Gidgegannup
WA · 1 school
3,235 residents - 15.5% are children under 15, median age 47, the largest overseas-born community is United Kingdom (10.6%).
Boundaries: ABS Suburbs & Localities 2021. School pins are ACARA's published locations. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors, © CARTO. Open the full WA map →
This profile uses the ABS Gidgegannup statistical area (SA2) - the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburb of Gidgegannup, drawn separately on the map above.
Gidgegannup is a locality in the Swan area of Western Australia. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Gidgegannup SA2.
Living in Gidgegannup
A smaller suburb. Strong United Kingdom communities here (2021 Census). Mostly detached family homes.
What families notice
- Ranks in the top 30% for socio-economic advantage in WA (ABS SEIFA - not a safety or school-quality measure).
- We don't have official school-zoning data for WA yet (only VIC and NSW) - confirm zoning directly with the school or department.
- We don't yet have official crime data for WA (only NSW and VIC) - that's a data gap on our side, not a claim this area is safe.
- We don't yet have property or rent figures for this area - check a real-estate portal directly for current prices.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Gidgegannup SA2 - ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings.
Government schools in Gidgegannup
Free government schools your child may attend. Exact school zones aren’t mapped for WA yet, so we can’t confirm which one is yours.
A picture of students’ family backgrounds (ICSEA) - not a ranking or a quality score.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Schools in Gidgegannup
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment187ICSEA1006
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All WA schools →
Childcare & early learning
No childcare services matched to this area on the ACECQA register.
- Centre-based day care
- $14.15/hr
- Outside school hours care
- $12.39/hr
Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across Swan and surrounds, not this specific service list.
NQS = National Quality Standard, the government benchmark ACECQA rates every service against - from "Working Towards" (below benchmark) up through "Meeting", "Exceeding" and "Excellent". Services matched by suburb name on the ACECQA register - verify locations before visiting. Ratings are reassessed periodically, not on a fixed schedule - a rating over 3 years old is flagged so you know to check for anything more recent.
Safety - recorded incidents
Official recorded-incident data is only published on this site for NSW and VIC so far - that's a coverage gap on our side, not a claim that Gidgegannup is safe. More on safety →
Ages of people here
11.6% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - fewer than the Western Australia average of 12.9%, and 4% are under 5. The median age is 47.
- 0–4 years · before school
- 4%
- 5–14 years · school age
- 11.6%
- 15–19 years · teens
- 7.7%
- 20–34 years
- 11.9%
- 35–54 years
- 30.6%
- 55–64 years
- 17.9%
- 65 years and over
- 16.7%
WA avg 6.1%
WA avg 12.9%
WA avg 5.8%
WA avg 20%
WA avg 27.4%
WA avg 11.8%
WA avg 16.1%
Share of all residents of Gidgegannup (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. Bands are the ABS’s own age groups, combined only where whole groups sit side by side - nothing is split or estimated inside a group. The seven shares cover everyone, but they don’t total exactly 100%: the ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect privacy. The grey marker on each bar is the Western Australia average, population-weighted across the 259 SA2s in the state and shown for context only - it is not a target or a pass mark.
Households and families
53% of families here have children living at home - fewer than the Western Australia average of 60%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (10.6%), New Zealand (2.2%) and South Africa (1.5%). 7% of homes are rented.
Family make-up
Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.
- Couple with children
- 45.7%
- One-parent family
- 7.5%
- Couple, no children
- 46.1%
WA avg 44.4%
WA avg 15.2%
WA avg 38.9%
What people live in
Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.
- Separate house
- 98.6%
- Semi-detached / townhouse
- 0%
- Flat or apartment
- 0.8%
WA avg 81.3%
WA avg 12.2%
WA avg 5.7%
Owned or rented
Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.
- Owned outright
- 37.8%
- Owned with a mortgage
- 52.9%
- Rented
- 6.6%
WA avg 29.3%
WA avg 41%
WA avg 27.4%
Figures describe Gidgegannup (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The grey marker on each bar is the Western Australia average, population-weighted across the 259 SA2s in the state and shown for context only - it is not a target or a pass mark. The ABS does not publish every breakdown for smaller areas, so some groups may be missing.
Who lives in Gidgegannup
Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 84.3% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.
- United Kingdom · established by 2016
- 10.6%
- New Zealand · established by 2016
- 2.2%
- South Africa · established by 2016
- 1.5%
- Germany · established by 2016
- 0.9%
- Ireland · growing since 2016
- 0.5%
WA avg 8.9%
WA avg 2.6%
WA avg 1.3%
WA avg 0.1%
WA avg 0.2%
- Co-located communities
- Gidgegannup is home to established United Kingdom and New Zealand communities - each is 2% or more of residents born overseas here, not a ranking of one against another.
- Nearby
- Chidlow, Mundaring and Glen Forrest - Darlington also have an established United Kingdom community.
- Settlement pattern
- Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 5.3% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (WA avg 12.8%) and 69.2% arrived before 2001 (WA avg 45.8%).
- English at home
- Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 3.5% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (WA avg 10.6%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.
Figures describe Gidgegannup (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The grey marker on each bar is the Western Australia average, population-weighted across the 259 SA2s in the state and shown for context only - it is not a target or a pass mark. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per suburb, so a name missing from the list didn’t rank in the top five - not that nobody from it lives here. “Established by 2016” means that community was already a comparable share of the population at the 2016 Census; “growing since 2016” means its share has grown substantially since then. Both are facts about population change, not a ranking of one community against another.
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)
- Decile (1 lowest – 10 highest)
- Decile 8 of 10
- Where this sits in WA
- top 30% of Western Australia areas
IRSAD (the Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage) ranks this SA2 against every other area in Australia on income, education, occupation and other Census indicators, then groups them into ten equal-sized deciles. It's a relative comparison of the whole area - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure, and it says nothing about any individual household.
Which way this area is moving
A single census tells you what Gidgegannup is like now. Three tell you which way it has been heading. These are the 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses counted on today's boundaries.
Since 2011, Gidgegannup has grown older, with a smaller share of children.
- People counted
- +286 people since 2011
- Median age
- +5 years since 2011
- Children aged 0–14
- −5.0 pts since 2011
- Born overseas
- +0.5 pts since 2011
- Speak another language at home
- +0.8 pts since 2011
Usual residents counted on Census night.
Half the residents are older than this, half younger.
Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.
Share of all residents born outside Australia.
Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.
The dashed line is the median across the areas we profile in Western Australia - up to 235, counting only those that report that same measure at all three Censuses, which differs slightly by measure. It is a typical area to read this one against, not a state total, and not a target this suburb is meant to hit. Each chart carries its own axis, drawn to fit its own numbers, so compare the labelled values rather than the steepness of one chart against another. Every figure is an ABS published count, or a share of two of them - there is no index or score here, and a direction is not a verdict: a rising median age or a falling share of children is simply a change, not a better or worse suburb. The three censuses are reported on 2021 SA2 boundaries, so changes are not caused by boundary redraws. ABS adjusts small counts slightly to protect confidentiality, so treat small movements as noise.
Lifestyle & getting around
Everything mapped inside the Gidgegannup boundary, plus how long it takes to leave it. Counts are of features tagged in OpenStreetMap - we don't score or rank them, and each one is shown next to the middle WA area so a number means something.
We hold no OpenStreetMap amenity counts for Gidgegannup. That is a gap in our data, not a statement about what is or isn't here.
Out with a baby
Baby-change tables
Baby-care rooms
Public-toilet facilities recorded on the National Public Toilet Map - not every place in the area that will let you change a baby.
Getting out of the area
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Train to the city
Not publishedNo station within reach of the middle of this area appears in the Western Australia timetable feed, so we show no train travel time. Buses are not covered anywhere on this site.
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Nearest emergency department
MappedSt John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals · 23.1 km
Straight-line distance from the middle of this area to the nearest hospital tagged with an emergency department - not a drive time, and not necessarily the closest by road. General emergency departments treat children as well as adults. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.
Counts are of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Gidgegannup boundary, not a register of everything that exists - community mapping is uneven, so a zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there", and a shop or clinic just over the boundary won't appear here even if it is the one you'd use. “Middle WA area” is the median count across the 255 Western Australia areas we hold counts for - context, not a target. Areas differ hugely in size, so we never turn these counts into a rate, index or score. Verify anything you're relying on with a local directory or a visit.
Risks & things to check
The checks families run one by one before committing to Gidgegannup, in one place. Every line is an official published record for the Gidgegannup area - we don't rate, score or rank any of them, and a line we can't answer says so.
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Flooding
Not publishedNo free statewide flood overlay is published for WA yet, so we show none. Check the local council's planning maps.
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Bushfire
Not publishedWe hold official bushfire mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for WA yet. Check the state fire service's mapping.
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Heritage controls
Not publishedWe hold official heritage overlay mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for WA yet. Check the local council's planning scheme and the state heritage register.
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Traffic noise
Main roads onlyToodyay Road · Stoneville Road · Roland Road
No freeway or highway is mapped inside this area. 3 named main roads (arterial or connector) run through it. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment.
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Aircraft noise
Not publishedWe hold official aircraft-noise mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for WA yet. Check the airport's noise contours and the local planning scheme.
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Land contamination checks
Not mappedWe hold official contaminated-land overlay mapping for Victoria only - nothing is published here for WA yet. Check the state environment authority's contaminated land register and the local planning scheme.
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Acid sulfate soils
Not publishedWe hold acid sulfate soil mapping for Victoria and New South Wales only - nothing is published here for WA yet. Coastal and estuarine land is where these soils occur; check the state's soil mapping and the local planning scheme.
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Recorded crime
Not publishedWA does not release the suburb-level incident counts we republish for New South Wales and Victoria, so we show none here.
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Social housing
Census figure0.0% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.0% from a community housing provider
Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle WA area is 2.1% public and 0.5% community, across 241 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.
Hazard lines republish the extent of an official overlay across the whole Gidgegannup area - they are not a risk rating, hazard score or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A specific address inside the area may or may not be affected: check the current planning scheme and your insurer. Not financial or insurance advice. The traffic line names the roads mapped inside the area - it is not a noise measurement or a decibel estimate, and we compute neither: what a specific home hears depends on distance, traffic volume, speed, barriers and terrain, which no free dataset publishes. The heritage, aircraft-noise and land-contamination lines are planning controls rather than hazards, and apply property by property - the contamination line flags land an audit must check before it is used for housing or childcare, never land found to be contaminated. The acid-sulfate line covers coastal and estuarine land only, because that is where those soils form - inland, "none mapped" means outside the mapped zone, not a soil test. We don't yet cover EPA notices, mine subsidence, landslide or coastal erosion - where a line is missing, treat it as not checked rather than clear.
What's being built here
16 new homes were approved in Gidgegannup in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 161 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.
Approved in the year to June 2025
Middle WA area: 50
Separate houses
Private sector, over the 5 of these 6 years where the breakdown is published
Townhouses & apartments
Private sector, over the 5 of these 6 years where the breakdown is published
An approval is not a building. These are dwellings a council approved; some are never built, and the ones that are usually take years, so this is a signal of what is planned around a suburb, not a count of homes standing in it. It is also not a forecast - nothing here is projected forward. The total covers every dwelling approved, public and private; the houses and apartments figures are the private-sector split the ABS publishes, and the two do not add up to the total wherever public housing was approved. Figures are for the whole Gidgegannup statistical area, which usually covers more than one suburb, and are counts only - never divided by land area or population, and never combined into a score. The dashed line is the median of the 230Western Australia areas with a complete series - a typical area, for context, not a target or a pass mark.
Housing cost pressure
In Gidgegannup, 11% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).
How many households here are stretched by what they pay for housing. The 30% line is the ABS's own long-standing threshold - these are their published figures, not our calculation.
- Mortgage over 30% of income
- 11%
WA avg 13%
Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 53 of 373 households with a stated repayment.
The two figures cover different households - one counts only households paying off a mortgage, the other only households renting - so they are shown separately and must not be added or averaged. Income is the ABS's imputed household income; their published percentage also counts households that did not state a repayment or rent, which is why it does not equal the two counts above divided by each other. The grey marker on each bar is the WA average, weighted by household base across the SA2s in the state that report each figure (234 for mortgage), and is context only - not a target. Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.
Where did the gain come from?
+83Reading the streams: Australian movers from other suburbs drove most of the change.
Other SA2s in Swan
The next zoom out - sorted by 1-year growth
- 01Brabham - Henley Brook+11.6%17,755 ppl
- 02Hazelmere - Guildford+8.8%7,590 ppl
- 03Bullsbrook+6.4%7,112 ppl
- 04The Vines+5.8%16,074 ppl
- 05Beechboro+5.2%26,928 ppl
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