IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 951
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Western Australia economy.
Housing
Shoalwater (wa)
Western Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Shoalwater (WA) is a coastal suburb of Rockingham.
Household income
$1,225/wk22nd pctile
of 1,587 WA suburbs
Amenity score
20/10057th pctile
of 743 rated WA suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Shoalwater (WA) yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk22nd 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
4,368
Median age
49 yrs
Income / person / wk
$679
Household income / wk
$1,225
▼ 29% vs WA
Median rent / wk
$260
Mortgage / month
$1,668
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 964
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 3 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 949
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 2 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 952
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 4 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 0–10 m
Land below 5 m
48%
4.0% 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
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
8
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.2 km
Nearest train
4.9 km
Nearest hospital
5.3 km
Distance to coast
0.8 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. 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 · 44%
- Top language at home
- German · 0%
- No religion
- 44%
- Born overseas
- 31%
- English only at home
- 92%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 2.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Rockingham
- Population / area
- 135,669 · 258 km²
- Density
- 527/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.77M/yr · $50/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Brand
- Federal MP
- Madeleine King (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 67% 2PP
- State electorate
- Rockingham
- State MP
- Magenta Marshall (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (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.