IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 915
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Western Australia economy.
Housing
Busselton
Western Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Busselton is a coastal suburb of Busselton.
Household income
$949/wk9th pctile
of 1,587 WA suburbs
Amenity score
64/10088th pctile
of 743 rated WA suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Busselton yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk9th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$3,750+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Western Australia suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
1,838
Median age
56 yrs
Income / person / wk
$624
Household income / wk
$949
▼ 45% vs WA
Median rent / wk
$320
Mortgage / month
$1,635
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 944
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 917
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 893
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
5 m
range 0–8 m
Land below 5 m
64%
7.5% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Western Australia yet.
Local amenities
Schools
0
Supermarkets
3
Pubs & bars
6
Parks
8
Libraries
0
GP clinics
4
Pharmacies
3
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.6 km
Nearest train
1.2 km
Nearest hospital
2.7 km
Distance to coast
1.6 km
NBN
SATELLITE
Grocery mix: 2 Coles · 1 Woolworths. Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 43%
- Top language at home
- Afrikaans · 0%
- No religion
- 43%
- Born overseas
- 25%
- English only at home
- 93%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 0 / 0 / 1
- Primary / Secondary
- 0 / 1
- Nearest secondary
- 0.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Busselton
- Population / area
- 40,666 · 1,454 km²
- Density
- 28/km²
- Federal grants
- $3.49M/yr · $86/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Forrest
- Federal MP
- Ben Small (LP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 52% 2PP
- State electorate
- Vasse
- State MP
- Libby Mettam (LIB)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.