Jarrahdale, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Jarrahdale is a town in the Darling Range of Western Australia, about 45 kilometres south-east of Perth, and it takes its name from the jarrah forest around it. The land was first farmed once sandalwood was found in the 1830s and 1840s, but the town began in 1871, when Victorian investors formed a syndicate to cut the timber; the Rockingham Jarrah Timber company took over in 1874 and ran what is called the state's first major timber mill. Jarrah was railed to Rockingham and shipped on to London, Paris and Melbourne, and bauxite was mined nearby in the 1960s. The mill manager's house and a 1930s sawmill survive, the historic precinct passed to the National Trust in 2001, and the Jarrahdale Log Chop has tested axemen since the 1970s.
More advantaged than the national average
Jarrahdale is more socio-economically advantaged than about 60% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1005, 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 Jarrahdale 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 Jarrahdale 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
60/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (60/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
36/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $325 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 36% 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.
Jarrahdale at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,205
- Median age
- 43
- Median weekly household income
- $2,057
- SEIFA score
- 1005
- Local government area
- Serpentine-Jarrahdale
- Coordinates
- -32.3703, 116.1477
Map of Jarrahdale
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Housing & property in Jarrahdale
What it costs to live in Jarrahdale and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $325
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,965
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 88%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 9%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Jarrahdale demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Jarrahdale demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Jarrahdale 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 33% and 25% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 261 | 22% |
| Youth (15–24) | 108 | 9% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 260 | 22% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 399 | 33% |
| Seniors (65+) | 179 | 15% |
Share of the 1,207 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 133 | 32% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 237 | 56% |
| Rented | 36 | 9% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 426 | 99% |
| Townhouses & semis | 3 | 1% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 432 occupied private dwellings in Jarrahdale.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,383
- Median weekly personal income
- $933
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 274 (25%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 43 (4%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 24 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 439 (48%)
- Labour-force participation
- 64.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Employed full-time
- 371
- Employed part-time
- 162
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 Jarrahdale
Is Jarrahdale 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, Jarrahdale rates 52/100 overall (Around the national middle). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Jarrahdale?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Jarrahdale was $325, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,965. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Jarrahdale?
Jarrahdale is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Serpentine-Jarrahdale local government area.
What is the population of Jarrahdale?
At the 2021 Census, Jarrahdale had a population of about 1,205.
Is Jarrahdale an advantaged area?
Jarrahdale has an ABS SEIFA score of 1005, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 60 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 60% of Australian suburbs.
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