Boyup Brook suburb profile
Boyup Brook is a rural service town in the Blackwood River valley of Western Australia’s south west, set among rolling farmland and native jarrah and karri forest. It serves surrounding farms and timber country and is centred on a compact main street with a pub, local shops, a community hall and shire facilities. Housing ranges from weatherboard cottages and timber workers' homes to larger rural properties, and the pace is relaxed and outdoorsy with river fishing, bushwalking and community sport on offer. Regular local events, including an annual country music festival, bring the wider district together.
Boyup Brook property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Boyup Brook sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. The figures that are available show house values have risen sharply, up 16.8% over the last 12 months.
Over the last 3 months two houses were sold. The median days on market for houses over the last 12 months was 17 days.
| Houses | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in value Past 12 months | 16.8% | N/A |
Sold Past 3 months | 2 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | 17 | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Boyup Brook demographics
Boyup Brook is a small community of 938 people, with a median age of 51 and a median household income of $1,102 a week, roughly $57,300 a year.
The suburb's families are dominated by couples: couple families without children are the largest group at 53.8%, while couple families with children make up 27.5%, so couple families together account for 81.3% of all families. One-parent families represent 16.3% and other families 2.4%.
Homes in Boyup Brook are mostly owner-occupied, with 49.9% owned outright and 27.1% owned with a mortgage, a combined owner-occupier share of 77.0%. Rented dwellings make up 23.0%, so owner-occupiers outnumber renters by roughly three to one.
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