Perth suburbs / Balcatta
Balcatta 6021
A free data profile of Balcatta, Perth — home to about 10,791 people across 7,915 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Balcatta
Balcatta is a large Perth suburb, home to about 10,791 people across 7,915 properties. Residents have a median age of 43, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,523/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Balcatta records about 154 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 5 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Balcatta Primary School, Davallia Primary School, Lake Gwelup Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 5% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Balcatta was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 1% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 6 pathology (blood-test) centres, 1 pharmacy 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 — Balcatta
Demographic, employment and income insights of 10,813 residents living in Balcatta, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 39Household type
Majority are families (61%)Occupancy
66% own their home, 31% 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
5 schools in Balcatta · nearest nearby:
- West Balcatta Primary Schoolin suburb
- St Lawrence Primary Schoolin suburb
- Balcatta Primary Schoolin suburb
- Balcatta Senior High Schoolin suburb
- Takari Primary Schoolin suburb
- Nollamara Primary School332 m
- West Coast Steiner School382 m
- Lake Gwelup Primary School494 m
Primary: Balcatta Primary School, Davallia Primary School, Lake Gwelup Primary School, Nollamara Primary School, Osborne Primary School, Takari Primary School, West Balcatta Primary School, Westminster Primary School
Secondary: Balcatta Senior High School, Carine Senior High School, Dianella Secondary College, Warwick 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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