Halls Head, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Halls Head is a coastal suburb of Mandurah, lying immediately west of the city centre on the Western Australian coast. It forms the northern and most populated part of a low-lying island ringed by water — the Mandurah Estuary to the north, the Peel-Harvey Estuary to the east, the Dawesville Channel to the south, and the Indian Ocean to the west. The locality takes its name from Henry Edward Hall, who took up a large land grant to farm here in the 1830s and whose son bore the memorable name William Shakespeare Hall. Hall's Cottage, a single-storey stone house the family built in 1833, survives as the only early settler's cottage left in the district. For much of the twentieth century Halls Head was a quiet beach and fishing resort, and from the 1980s it grew rapidly into a series of waterfront canal estates.
Around the national middle
Halls Head is more socio-economically advantaged than about 49% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 985, 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 Halls Head 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 Halls Head 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
49/100Around the national middle
Around the national middle — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (49/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
32/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $350 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 32% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
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- 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.
Halls Head at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 14,474
- Median age
- 45
- Median weekly household income
- $1,686
- SEIFA score
- 985
- Local government area
- Mandurah
- Coordinates
- -32.5430, 115.7001
Map of Halls Head
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Housing & property in Halls Head
What it costs to live in Halls Head and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $350
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,733
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 78%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 20%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Halls Head demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Halls Head demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Halls Head 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 28% and 30% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 2,609 | 18% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,627 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 2,906 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 4,092 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 3,254 | 22% |
Share of the 14,488 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,947 | 37% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 2,177 | 41% |
| Rented | 1,067 | 20% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4,763 | 90% |
| Townhouses & semis | 445 | 8% |
| Flats & apartments | 102 | 2% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 5,316 occupied private dwellings in Halls Head.
- Average household size
- 2.5 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,062
- Median weekly personal income
- $741
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 4,099 (30%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 895 (7%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 327 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 5,525 (49%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58.1%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.9%
- Employed full-time
- 3,658
- Employed part-time
- 2,326
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 Halls Head
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Halls Head is February (average daytime high around 29.7°C) and the coolest is August (around 17.2°C). The area receives roughly 639 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.7°C | 18.3°C | 15 mm |
| Feb | 29.7°C | 18.5°C | 22 mm |
| Mar | 27.8°C | 17.6°C | 34 mm |
| Apr | 23.9°C | 14.6°C | 41 mm |
| May | 20.1°C | 11.9°C | 80 mm |
| Jun | 17.8°C | 10.6°C | 105 mm |
| Jul | 16.8°C | 10.3°C | 125 mm |
| Aug | 17.2°C | 9.5°C | 103 mm |
| Sep | 18.6°C | 10.3°C | 51 mm |
| Oct | 21°C | 12°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 24.8°C | 14.3°C | 18 mm |
| Dec | 28°C | 16.8°C | 8 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Halls Head
Is Halls Head 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, Halls Head rates 43/100 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 Halls Head?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Halls Head was $350, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,733. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Halls Head?
Halls Head is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Mandurah local government area.
What is the population of Halls Head?
At the 2021 Census, Halls Head had a population of about 14,474.
Is Halls Head an advantaged area?
Halls Head has an ABS SEIFA score of 985, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 49 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 49% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Halls Head?
Halls Head has average daytime highs of about 23°C and overnight lows of about 13.7°C, with roughly 639 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Halls Head?
Halls Head is one of the most populous suburbs in Western Australia — the 19th-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 14,474 usual residents).
Where Halls Head ranks
Halls Head appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in Western Australia#19 of 25
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