Capel
20,171 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 558 km², 13 suburbs. Council website: capel.wa.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
20,171
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +2.1% in a year
Density
36/km²
558 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$600k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$159
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
12.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
8 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
13
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 38
- Median household income
- $1,949/week
- Median rent
- $350/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,733/month
- Households renting
- 21.1%
- Average household
- 2.8 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 8 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
13 suburbs where Capel holds most residents, plus 1 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dalyellup | 9,770 | All | – / 74% | 5 | |
| Capel | 2,606 | All | – / 47% | 2 | |
| Gelorup | 2,255 | All | – / 79% | 8 | |
| Boyanup | 1,304 | All | – / 50% | 4 | |
| Stratham | 793 | All | – / 74% | 9 | |
| Peppermint Grove Beach | 518 | All | – / 93% | 7 | |
| North Boyanup | 323 | All | – / 62% | 7 | |
| Stirling Estate | 161 | All | – / 60% | 7 | |
| Capel River | 136 | All | – / 71% | 7 | |
| Elgin (WA) | 133 | All | – / 38% | 7 | |
| Ludlow | 132 | 26% | – / 91% | 7 | |
| Gwindinup | 52 | All | – / 84% | 6 | |
| The Plains | 52 | All | – / 57% | 6 | |
| Forrest Beach (WA) | 34 | All | – / 77% | 7 |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Forrest · Ben SMALL (LP)100%
State districts
- Bunbury · Don Punch (ALP)54%
- Collie-Preston · Jodie Hanns (ALP)41%
- Vasse · Libby Mettam (LIB)5%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every Western Australia council on the council map or the Western Australia council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.