Suburb profile

Nilgen WA 6044

Nilgen is located in the Wheatbelt region of Western Australia, postcode 6044. It has 195 properties across 19 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Nilgen, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Nilgen

Nilgen, WA 6044, sits in the Wheatbelt region and neighbours Karakin, Wedge Island, Lancelin and Mimegarra. Its 19 streets hold 195 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Gingin - Dandaragan area, which had 8,929 residents, a median age of 50 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,321 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,644 a month and the median rent $295 a week. Of 3,282 dwellings, 3,066 were separate houses, 83 semi-detached, 27 flats and 82 other; 1,453 were owned outright, 1,007 owned with a mortgage and 601 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Nilgen

  • 8,929Peoplelive in the area
  • 50Median ageyears
  • $1,321Median household incomea week
  • $295Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,066
  • Townhouses and semis83
  • Flats and apartments27
  • Other82

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,644a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,453Owned with a mortgage 1,007Rented 601Other 221

Streets in Nilgen

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.