Quairading, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Quairading is a wheatbelt town in Western Australia, about 166 kilometres east of Perth and 69 kilometres east of York. Its name comes from nearby Quairading Spring and a local Noongar word, recorded by the surveyor Alexander Forrest in 1872. European farmers took up land in the district from the 1860s, and the town itself grew quickly after the government offered free blocks to settlers early in the twentieth century; the townsite was gazetted in 1907 and the railway reached it in 1908. Today Quairading is a service centre for the surrounding grain-growing country, and visitors come for the Quairading Nature Reserve and the pink-tinged lake at nearby Badjaling.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Quairading is more socio-economically advantaged than about 9% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 887, 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.
Quairading at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 619
- Median age
- 59
- Median weekly household income
- $949
- SEIFA score
- 887
- Coordinates
- -31.9844, 117.3935
Quairading demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Quairading 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 seniors (65+) at 41%, 18% of homes are rented, and 15% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 79 | 13% |
| Youth (15–24) | 33 | 5% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 97 | 16% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 159 | 26% |
| Seniors (65+) | 253 | 41% |
Share of the 621 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 120 | 55% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 43 | 20% |
| Rented | 39 | 18% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 206 | 96% |
| Townhouses & semis | 6 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 215 occupied private dwellings in Quairading.
- Median weekly rent
- $137
- Median monthly mortgage
- $758
- Average household size
- 2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,205
- Median weekly personal income
- $520
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 71 (15%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 23 (5%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 64 (10%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 121 (23%)
- Labour-force participation
- 30.6%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Employed full-time
- 104
- Employed part-time
- 44
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 Quairading
Where is Quairading?
Quairading is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Quairading?
At the 2021 Census, Quairading had a population of about 619.
Is Quairading an advantaged area?
Quairading has an ABS SEIFA score of 887, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 9 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 9% of Australian suburbs.
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