Bentley - Wilson - St James

Bentley - Wilson - St James is a growing region in WA with 24,479 residents.

SA2 code: 506031124
State: WA

Population

24,479

Estimated 2025

5-Year Growth

+13.2%

3yr: +13.4% · 10yr: +16.1%

5-year growth

Median Rent

$330/wk

Census 2021

Median Income

$1,482/wk

Household, Census 2021

Population over time — Bentley - Wilson - St James (SA2)

Source: ABS ERP (latest release · 2025) · Census 2021. Numbers refreshed quarterly.

Growth at a Glance

3yr: +13.4%5yr: +13.2%10yr: +16.1%Total: +46.5%

Population grew from 16,712 to 24,479 over 24 years, averaging 1.6% per year.

Demand & supply signals

Derived signals haven't been computed for this region yet.

Roadmap signals

Two more derived metrics are defined in the platform and waiting on upstream-data orchestration. Each will populate here once its source series is wired through.

Affordability trend

Coming soon

RPPI year-on-year divided by WPI year-on-year. Above 1.0 means home prices are outpacing wages; below 1.0 means wages are catching up.

Awaiting: ABS RPPI (6432.0) + WPI (6345.0) GCCSA-grain orchestration.

Rent–price momentum spread

Coming soon

CPI rents year-on-year minus RPPI year-on-year. Positive means rents are gaining on prices; negative means prices are running ahead of rents.

Awaiting: ABS CPI rents component + RPPI orchestration.

Profile

Census snapshot

ABS · 2021

Housing

Public housing 6.5%

Predominantly detached houses (64.6%), mixed tenure (44.7% own or mortgage), built for families (43% are 3 bed).

Dwelling mix

Houses 64.6%

Townhouses 28.2%

4,959 houses2,167 townhouses552 apartments

Tenure

Owned 20.0%

Mortgage 24.7%

Renting 47.7%

Owned 20.0%Mortgage 24.7%Renting 47.7%Other / NS 7.6%

Number of bedrooms

1 bed

553 (7.4%)

2 bed

1,263 (16.8%)

3 bed

3,203 (42.7%)

4 bed

1,837 (24.5%)

5 bed

416 (5.5%)

6+ bed

232 (3.1%)