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Western Australia · SA2 509021243

What's going on in Northam

Population 11,358 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#21 of 241 in Western Australia

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (61.9%)

Rank 2

#31 of 241 in Western Australia

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (6.3%)

Rank 3

#39 of 241 in Western Australia

for % single-parent families (18.3%)

The three dimensions where Northam picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,316 / week
#203 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
43 years
#78 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
23.2%
#121 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
5.9%
#56 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#226 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Northam's sharpest rank is for % of adults with no post-school qualification. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #154 · one rank above Virginia - Waterloo Corner South Australia ↓ #156 · one rank below Balonne Queensland

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.