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Perth suburbs / Caversham

Caversham 6055

A free data profile of Caversham, Perth — home to about 7,420 people across 3,382 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Caversham

Caversham is a large Perth suburb, home to about 7,420 people across 3,382 properties. Residents have a median age of 36, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,947/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Caversham records about 59 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.

It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Caversham Primary School, Caversham Valley Primary School, East Beechboro Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 32% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Caversham was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 7% 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 — Caversham

Demographic, employment and income insights of 7,419 residents living in Caversham, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
7,419
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,266/wk

Age profile

Median age 33
Under 15 26%15 to 64 66%Over 65 8%

Household type

Majority are families (82%)
Family 82%Single 16%Group 3%

Occupancy

82% own their home, 16% rent
Owned outright 17%With a mortgage 65%Renter 16%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+175% since 2011
2011
2,694
→
2016
5,290
→
2021
7,419
Median household income (wk)+62% since 2011
2011
$1,400
→
2016
$2,036
→
2021
$2,266
Median rent (wk)+34% since 2011
2011
$290
→
2016
$390
→
2021
$390
Median age-3% since 2011
2011
34
→
2016
31
→
2021
33

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
7,420
2021 Census
Properties
3,382
addressed dwellings
Median age
36
years
Household income
$1,947
median, weekly
Median rent
$358
weekly
Household size
2.9
people avg
SEIFA
4.8/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$2,000
monthly repayment
Median rent
$390
weekly
Owned outright
17%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
65%
of dwellings
Rented
16%
of dwellings
Separate house
98%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
2%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
41%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
82%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
7%
of workers
Public transport / active
10%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Caversham · nearest nearby:

  • Caversham Valley Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Governor Stirling Senior High School115 m
  • Lockridge Primary School473 m
  • East Beechboro Primary School484 m
  • Caversham Primary School530 m
  • Guildford Grammar School691 m
  • Swan Christian College702 m
  • Guildford Primary School800 m
Public school catchment

Primary: Caversham Primary School, Caversham Valley Primary School, East Beechboro Primary School, Eden Hill Primary School, Lockridge Primary School

Secondary: Governor Stirling Senior High School, Kiara College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
59/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
438
in the year

Health & medical

GPs
1
Blood-test
1

Environment

Bushfire prone
32%
of suburb area
Green cover
43%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
29
in suburb
Nearest airport
7.0 km
Perth Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
7%
of area, July 2020

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