Winthrop vs Booragoon

In both, the large majority of households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Winthrop, most households are couple families. In Booragoon, about half of households are couple families. Booragoon is closer to the city centre: 13.1 km, against 15.7 km. On these figures, Winthrop tends to suit couples, while Booragoon suits people living alone.

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

Winthrop

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 72/100)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (99% vs 68%)
  • is already more of a family suburb (82% vs 60%)

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

First-home buyers

Winthrop

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (23% vs 29%)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Booragoon

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($410/wk vs $545/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Booragoon

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (88/100 vs 65/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (13.1 km vs 15.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Booragoon

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (32% vs 1%)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • is more walkable (88/100 vs 65/100)
  • But Winthrop carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 72/100)

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

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs house yield and population growth.

Where they sit

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

Winthrop Booragoon
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.

Winthrop Booragoon
Walkability 65 / 88
Winthrop — Walkability: 65/100 Booragoon — Walkability: 88/100
Safety 81 / 28
Winthrop — Safety: 81/100 Booragoon — Safety: 28/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Winthrop — Low fire risk: 100/100 Booragoon — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Winthrop — Low flood risk: 100/100 Booragoon — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Winthrop rents higher ($545/wk vs $410/wk); Winthrop has higher household incomes ($120,848 vs $103,532).

Winthrop Booragoon
Population 6,020
+6% vs other
 5,684
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.9% +2.7%
Median age 45 43
Median household income $120,848/yr
+14% vs other
 $103,532/yr
Median weekly rent $545/wk
+25% vs other
 $410/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Winthrop Booragoon
0-4 3.9% / 3.8%
Winthrop — 0-4: 3.9% Booragoon — 0-4: 3.8%
5-14 12.5% / 14.1%
Winthrop — 5-14: 12.5% Booragoon — 5-14: 14.1%
15-19 7.1% / 6.7%
Winthrop — 15-19: 7.1% Booragoon — 15-19: 6.7%
20-24 6.1% / 6.1%
Winthrop — 20-24: 6.1% Booragoon — 20-24: 6.1%
25-34 9.0% / 8.7%
Winthrop — 25-34: 9.0% Booragoon — 25-34: 8.7%
35-44 11.1% / 12.6%
Winthrop — 35-44: 11.1% Booragoon — 35-44: 12.6%
45-54 13.4% / 13.5%
Winthrop — 45-54: 13.4% Booragoon — 45-54: 13.5%
55-64 14.6% / 12.0%
Winthrop — 55-64: 14.6% Booragoon — 55-64: 12.0%
65-74 14.5% / 9.9%
Winthrop — 65-74: 14.5% Booragoon — 65-74: 9.9%
75-84 6.0% / 7.2%
Winthrop — 75-84: 6.0% Booragoon — 75-84: 7.2%
85+ 1.7% / 5.3%
Winthrop — 85+: 1.7% Booragoon — 85+: 5.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Winthrop 69.2% couple families
Winthrop — Couple Families: 69.2% Winthrop — Lone Person: 14.3% Winthrop — One Parent Families: 12.8% Winthrop — Group Household: 2.2% Winthrop — Other Families: 1.5%
Booragoon 48.2% couple families
Booragoon — Couple Families: 48.2% Booragoon — Lone Person: 35.1% Booragoon — One Parent Families: 12.0% Booragoon — Group Household: 3.3% Booragoon — Other Families: 1.5%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Winthrop 10.7% renting
Winthrop — Owned Outright: 55.4% Winthrop — Mortgage: 33.9% Winthrop — Renting: 10.7%
Booragoon 19.4% renting
Booragoon — Owned Outright: 47.1% Booragoon — Mortgage: 33.5% Booragoon — Renting: 19.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Winthrop Booragoon
Bachelor Degree 24.5% / 22.6%
Winthrop — Bachelor Degree: 24.5% Booragoon — Bachelor Degree: 22.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.7% / 9.0%
Winthrop — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.7% Booragoon — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 9.0%
Postgraduate Degree 8.3% / 8.0%
Winthrop — Postgraduate Degree: 8.3% Booragoon — Postgraduate Degree: 8.0%
Certificate III & IV 7.1% / 7.8%
Winthrop — Certificate III & IV: 7.1% Booragoon — Certificate III & IV: 7.8%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.1% / 3.3%
Winthrop — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1% Booragoon — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.5%).

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.

Winthrop Booragoon
England 4.8% / 7.2%
Winthrop — England: 4.8% Booragoon — England: 7.2%
Malaysia 7.9% / 4.0%
Winthrop — Malaysia: 7.9% Booragoon — Malaysia: 4.0%
Indonesia 7.1% / 2.2%
Winthrop — Indonesia: 7.1% Booragoon — Indonesia: 2.2%
China 3.2% / 3.4%
Winthrop — China: 3.2% Booragoon — China: 3.4%
Singapore 3.6% / 1.6%
Winthrop — Singapore: 3.6% Booragoon — Singapore: 1.6%
South Africa 1.7% / 1.9%
Winthrop — South Africa: 1.7% Booragoon — South Africa: 1.9%
India 3.3% / —
Winthrop — India: 3.3% Booragoon — India: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Winthrop 98.8% houses
Winthrop — Houses: 98.8% Winthrop — Townhouses: 0.9% Winthrop — Flats / Apartments: 0.3%
Booragoon 68.0% houses
Booragoon — Houses: 68.0% Booragoon — Townhouses: 27.8% Booragoon — Flats / Apartments: 4.1%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Winthrop Booragoon
Median house price $1,750,000 $1,650,000
Median unit price — $930,000
Median land price — $453,334
Typical days to sell (houses) 20 days
from 25 sales
 21 days
from 47 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Winthrop Booragoon
4 bed $1.75M / $1.71M
Winthrop — 4 bed: $1.75M (35 sales) Booragoon — 4 bed: $1.71M (55 sales)

35 vs 55 sales

5 bed $1.89M / $2.1M
Winthrop — 5 bed: $1.89M (5 sales) Booragoon — 5 bed: $2.1M (9 sales)

5 vs 9 sales

Development activity

Winthrop Booragoon
New dwellings approved 727
across Melville
same for both
Approvals change year on year +268%
same for both

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Winthrop Booragoon
Houses 2.6%
$1,000/wk on $2M
 2.9%
$850/wk on $1.5M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within WA

Winthrop Booragoon
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 86% of WA Higher than 69% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 88% of WA Higher than 98% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 97% of WA Higher than 94% of WA
NBN connectivity Higher than 88% of WA Higher than 94% of WA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 2% of WA Higher than 6% of WA

Liveability

Booragoon is more walkable (88 vs 65).

Winthrop Booragoon
Grade A+
same for both
Score 88/100
same for both
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
same for both

Risk profile

Booragoon carries more crime risk (72 vs 19).

Winthrop Booragoon
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
19/100
 High
72/100
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 11
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Winthrop Booragoon
Inside the suburb 1
same for both
Rated above peers 1
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Murdoch University (Murdoch), 2.1 km
 3
Murdoch University (Murdoch), 3.4 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 4.0% 3.4%

Schools in Winthrop

  • Winthrop Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Booragoon

  • Booragoon Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Amenities in the suburb

Winthrop Booragoon
Supermarkets 0 3
Cafes & restaurants 1 10
Parks & reserves 8 6
Childcare 2 3
GPs 0 2
Pharmacies 1 3
Banks & Bank@Post 0 6
Fuel stations 0 1
EV chargers 0 3

Mobility

Winthrop sits further from the CBD (15.7 km vs 13.1 km).

Winthrop Booragoon
Walkability score 65/100 88/100
Distance to Perth 15.7 km
+17% vs other
 13.1 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 19 min 20 min
Public transport score 94/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 201.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 313.5
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.5%
postcode 6150
 2.1%
postcode 6154
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 66
postcode 6150
 55
postcode 6154

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.

Winthrop Booragoon
Car (driver) 69.8% / 70.9%
Winthrop — Car (driver): 69.8% Booragoon — Car (driver): 70.9%
Worked from Home 13.2% / 12.3%
Winthrop — Worked from Home: 13.2% Booragoon — Worked from Home: 12.3%
Train 8.0% / 4.9%
Winthrop — Train: 8.0% Booragoon — Train: 4.9%
Car (passenger) 5.6% / 4.9%
Winthrop — Car (passenger): 5.6% Booragoon — Car (passenger): 4.9%
Bus 2.1% / 4.7%
Winthrop — Bus: 2.1% Booragoon — Bus: 4.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (70.9%).

Setting

Winthrop Booragoon
Elevation 30 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 24 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 7.8 km 8.1 km
4.8 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Winthrop Booragoon
Connectivity score 75/100 84/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
2,210 premises
 68%
3,356 premises

Climate

Winthrop Booragoon
Annual rainfall 745 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.6°C
same for both

Council rates

Winthrop Booragoon
Average residential rate $2,396/yr
same for both
Council Melville
same for both

Federal electorate

Winthrop Booragoon
Division Tangney
same for both
Member Sam Lim
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Winthrop Booragoon
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Winthrop

Easy Commute Large Blocks Middle-Ring Parks Premium Professionals Quiet Transport Hub

Booragoon

Easy Commute Middle-Ring Parks Premium Professionals Townhouses Transport Hub

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