Suburb profile
The Plains WA 6237
The Plains is located in the Bunbury region of Western Australia, postcode 6237. It has 38 properties across 10 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in The Plains, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About The Plains
The Plains, WA 6237, sits in the Bunbury region and neighbours Elgin, Boyanup, Capel River and Gwindinup. Its 10 streets hold 38 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for the Capel area. At the 2021 Census Capel had 5,457 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,551 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,625 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 1,990 dwellings, 1,902 were separate houses, 82 semi-detached and 11 other; 716 were owned outright, 858 owned with a mortgage and 326 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in The Plains
- 5,457Peoplelive in the area
- 45Median ageyears
- $1,551Median household incomea week
- $330Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,902
- Townhouses and semis82
- Other11
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,625a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Streets in The Plains
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.