Average rent in Donnybrook - Balingup, WA — 2026

Donnybrook - Balingup sits below the Western Australia median, with the typical renter paying $290/week — 14% less than the state-wide $337/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 81% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 15% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (96%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 6,155, the median age is 49, and the most common occupation is Managers. 18% of residents were born overseas. Donnybrook - Balingup is 195km from Perth, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.