account for nearly a fifth of the population, and only 54.3% of households speak English only at home. Residents describe a suburb assembling its identity well — a primary school with strong early word of mouth, a shopping centre trading — though a train station remains unconfirmed and car-dependency is real.
What is the median rent in Brabham?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Brabham was $370, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,928. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Brabham?
Brabham is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Swan local government area.
What is the population of Brabham?
At the 2021 Census, Brabham had a population of about 8,665.
Is Brabham an advantaged area?
Brabham has an ABS SEIFA score of 1012, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 64 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 64% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Brabham?
Brabham has average daytime highs of about 24.5°C and overnight lows of about 13.7°C, with roughly 618 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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