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Bull Creek WA 6149

4,042 addresses · 143 streets

Tangney Electorate › Melville LGA › Bull Creek · 12 km from Perth

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Living Here

Bull Creek is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 8,030 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,880 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 18% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Chinese, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

8,030Population
44Median age
$1,880Median household income / wk
$420Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Train station: Bull Creek, 1.2 km north-west · Railway halt: Canning Junction, 6.2 km north-east · Bus interchange: Murdoch Station, 1.5 km south-west · Airport: Jandakot Airport, 4.4 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 10/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs10/10

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: 11.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Bull Creek

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

Tree cover measures, Bull Creek WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202113.3%

Demographics

Unemployment 5.2% · Labour-force participation 56.1%

Population by age in Bull Creek
Population by age, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4314
5-141,175
15-19458
20-24400
25-34605
35-441,091
45-54984
55-64863
65-741,086
75-84681
85+376
Dwelling types in Bull Creek
Dwelling types, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
House2,259
Townhouse284
Apartment330
Other0
Households by weekly income in Bull Creek
Households by weekly income, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650485
$650-1,499644
$1,500-2,999700
$3,000+814
Top ancestries in Bull Creek
Top ancestries, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
English2,381
Chinese1,977
Australian1,845
Other1,091
Scottish561
Irish560
Housing tenure in Bull Creek
Housing tenure, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned1,163
Mortgage872
Rented509
Other283
Cars per household in Bull Creek
Cars per household, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
0123
1992
21,225
3338
4+165
Commute to work in Bull Creek
Commute to work, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,202
Train121
Bus47
Tram/ferry0
Walked38
Bicycle26
Home364
Top countries of birth in Bull Creek
Top countries of birth, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
Malaysia675
England452
China429
India352
Singapore205
South Africa130
Languages used at home in Bull Creek
Languages used at home, Bull Creek WA (ABS Census 2021)
Mandarin1,044
Cantonese338
Korean125
Hindi111
Tamil108
Indonesian87

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

96,422 bird observations recorded near Bull Creek — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Bull Creek

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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