Gingin, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Gingin is one of Western Australia's older inland towns, lying about 67 kilometres north-north-east of Perth on the coastal plain north of the city. The name comes from an Aboriginal word recorded as Jinjin by the explorer George Fletcher Moore in 1836; its meaning is uncertain but is generally thought to refer to a footprint or to a place of many streams, a nod to the brooks that thread the district. Moore visited in 1836 and William Locke Brockman took up the first station in 1841; the town itself was declared in 1883 and reached by railway by the 1890s. Gingin is now well known for the Gravity Discovery Centre, with its dramatic leaning tower, and the nearby astronomical observatories that study the southern skies.
Less advantaged than the national average
Gingin is more socio-economically advantaged than about 32% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 955, 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 Gingin 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.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Gingin 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
32/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (32/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
41/100Around the national median for cost
Median weekly rent was $305 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 41% 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.
Gingin at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 902
- Median age
- 40
- Median weekly household income
- $1,603
- SEIFA score
- 955
- Local government area
- Gingin
- Coordinates
- -31.3432, 115.9150
Map of Gingin
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Housing & property in Gingin
What it costs to live in Gingin and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $305
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,699
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 72%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 24%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Gingin demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Gingin demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Gingin 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 25% and 24% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 216 | 24% |
| Youth (15–24) | 72 | 8% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 222 | 25% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 207 | 23% |
| Seniors (65+) | 186 | 21% |
Share of the 903 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 102 | 33% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 123 | 39% |
| Rented | 74 | 24% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 304 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 8 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 312 occupied private dwellings in Gingin.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,840
- Median weekly personal income
- $746
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 198 (24%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 68 (8%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 28 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 288 (44%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58.8%
- Unemployment rate
- 2%
- Employed full-time
- 225
- Employed part-time
- 136
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.
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Common questions about Gingin
Is Gingin 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, Gingin rates 35/100 overall (Below the national middle 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 Gingin?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Gingin was $305, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,699. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Gingin?
Gingin is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Gingin local government area.
What is the population of Gingin?
At the 2021 Census, Gingin had a population of about 902.
Is Gingin an advantaged area?
Gingin has an ABS SEIFA score of 955, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 32 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 32% of Australian suburbs.
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