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Bennett Springs 6063

A free data profile of Bennett Springs, Perth — home to about 5,548 people across 2,601 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Bennett Springs

Bennett Springs is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,548 people across 2,601 properties. Residents have a median age of 32, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,054/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Bennett Springs records about 40 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Beechboro Primary School, Caversham Primary School, Caversham Valley Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 36% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Bennett Springs was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 4% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 1 pathology (blood-test) centre 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 — Bennett Springs

Demographic, employment and income insights of 5,929 residents living in Bennett Springs, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
5,929
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,077/wk

Age profile

Median age 32
Under 15 24%15 to 64 69%Over 65 7%

Household type

Majority are families (85%)
Family 85%Single 12%Group 3%

Occupancy

82% own their home, 16% rent
Owned outright 18%With a mortgage 64%Renter 16%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+12% since 2016
2016
5,298
→
2021
5,929
Median household income (wk)+13% since 2016
2016
$1,843
→
2021
$2,077
Median rent (wk)0% since 2016
2016
$420
→
2021
$418
Median age+3% since 2016
2016
31
→
2021
32

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
5,548
2021 Census
Properties
2,601
addressed dwellings
Median age
32
years
Household income
$2,054
median, weekly
Median rent
$415
weekly
Household size
3.4
people avg
SEIFA
4.3/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,800
monthly repayment
Median rent
$418
weekly
Owned outright
18%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
64%
of dwellings
Rented
16%
of dwellings
Separate house
97%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
1%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
2%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
32%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
85%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
5%
of workers
Public transport / active
10%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Bennett Springs · nearest nearby:

  • Beechboro Christian Schoolin suburb
  • Emmaus Catholic Primary School521 m
  • Beechboro Primary School626 m
  • Caversham Valley Primary School811 m
  • Dayton Primary School836 m
  • West Beechboro Primary School875 m
  • South Ballajura Primary School893 m
  • South Ballajura Education Support Centre893 m
Public school catchment

Primary: Beechboro Primary School, Caversham Primary School, Caversham Valley Primary School, Dayton Primary School, East Beechboro Primary School, South Ballajura Primary School, West Beechboro Primary School

Secondary: Ballajura Community College, Kiara College, Morley Senior High School

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
40/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
224
in the year

Health & medical

GPs
1
Blood-test
1

Environment

Bushfire prone
36%
of suburb area
Green cover
48%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
21
in suburb
Nearest airport
9.5 km
Perth Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
4%
of area, July 2020

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