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Perth suburbs / Carmel

Carmel 6076

A free data profile of Carmel, Perth — home to about 769 people across 323 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Carmel

Carmel is a small Perth suburb, home to about 769 people across 323 properties. Residents have a median age of 48, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,306/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Carmel records about 25 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 Lesmurdie Primary School, Pickering Brook Primary School, Walliston Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 100% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.

On the NBN, Carmel 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 — Carmel

Demographic, employment and income insights of 754 residents living in Carmel, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
754
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,345/wk

Age profile

Median age 46
Under 15 18%15 to 64 60%Over 65 22%

Household type

Majority are families (88%)
Family 88%Single 11%Group 1%

Occupancy

86% own their home, 8% rent
Owned outright 48%With a mortgage 38%Renter 8%Not stated & other 6%

How it has changed

Population+6% since 2011
2011
714
→
2016
770
→
2021
754
Median household income (wk)+37% since 2011
2011
$1,714
→
2016
$1,847
→
2021
$2,345
Median rent (wk)+73% since 2011
2011
$200
→
2016
$250
→
2021
$345
Median age+7% since 2011
2011
43
→
2016
42
→
2021
46

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
769
2021 Census
Properties
323
addressed dwellings
Median age
48
years
Household income
$2,306
median, weekly
Median rent
$346
weekly
Household size
2.9
people avg
SEIFA
8.3/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$2,162
monthly repayment
Median rent
$345
weekly
Owned outright
48%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
38%
of dwellings
Rented
8%
of dwellings
Separate house
100%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
0%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
25%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
77%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
14%
of workers
Public transport / active
9%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Carmel · nearest nearby:

  • Carmel Adventist Collegein suburb
  • Lesmurdie Senior High School254 m
  • Kalamunda Christian School545 m
  • Carmel Adventist College Primary School638 m
  • Walliston Primary School1.2 km
  • Lesmurdie Primary School1.3 km
  • St Brigid'S College1.6 km
  • Mazenod College1.6 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Lesmurdie Primary School, Pickering Brook Primary School, Walliston Primary School

Secondary: Lesmurdie Senior High School

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
25/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
19
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
100%
of suburb area
Green cover
40%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Nearest airport
14.1 km
Perth Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
0%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
3/3
Optus, Telstra, TPG

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