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Alkimos 6038

A free data profile of Alkimos, Perth — home to about 10,177 people across 7,644 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Alkimos

Alkimos is a large Perth suburb, home to about 10,177 people across 7,644 properties. Residents have a median age of 31, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,007/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Alkimos records about 70 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.

It has 6 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Alkimos Beach Primary School, Alkimos Primary School, Eglinton Beach Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 63% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.

On the NBN, Alkimos was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 7% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 4 pathology (blood-test) centres within its bounds.

Generated from WA Police, WA Health, ABS Census 2021, Digital Earth Australia (green cover), ACCC (mobile) and infrastructure.gov.au open data, compared to Perth-metro medians. Housing, tenure & commute: Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Green cover © DEA/Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0). Informational only.

Explore the neighbourhood — Alkimos

Demographic, employment and income insights of 10,203 residents living in Alkimos, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
10,203
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,035/wk

Age profile

Median age 31
Under 15 27%15 to 64 68%Over 65 6%

Household type

Majority are families (80%)
Family 80%Single 18%Group 2%

Occupancy

71% own their home, 28% rent
Owned outright 8%With a mortgage 63%Renter 28%Not stated & other 1%

How it has changed

Population+63% since 2016
2016
6,269
→
2021
10,203
Median household income (wk)+5% since 2016
2016
$1,942
→
2021
$2,035
Median rent (wk)0% since 2016
2016
$360
→
2021
$360
Median age+11% since 2016
2016
28
→
2021
31

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2011, 2016 & 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Suburb-level figures; boundaries differ a little between census years, so trends are indicative.

Who lives here

Population
10,177
2021 Census
Properties
7,644
addressed dwellings
Median age
31
years
Household income
$2,007
median, weekly
Median rent
$369
weekly
Household size
2.8
people avg
SEIFA
5.5/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,950
monthly repayment
Median rent
$360
weekly
Owned outright
8%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
63%
of dwellings
Rented
28%
of dwellings
Separate house
98%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
2%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
58%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
77%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
8%
of workers
Public transport / active
15%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

6 schools in Alkimos · nearest nearby:

  • Alkimos Beach Primary Schoolin suburb
  • St James' Anglican Schoolin suburb
  • Northshore Christian Grammar Schoolin suburb
  • Alkimos Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Shorehaven Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Alkimos Collegein suburb
  • John Butler Primary College100 m
  • Eglinton Beach Primary School487 m
Public school catchment

Primary: Alkimos Beach Primary School, Alkimos Primary School, Eglinton Beach Primary School, John Butler Primary College, Shorehaven Primary School

Secondary: Alkimos College, Joseph Banks Secondary College, Yanchep Secondary College

The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.

Safety & crime

Crime rate
70/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
714
in the year

Health & medical

Blood-test
4

Environment

Bushfire prone
63%
of suburb area
Green cover
60%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
3
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
67
in suburb
Nearest airport
33.2 km
RAAF Base Pearce

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
7%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
3/3
Optus, Telstra, TPG

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