Perth suburbs / Boya
Boya 6056
A free data profile of Boya, Perth — home to about 668 people across 321 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Boya
Boya is a small Perth suburb, home to about 668 people across 321 properties. Residents have a median age of 41, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,158/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Boya records about 22 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 0 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Helena Valley Primary School, Eastern Hills Senior High School, Kalamunda Senior High School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 98% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Boya was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 0% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies.
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 — Boya
Demographic, employment and income insights of 669 residents living in Boya, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 41Household type
Majority are families (74%)Occupancy
89% own their home, 6% 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
No schools in Boya itself · nearest nearby:
- Helena Valley Primary School599 m
- Treetops Montessori School622 m
- Clayton View Primary School660 m
- Darlington Primary School927 m
- Greenmount Primary School990 m
- St Anthony'S School1.2 km
- Swan View Senior High School2.0 km
- Swan View Primary School2.1 km
Primary: Helena Valley Primary School
Secondary: Eastern Hills Senior High School, Kalamunda Senior High School, Swan View Senior High School
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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