Balga

Balga is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Stirling. Its post code is 6061. The name "Balga" was adopted in 1954 and is the Noongar (Aboriginal) word for the indigenous grass tree Xanthorrhoea preissii, formerly known as the Black Boy. It is considered by many to be a lower class suburb, mainly due to a large percentage of public housing and a reputation for criminal activity due to the relatively abundant Aboriginal population. However, this reputation is changing. Balga, while depressed when compared to the rest of the northern suburbs, has never been an area of abject poverty. It maintains the same standard of living that is common throughout Australia.