Wandi, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Wandi is more socio-economically advantaged than about 86% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1060, 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 Wandi 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 Wandi 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
86/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (86/100) 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.
Wandi at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 4,324
- Median age
- 32
- Median weekly household income
- $2,373
- SEIFA score
- 1060
- Local government area
- Kwinana
- Coordinates
- -32.1956, 115.8774
Map of Wandi
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Housing & property in Wandi
What it costs to live in Wandi and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $410
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,056
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 79%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 20%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Wandi demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Wandi demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Wandi 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 39% and 37% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,087 | 25% |
| Youth (15–24) | 442 | 10% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,698 | 39% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 768 | 18% |
| Seniors (65+) | 333 | 8% |
Share of the 4,328 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 224 | 15% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 953 | 64% |
| Rented | 291 | 20% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,448 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 36 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 4 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,488 occupied private dwellings in Wandi.
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,525
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,119
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 1,575 (37%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 962 (23%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 37 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 2,163 (69%)
- Labour-force participation
- 78.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 4%
- Employed full-time
- 1,531
- Employed part-time
- 774
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 Wandi
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Wandi is January (average daytime high around 31.8°C) and the coolest is July (around 16.7°C). The area receives roughly 738 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.8°C | 18.3°C | 20 mm |
| Feb | 31.4°C | 18.4°C | 24 mm |
| Mar | 28.9°C | 17.5°C | 41 mm |
| Apr | 24.4°C | 14.5°C | 47 mm |
| May | 20.3°C | 11.9°C | 86 mm |
| Jun | 17.7°C | 10.2°C | 115 mm |
| Jul | 16.7°C | 9.7°C | 143 mm |
| Aug | 17.2°C | 9.3°C | 120 mm |
| Sep | 19.1°C | 10.2°C | 65 mm |
| Oct | 21.8°C | 11.8°C | 42 mm |
| Nov | 26°C | 14.1°C | 26 mm |
| Dec | 29.9°C | 16.7°C | 9 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Wandi
Is Wandi a good place to live?
Wandi’s Suburb Score of 86 (SEIFA 1,060) puts it in the top 14% of suburbs nationally, and the income figure is the tell: median household income of $2,373 a week — $558 above the national median — the highest in this entire cohort of new-growth Kwinana suburbs, and it shows in the dwellings where 60.4% have four or more bedrooms. The suburb runs two faces: the original rural-residential Wandi of five-acre lots, horses, and bridle paths, alongside the newer Honeywood estate of standard urban blocks — and whether that combination reads as character or friction is genuinely the question a resident needs answered rather than a guide writer. For the right buyer (space, relative quiet, an established community, and above-average income peers), the data is compelling; the honest caveat is car-dependency for most services.
What is the median rent in Wandi?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Wandi was $410, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,056. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Wandi?
Wandi is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Kwinana local government area.
What is the population of Wandi?
At the 2021 Census, Wandi had a population of about 4,324.
Is Wandi an advantaged area?
Wandi has an ABS SEIFA score of 1060, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 86 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 86% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Wandi?
Wandi has average daytime highs of about 23.8°C and overnight lows of about 13.6°C, with roughly 738 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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