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Chittering 6084

A free data profile of Chittering, Perth — home to about 835 people across 768 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Chittering

Chittering is a small Perth suburb, home to about 835 people across 768 properties. Residents have a median age of 44, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,875/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Chittering records about 35 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.

On bushfire risk, about 76% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs. On the NBN, Chittering 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 — Chittering

Demographic, employment and income insights of 1,034 residents living in Chittering, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
1,034
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$1,972/wk

Age profile

Median age 44
Under 15 18%15 to 64 65%Over 65 17%

Household type

Majority are families (85%)
Family 85%Single 14%Group 2%

Occupancy

90% own their home, 5% rent
Owned outright 29%With a mortgage 61%Renter 5%Not stated & other 5%

How it has changed

Population+106% since 2011
2011
503
→
2016
921
→
2021
1,034
Median household income (wk)+86% since 2011
2011
$1,062
→
2016
$1,668
→
2021
$1,972
Median rent (wk)-4% since 2011
2011
$350
→
2016
$241
→
2021
$335
Median age+7% since 2011
2011
41
→
2016
43
→
2021
44

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
835
2021 Census
Properties
768
addressed dwellings
Median age
44
years
Household income
$1,875
median, weekly
Median rent
$330
weekly
Household size
2.7
people avg
SEIFA
5/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$2,000
monthly repayment
Median rent
$335
weekly
Owned outright
29%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
61%
of dwellings
Rented
5%
of dwellings
Separate house
100%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
0%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
34%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
78%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
12%
of workers
Public transport / active
10%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

No schools in Chittering itself

Safety & crime

Crime rate
35/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
29
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
76%
of suburb area
Green cover
61%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Nearest airport
22.7 km
RAAF Base Pearce

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
0%
of area, July 2020

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