Barragup WA 6209
611 addresses · 30 streets
Canning Electorate › Murray LGA › Barragup · 66 km from Perth
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Living Here
Barragup is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 940 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $2,110 a week, with median rent near $323 a week. Most homes are houses. About 88% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Mandurah - East statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Barragup itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 supermarket
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
2 libraries
1 hardware store
1 electrician
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Mandurah, 4.4 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Mandurah Dolphin Cruises, 6.8 km west · Airport: Jandakot Airport, 50.8 km north.
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: 42.5% 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 | 42.5% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 64.0% |
Demographics
Unemployment 7.1% · Labour-force participation 60.3%
Population by age in Barragup
| 0-4 | 31 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 109 |
| 15-19 | 81 |
| 20-24 | 52 |
| 25-34 | 75 |
| 35-44 | 106 |
| 45-54 | 165 |
| 55-64 | 131 |
| 65-74 | 105 |
| 75-84 | 69 |
| 85+ | 12 |
Dwelling types in Barragup
| House | 294 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Barragup
| <$650 | 36 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 62 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 83 |
| $3,000+ | 77 |
Top ancestries in Barragup
| English | 448 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 376 |
| Irish | 103 |
| Scottish | 103 |
| Ancestry NS | 66 |
| Italian | 54 |
Housing tenure in Barragup
| Owned | 105 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 147 |
| Rented | 32 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Barragup
| 0 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 50 |
| 2 | 84 |
| 3 | 80 |
| 4+ | 77 |
Commute to work in Barragup
| Car | 289 |
|---|---|
| Train | 10 |
| Bus | 6 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 3 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 30 |
Top countries of birth in Barragup
| England | 71 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 25 |
| Scotland | 11 |
| Netherlands | 10 |
| South Africa | 9 |
| Italy | 8 |
Languages used at home in Barragup
| Afrikaans | 7 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 4 |
| Italian | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
31,527 bird observations recorded near Barragup — most often seen:
- Australian Pelican (1,902)
- Silver Gull (1,621)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,592)
- Little Pied Cormorant (1,437)
- Australian Raven (1,431)
- Australian White Ibis (1,425)
- Great Egret (1,381)
- Australian Shelduck (1,379)
- Whistling Kite (1,346)
- Grey Teal (1,270)
- Little Egret (1,097)
- Little Black Cormorant (1,059)
- Welcome Swallow (1,056)
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- Willie Wagtail (1,039)
- Red Wattlebird (1,030)
- Galah (1,023)
- White-faced Heron (1,005)
- Australasian Darter (983)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (886)
- South-western Australian Magpie (865)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (761)
- Splendid Fairy-wren (757)
- Eastern Osprey (705)
- Yellow-billed Spoonbill (698)
- Magpie-lark (652)
- Red-capped Plover (649)
- Grey Butcherbird (635)
- Australian Wood Duck (622)
- Crested Pigeon (622)
- Red-capped Parrot (599)
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 Barragup:
- Furnissdale (2.1 km)
- Greenfields (3.3 km)
- Coodanup (3.6 km)
- North Yunderup (3.7 km)
- South Yunderup (5.1 km)
- Dudley Park (5.3 km)
- Parklands (5.5 km)
- Mandurah (5.8 km)
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Streets
- Aclare Road (16)
- Big Lake View (7)
- Caponi Road (21)
- Davis Road (12)
- Douglas Place (3)
- Dunkerton Road (20)
- Empress Court (8)
- Eyre Close (7)
- Fiegert Road (15)
- Flinders Close (7)
- Greenwood Way (41)
- Hastings Road (14)
- Hougham Road (9)
- Husband Road (36)
- Lakelands Road (15)
- Lakes Road (5)
- Lowline Way (7)
- Matthie Road (10)
- Mears Road (4)
- Noorumba Road (7)
- Passive Place (5)
- Peaceful Waters Drive (22)
- Pinjarra Road (36)
- Powell Road (2)
- Rogers Road (12)
- Serene Place (6)
- Shenton Road (16)
- Tranquil Retreat (14)
- Watson Drive (223)
- Woodview Way (11)
