Balladong WA 6302
56 addresses · 8 streets
Durack Electorate › York LGA › Balladong · 84 km from Perth
Living Here
Balladong is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 93 people, with a median age of 53. The typical household earns around $1,792 a week, with median rent near $250 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 7 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the York - Beverley statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Balladong itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
5 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
1 hospital
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
1 gym
1 butcher
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 4.8% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 4.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 6.6% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 59%
Population by age in Balladong
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 12 |
| 15-19 | 5 |
| 20-24 | 4 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 13 |
| 45-54 | 14 |
| 55-64 | 17 |
| 65-74 | 15 |
| 75-84 | 5 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Balladong
| House | 35 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Balladong
| <$650 | 3 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 4 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 13 |
| $3,000+ | 4 |
Top ancestries in Balladong
| English | 45 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 36 |
| Ancestry NS | 14 |
| Scottish | 13 |
| Other | 9 |
| Irish | 7 |
Housing tenure in Balladong
| Owned | 16 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 15 |
| Rented | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Balladong
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 8 |
| 3 | 15 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Balladong
| Car | 25 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 5 |
Top countries of birth in Balladong
| England | 7 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| South Africa | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
4,619 bird observations recorded near Balladong — most often seen:
- Eurasian Coot (304)
- Pacific Black Duck (244)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (234)
- Grey Teal (230)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (203)
- Western Australian Raven (184)
- South-western Australian Magpie (176)
- White-faced Heron (172)
- Australian Ringneck (169)
- Australian Wood Duck (168)
- Australasian Grebe (161)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (154)
- Western Red Wattlebird (149)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Balladong
- Brown Honeyeater (147)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (144)
- Little Black Cormorant (140)
- Rock Dove (139)
- Western Striated Pardalote (133)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (131)
- Southern Weebill (131)
- Australian Raven (128)
- Willie Wagtail (121)
- Magpie-lark (116)
- Western Silvereye (116)
- Little Pied Cormorant (114)
- Southern Magpie-lark (110)
- Silvereye (102)
- Western Yellow-rumped Thornbill (102)
- Red Wattlebird (100)
- South-west Western Gerygone (97)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Balladong:
- Daliak (2.9 km)
- York (3.5 km)
- Cold Harbour (4.9 km)
- Mount Hardey (7 km)
- Gwambygine (7.2 km)
- St Ronans (9.3 km)
- Burges (9.5 km)
- Gilgering (13.2 km)
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Streets
- Cut Hill Road (9)
- Fisher Street (3)
- Forrest Street (3)
- Great Southern Highway (21)
- Helena Road (1)
- Knotts Road (14)
- Spices Road (3)
- Talbot Road (2)
