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Bookara WA 6525

77 addresses · 11 streets

Durack Electorate › Irwin LGA › Bookara · 327 km from Perth

Living Here

Bookara is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 149 people, with a median age of 48. The typical household earns around $1,542 a week, with median rent near $225 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

149Population
48Median age
$1,542Median household income / wk
$225Median rent / wk
2.5Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Irwin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bookara itself.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources6/10
Education & jobs3/10

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: 9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bookara

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Bookara WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 20209.0%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202126.2%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.6% · Labour-force participation 56.3%

Population by age in Bookara
Population by age, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-40
5-1418
15-1910
20-2415
25-340
35-4418
45-5420
55-6429
65-7424
75-845
85+0
Dwelling types in Bookara
Dwelling types, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
House52
Townhouse0
Apartment0
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bookara
Households by weekly income, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$65011
$650-1,4998
$1,500-2,99915
$3,000+8
Top ancestries in Bookara
Top ancestries, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian61
English58
Ancestry NS16
German11
Irish9
NZ8
Housing tenure in Bookara
Housing tenure, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned22
Mortgage18
Rented5
Other0
Cars per household in Bookara
Cars per household, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
00
13
214
38
4+11
Commute to work in Bookara
Commute to work, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car43
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked5
Bicycle0
Home3
Top countries of birth in Bookara
Top countries of birth, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
England6
Germany3
New Zealand3
Languages used at home in Bookara
Languages used at home, Bookara WA (ABS Census 2021)
German4

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

145 bird observations recorded near Bookara — most often seen:

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Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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