Perth suburbs / Bedford
Bedford 6052
A free data profile of Bedford, Perth — home to about 5,716 people across 3,153 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Bedford
Bedford is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,716 people across 3,153 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,095/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Bedford records about 64 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.
It has 2 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Inglewood Primary School, Morley Primary School, Sutherland Dianella Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On the NBN, Bedford 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 3 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 — Bedford
Demographic, employment and income insights of 5,716 residents living in Bedford, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 39Household type
Majority are families (72%)Occupancy
69% 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
2 schools in Bedford · nearest nearby:
- St Peter'S Primary Schoolin suburb
- Chisholm Catholic Collegein suburb
- Hillcrest Primary School125 m
- Inglewood Primary School297 m
- John Forrest Secondary College368 m
- Infant Jesus School702 m
- Australian Islamic College Dianella842 m
- Morley Primary School1.0 km
Primary: Inglewood Primary School, Morley Primary School, Sutherland Dianella Primary School
Secondary: John Forrest Secondary College
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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