Wungong vs Byford

Byford is the younger of the two, with a median age of 31 against 38 in Wungong. 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, Byford tends to suit 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

Byford

ahead on 3 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (20 vs 0)
  • has more schools inside the suburb (8 vs 0)
  • has more parks and reserves (7 vs 2)
  • But Wungong carries lower crime risk (32/100 vs 62/100)

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

First-home buyers

Byford

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 32%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Byford

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (18% vs 24%)
  • has cheaper rent ($380/wk vs $440/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

They split

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

  • Wungong sits closer to the CBD (39.9 km vs 43.3 km)
  • Byford is more walkable (79/100 vs 35/100)

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

Downsizers and retirees

They split

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

  • Wungong has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 7%)
  • Byford has more GPs (5 vs 0)

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

Investors

Byford

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (26.6% vs 7.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Wungong Byford
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.

Wungong Byford
Walkability 35 / 79
Wungong — Walkability: 35/100 Byford — Walkability: 79/100
Safety 68 / 38
Wungong — Safety: 68/100 Byford — Safety: 38/100
Low fire risk 21 / 36
Wungong — Low fire risk: 21/100 Byford — Low fire risk: 36/100
Low flood risk 45 / 87
Wungong — Low flood risk: 45/100 Byford — Low flood risk: 87/100

Demographics

Byford has more residents (18,878 vs 370); Wungong skews older (38 vs 31).

Wungong Byford
Population 370 18,878
+5002% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +7.9% +26.6%
Median age 38 31
Median household income $97,500/yr $107,068/yr
+10% vs other
Median weekly rent $440/wk
+14% vs other
 $380/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Wungong Byford
0-4 5.4% / 10.7%
Wungong — 0-4: 5.4% Byford — 0-4: 10.7%
5-14 18.4% / 18.2%
Wungong — 5-14: 18.4% Byford — 5-14: 18.2%
15-19 6.8% / 5.8%
Wungong — 15-19: 6.8% Byford — 15-19: 5.8%
20-24 6.2% / 5.2%
Wungong — 20-24: 6.2% Byford — 20-24: 5.2%
25-34 9.5% / 18.3%
Wungong — 25-34: 9.5% Byford — 25-34: 18.3%
35-44 13.0% / 16.7%
Wungong — 35-44: 13.0% Byford — 35-44: 16.7%
45-54 10.0% / 10.3%
Wungong — 45-54: 10.0% Byford — 45-54: 10.3%
55-64 13.8% / 7.6%
Wungong — 55-64: 13.8% Byford — 55-64: 7.6%
65-74 11.1% / 4.7%
Wungong — 65-74: 11.1% Byford — 65-74: 4.7%
75-84 5.7% / 2.0%
Wungong — 75-84: 5.7% Byford — 75-84: 2.0%
85+ 0.8% / 0.6%
Wungong — 85+: 0.8% Byford — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.4%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Wungong 64.9% couple families
Wungong — Couple Families: 64.9% Wungong — Lone Person: 21.6% Wungong — One Parent Families: 6.8% Wungong — Group Household: 6.8% Wungong — Other Families: 0.0%
Byford 59.7% couple families
Byford — Couple Families: 59.7% Byford — Lone Person: 19.2% Byford — One Parent Families: 17.1% Byford — Group Household: 2.8% Byford — Other Families: 1.1%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Wungong 17.0% renting
Wungong — Owned Outright: 42.0% Wungong — Mortgage: 41.0% Wungong — Renting: 17.0%
Byford 15.6% renting
Byford — Owned Outright: 14.2% Byford — Mortgage: 70.1% Byford — Renting: 15.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Wungong Byford
Certificate III & IV 18.9% / 19.0%
Wungong — Certificate III & IV: 18.9% Byford — Certificate III & IV: 19.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.9% / 7.4%
Wungong — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.9% Byford — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.4%
Bachelor Degree 6.2% / 6.7%
Wungong — Bachelor Degree: 6.2% Byford — Bachelor Degree: 6.7%
Postgraduate Degree 1.6% / 1.6%
Wungong — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6% Byford — Postgraduate Degree: 1.6%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 1.1% / 1.2%
Wungong — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.1% Byford — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (19.0%).

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.

Wungong Byford
England 9.7% / 7.2%
Wungong — England: 9.7% Byford — England: 7.2%
New Zealand 2.2% / 4.0%
Wungong — New Zealand: 2.2% Byford — New Zealand: 4.0%
India 1.6% / 3.5%
Wungong — India: 1.6% Byford — India: 3.5%
South Africa 2.2% / 2.2%
Wungong — South Africa: 2.2% Byford — South Africa: 2.2%
Netherlands 1.6% / —
Wungong — Netherlands: 1.6% Byford — Netherlands: not among its largest
Philippines — / 1.3%
Wungong — Philippines: not among its largest Byford — Philippines: 1.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (9.7%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Wungong 100.0% houses
Wungong — Houses: 100.0% Wungong — Townhouses: 0.0% Wungong — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Byford 98.7% houses
Byford — Houses: 98.7% Byford — Townhouses: 1.1% Byford — Flats / Apartments: 0.2%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Wungong Byford
Median house price — $810,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $743,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 27 days
from 335 sales

Development activity

Wungong Byford
New dwellings approved 1,811
across Armadale
 859
across Serpentine-Jarrahdale
Approvals change year on year +70% +104%

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.

Wungong Byford
Houses — 4.3%
$700/wk on $849K
Units —
same for both

Ranking within WA

Wungong Byford
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 64% of WA Higher than 72% of WA
Schools — Higher than 51% of WA
Walkability Higher than 79% of WA Higher than 94% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 84% of WA Higher than 61% of WA
NBN connectivity Higher than 92% of WA Higher than 94% of WA
Rental yield (houses) — Higher than 45% of WA

Liveability

Byford is more walkable (79 vs 35).

Wungong Byford
Grade — C
Score — 48/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 6/10
 mid-range socio-economic
decile 5/10

Risk profile

Wungong carries more flood risk (55 vs 13); Byford carries more crime risk (62 vs 32).

Wungong Byford
Bushfire High
79/100
 Moderate
64/100
Crime Low
32/100
 Moderate
62/100
Flood Moderate
55/100
 Low
13/100
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 2
within 5 km
 4
within 5 km

Schools

Wungong Byford
Inside the suburb 0 8
Rated above peers 0 2
Rated at peers 0 4
Rated below peers 0 2

Schools in Wungong

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

Schools in Byford

  • Byford John Calvin School Independent · Primary above peers
  • West Byford Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Beenyup Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Byford Primary School Government · Primary at peers
  • Byford Secondary College Government · Secondary at peers
  • Salvado Catholic College Catholic · Combined at peers

Amenities in the suburb

Wungong Byford
Supermarkets 0 3
Cafes & restaurants 0 4
Parks & reserves 2 7
Childcare 0 20
GPs 0 5
Pharmacies 0 5
Banks & Bank@Post 0 2
Fuel stations 0 3
EV chargers 0 2
Waterways 1 7

Mobility

Byford sits further from the CBD (43.3 km vs 39.9 km).

Wungong Byford
Walkability score 35/100 79/100
Distance to Perth 39.9 km 43.3 km
+9% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 41 min 44 min
Public transport score 58/100
Bus
 79/100
Rail · Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 20.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 319.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 1 min
scheduled, not actual
 0 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 1.2%
postcode 6112
 0.6%
postcode 6122
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 75
postcode 6112
 92
postcode 6122

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.

Wungong Byford
Car (driver) 66.4% / 82.5%
Wungong — Car (driver): 66.4% Byford — Car (driver): 82.5%
Worked from Home 11.2% / 6.1%
Wungong — Worked from Home: 11.2% Byford — Worked from Home: 6.1%
Car (passenger) 9.6% / 5.2%
Wungong — Car (passenger): 9.6% Byford — Car (passenger): 5.2%
Train 6.4% / 2.7%
Wungong — Train: 6.4% Byford — Train: 2.7%
Walked Only 4.0% / 1.2%
Wungong — Walked Only: 4.0% Byford — Walked Only: 1.2%
Bus 2.4% / 2.2%
Wungong — Bus: 2.4% Byford — Bus: 2.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (82.5%).

Setting

Wungong Byford
Elevation 59 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 52 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 22.4 km 21.7 km

NBN connectivity

Wungong Byford
Connectivity score 81/100 86/100
Most common technology Fibre to the premises
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 68%
130 premises
 74%
6,735 premises

Climate

Wungong Byford
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

Wungong Byford
Average residential rate $2,388/yr $2,810/yr
Council Armadale Serpentine-Jarrahdale

Federal electorate

Wungong Byford
Division Burt
same for both
Member Matt Keogh
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Wungong Byford
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Wungong

Acreage Family Outer

Byford

Family Large Blocks Outer Young Families

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