Perth suburbs / Applecross
Applecross 6153
A free data profile of Applecross, Perth — home to about 7,127 people across 5,388 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Applecross
Applecross is a large Perth suburb, home to about 7,127 people across 5,388 properties. Residents have a median age of 44, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,687/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Applecross records about 54 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), below the Perth median of 69 — safer than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Applecross Primary School, Ardross Primary School, Booragoon Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 1% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Applecross was almost entirely served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 98% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 2 pathology (blood-test) centres, 3 pharmacies 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 — Applecross
Demographic, employment and income insights of 7,228 residents living in Applecross, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 44Household type
Majority are families (73%)Occupancy
70% own their home, 28% rentHow it has changed
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
Housing & tenure
How people commute
Schools & education
1 school in Applecross · nearest nearby:
- Applecross Primary Schoolin suburb
- St Benedict'S School41 m
- Ardross Primary School536 m
- Applecross Senior High School706 m
- Booragoon Primary School757 m
- St Pius X Catholic School1.2 km
- Manning Primary School1.3 km
- Mount Pleasant Primary School1.4 km
Primary: Applecross Primary School, Ardross Primary School, Booragoon Primary School, Mount Pleasant Primary School
Secondary: Applecross Senior High School
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Health & medical
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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