Greenbushes vs Hester Brook
Hester Brook is the younger of the two, with a median age of 41 against 52 in Greenbushes. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Greenbushes, most households are people living alone. In Hester Brook, most households are couple families. On these figures, Greenbushes tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Hester Brook suits share households, families with children, and couples.
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
Hester Brook
ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here
- carries lower crime risk (15/100 vs 83/100)
- has more parks and reserves (3 vs 0)
- is already more of a family suburb (70% vs 35%)
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
Greenbushes
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (28% vs 13%)
- has cheaper rent ($200/wk vs $300/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Greenbushes
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (171 min vs 203 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (242.8 km vs 258.8 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Greenbushes has more residents already 65 and over (28% vs 18%)
- Hester Brook carries lower crime risk (15/100 vs 83/100)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Hester Brook
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (22.1% vs -5.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Greenbushes and Hester Brook drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
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.
Demographics
Greenbushes has more residents (365 vs 127); Hester Brook has higher household incomes ($98,748 vs $50,128).
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 365 +65% vs other | 127 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | -5.2% | +22.1% |
| Median age | 52 | 41 |
| Median household income | $50,128/yr | $98,748/yr +97% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $200/wk | $300/wk +50% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.4%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $425,000 | — |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | $141,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 88 days from 7 sales | — |
Development activity
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 26 across Bridgetown-Greenbushes same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -100% same for both | |
Ranking within WA
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 9% of WA | Higher than 66% of WA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 22% of WA | Higher than 5% of WA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 60% of WA | Higher than 24% of WA |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 60% of WA | Higher than 47% of WA |
Liveability
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | high-need area decile 1/10 | below-average income decile 3/10 |
Risk profile
Greenbushes carries more crime risk (83 vs 15).
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 65/100 | High 71/100 |
| Crime | High 83/100 | Low 15/100 |
| Flood | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 2 within 5 km | 0 within 5 km |
Schools
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 1 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 1 | 0 |
Schools in Greenbushes
- Greenbushes Primary School Government · Primary below peers
Schools in Hester Brook
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 0 | 3 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 5 | 3 |
Mobility
Hester Brook sits further from the CBD (258.8 km vs 242.8 km).
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 0/100 same for both | |
| Distance to Perth | 242.8 km | 258.8 km +7% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 171 min | 203 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.5% postcode 6254 | 0.2% postcode 6255 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 47 postcode 6254 | 51 postcode 6255 |
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.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (86.0%).
Setting
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 272 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 211 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
NBN connectivity
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 30/100 | 23/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 244 premises | 0% 57 premises |
Climate
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 691 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 29.6°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 4.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,417/yr same for both | |
| Council | Bridgetown-Greenbushes same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | O'connor same for both | |
| Member | Rick Wilson same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Greenbushes | Hester Brook | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $800,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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