median price of housing within the subdivisions attracting prices 75-100% higher than of the rest of Ballajura.
A proposal to officially rename the subdivisions was opposed by members of the local council, who expressed concerns that it would impact negatively on the remaining areas of Ballajura.

Community
In the  of Population and Housing by the Australian Bureau of Statistics, the population of the Ballajura postcode area was 18,952, in an area of 9 square kilometres.  Australian-born residents accounted for 62% of the population.

The suburb has four primary schools (Ballajura, South Ballajura, Illawarra, and Mary MacKillop Catholic Primary School) and one high school (Ballajura Community College (BCC)).  No railway line serves the Ballajura area, but it has several local bus services straight to the city.

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References
 Illawarra Primary School
 Southon November 15, 1940. Prior to their marriage Mr. Opp was earning $150 a month as a salesman. Mrs. Opp had saved $1,565.59 from teaching school, which she turned over to her husband, in whom she "had supreme confidence." Some two years after their marriage Mr. Opp went into the wholesale tobacco business for himself. Mrs. Opp testified that throughout their married life she attended strictly to the housekeeping and that her husband attended to all business affairs. That they were both successful in their respective spheres abundantly appears. Her husband's original capital, aside from any possible savings from his salary, consisted of the $1,565 he received from his wife and $1,000 which he borrowed from his father, which he later repaid with interest. When he died he