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Suburb profile ·Wongan-Ballidu LGA · WA ·6606

West Ballidu WA 6606

West Ballidu is in Wongan-Ballidu LGA, WA, postcode 6606, with population 44.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

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Median house
No local house series
Median rent
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,357
1K via Wongan-Ballidu LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
22
0 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$111K household · yr+29.2% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$53K
Family
$113K
Household
$111K

Population outlook

3,914 people · 20223,585 by 2032 (-8.4%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Dowerin SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
West Ballidu WA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Western Australia within the Wongan-Ballidu local government area, West Ballidu is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 6606). It is home to about 44 residents, with a blend of families and working-age professionals and a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $111K per year, with an average household size of 3.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +2.4% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 24 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 12 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, labourers, technicians & trades. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Italian.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Wongan-Ballidu LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,357
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Wongan-Ballidu LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wongan-Ballidu LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6606ATO
Negatively geared5.9%
8 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,864/yr
Landlords (rental income)20
Reported capital gains15
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population44
Median age32
Household size3.2
HH income · wk$2,125
Personal income · wk$1,013
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,166 → $2,125
Change+82.2%
vs WA median+68.5 pp
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Wongan-Ballidu LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Wongan Hills Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Wongan-Ballidu LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places14
Wongan Hills Multi-Purpose Service14 places
Childcare · Wongan-Ballidu LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places28
Exceeding NQS0
Wongan Cubbyhouse28 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Treat West Ballidu as a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series

RENT POSTURE
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
REIWA · REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because West Ballidu is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this a shortlist decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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West Ballidu FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is West Ballidu in?

    West Ballidu is in the Wongan-Ballidu Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6606. Council-level context for Wongan-Ballidu LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is West Ballidu a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for West Ballidu show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for West Ballidu?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  4. How often is the West Ballidu data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.