Boyup Brook, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Boyup Brook is a small town in the South West of Western Australia, on the Blackwood River about 270 kilometres south-south-east of Perth and not far from Bridgetown. It lies on Kaniyang land within the Noongar nation, and its name comes from a nearby pool the Noongar called Booyup, said to mean either place of big stones or place of big smoke. William Scott and his wife Mary took up the first farm at Scotts Brook in 1854, and the town itself was declared in 1900. Sheep, cattle and grain have long sustained the district. Boyup Brook is best known today for its country music festival each February, which has grown from a few hundred people to many thousands, and for the Gregory Tree, carved by the explorer Augustus Gregory in 1845.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Boyup Brook is more socio-economically advantaged than about 15% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 914, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Boyup Brook at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 938
- Median age
- 51
- Median weekly household income
- $1,102
- SEIFA score
- 914
- Coordinates
- -33.8373, 116.4201
Boyup Brook demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Boyup Brook using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 31%, 22% of homes are rented, and 18% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 151 | 16% |
| Youth (15–24) | 69 | 7% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 170 | 18% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 285 | 31% |
| Seniors (65+) | 252 | 27% |
Share of the 927 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 171 | 48% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 93 | 26% |
| Rented | 79 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 356 | 98% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 364 occupied private dwellings in Boyup Brook.
- Median weekly rent
- $220
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,088
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,419
- Median weekly personal income
- $633
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 145 (18%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 26 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 22 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 300 (39%)
- Labour-force participation
- 49.9%
- Unemployment rate
- 5.4%
- Employed full-time
- 207
- Employed part-time
- 123
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Boyup Brook
Where is Boyup Brook?
Boyup Brook is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Boyup Brook?
At the 2021 Census, Boyup Brook had a population of about 938.
Is Boyup Brook an advantaged area?
Boyup Brook has an ABS SEIFA score of 914, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 15 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 15% of Australian suburbs.
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