Beela vs Roelands

Roelands is the younger of the two, with a median age of 40 against 46 in Beela. In both, the large majority of households own their home, the large majority of homes are detached houses, and most households are couple families. On these figures, Beela tends to suit couples, while Roelands suits families with children.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

They split

one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here

  • Beela is already more of a family suburb (100% vs 80%)
  • Roelands carries lower crime risk (51/100 vs 67/100)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Beela

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $320/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Roelands

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (114 min vs 129 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (169.5 km vs 177.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

They split

one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here

  • Beela has more residents already 65 and over (20% vs 12%)
  • Roelands carries lower crime risk (51/100 vs 67/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Beela

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (80.6% vs 11.0%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Beela and Roelands drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Beela Roelands
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Beela Roelands
Walkability 0 / 0
Beela — Walkability: 0/100 Roelands — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 33 / 49
Beela — Safety: 33/100 Roelands — Safety: 49/100
Low fire risk 20 / 28
Beela — Low fire risk: 20/100 Roelands — Low fire risk: 28/100
Low flood risk 100 / 63
Beela — Low flood risk: 100/100 Roelands — Low flood risk: 63/100

Demographics

Roelands rents higher ($320/wk vs $0/wk); Roelands has more residents (938 vs 56).

Beela Roelands
Population 56 938
+1575% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +80.6% +11.0%
Median age 46 40
Median household income $84,500/yr $128,596/yr
+52% vs other
Median weekly rent — $320/wk
(not reported on the other side)

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Beela Roelands
0-4 — / 5.8%
Beela — 0-4: not among its largest Roelands — 0-4: 5.8%
5-14 14.3% / 16.4%
Beela — 5-14: 14.3% Roelands — 5-14: 16.4%
15-19 7.1% / 7.8%
Beela — 15-19: 7.1% Roelands — 15-19: 7.8%
20-24 — / 4.8%
Beela — 20-24: not among its largest Roelands — 20-24: 4.8%
25-34 5.4% / 8.7%
Beela — 25-34: 5.4% Roelands — 25-34: 8.7%
35-44 8.9% / 13.8%
Beela — 35-44: 8.9% Roelands — 35-44: 13.8%
45-54 16.1% / 14.7%
Beela — 45-54: 16.1% Roelands — 45-54: 14.7%
55-64 14.3% / 15.8%
Beela — 55-64: 14.3% Roelands — 55-64: 15.8%
65-74 8.9% / 9.4%
Beela — 65-74: 8.9% Roelands — 65-74: 9.4%
75-84 10.7% / 2.2%
Beela — 75-84: 10.7% Roelands — 75-84: 2.2%
85+ — / 0.3%
Beela — 85+: not among its largest Roelands — 85+: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Beela 100.0% couple families
Beela — Couple Families: 100.0% Beela — Lone Person: 0.0% Beela — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Roelands 69.5% couple families
Roelands — Couple Families: 69.5% Roelands — Lone Person: 20.5% Roelands — One Parent Families: 10.0%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Beela 0.0% renting
Beela — Owned Outright: 76.9% Beela — Mortgage: 23.1% Beela — Renting: 0.0%
Roelands 9.9% renting
Roelands — Owned Outright: 33.0% Roelands — Mortgage: 57.1% Roelands — Renting: 9.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Beela Roelands
England 5.4% / 3.2%
Beela — England: 5.4% Roelands — England: 3.2%
New Zealand — / 3.3%
Beela — New Zealand: not among its largest Roelands — New Zealand: 3.3%
South Africa — / 1.6%
Beela — South Africa: not among its largest Roelands — South Africa: 1.6%
Philippines — / 0.9%
Beela — Philippines: not among its largest Roelands — Philippines: 0.9%
Zimbabwe — / 0.9%
Beela — Zimbabwe: not among its largest Roelands — Zimbabwe: 0.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (5.4%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Beela Roelands
Certificate III & IV 10.7% / 20.3%
Beela — Certificate III & IV: 10.7% Roelands — Certificate III & IV: 20.3%
Bachelor Degree 16.1% / 8.0%
Beela — Bachelor Degree: 16.1% Roelands — Bachelor Degree: 8.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 5.4% / 6.9%
Beela — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.4% Roelands — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.9%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 2.5%
Beela — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Roelands — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.5%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.7%
Beela — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Roelands — Postgraduate Degree: 1.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.3%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Beela 100.0% houses
Beela — Houses: 100.0% Beela — Townhouses: 0.0%
Roelands 99.7% houses
Roelands — Houses: 99.7% Roelands — Townhouses: 1.0%
Houses Townhouses

Property market

Beela Roelands
Median house price — $1,280,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $450,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 40 days
from 7 sales

Development activity

Beela Roelands
New dwellings approved 144
across Harvey
same for both
Approvals change year on year -34%
same for both

Ranking within WA

Beela Roelands
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 47% of WA Higher than 91% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 4% of WA Higher than 38% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 24% of WA Higher than 65% of WA
NBN connectivity Higher than 43% of WA Higher than 66% of WA

Liveability

Beela Roelands
Grade — C
Score — 34/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 advantaged area
decile 8/10

Risk profile

Roelands carries more flood risk (37 vs 0); Beela carries more crime risk (67 vs 51).

Beela Roelands
Bushfire High
80/100
 High
72/100
Crime Moderate
67/100
 Moderate
51/100
Flood None
0/100
 Low
37/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Beela Roelands
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0 1
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Beela

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Roelands

  • Hope Christian College Independent · Combined at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Beela Roelands
Waterways 2 1

Mobility

Beela sits further from the CBD (177.1 km vs 169.5 km).

Beela Roelands
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Perth 177.1 km
+4% vs other
 169.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 129 min 114 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 6224
 0.7%
postcode 6226
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 60
postcode 6224
 93
postcode 6226

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Beela Roelands
Car (driver) 100.0% / 77.7%
Beela — Car (driver): 100.0% Roelands — Car (driver): 77.7%
Worked from Home — / 10.8%
Beela — Worked from Home: not among its largest Roelands — Worked from Home: 10.8%
Car (passenger) — / 6.1%
Beela — Car (passenger): not among its largest Roelands — Car (passenger): 6.1%
Bus — / 4.4%
Beela — Bus: not among its largest Roelands — Bus: 4.4%
Walked Only — / 1.0%
Beela — Walked Only: not among its largest Roelands — Walked Only: 1.0%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (100.0%).

Setting

Beela Roelands
Elevation 181 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 216 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 20.4 km 17.3 km

NBN connectivity

Beela Roelands
Connectivity score 20/100 43/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster) Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
15 premises
 12%
368 premises

Climate

Beela Roelands
Annual rainfall 774 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Beela Roelands
Average residential rate $2,454/yr
same for both
Council Harvey
same for both

Federal electorate

Beela Roelands
Division Forrest
same for both
Member Ben Small
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Beela Roelands
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Beela

Rural

Roelands

Family Rural

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