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City Beach 6015

A free data profile of City Beach, Perth — home to about 6,748 people across 2,886 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about City Beach

City Beach is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 6,748 people across 2,886 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $3,329/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, City Beach records about 29 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 4 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes City Beach Primary School, Floreat Park Primary School, Kapinara Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 63% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.

On the NBN, City Beach was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 13% 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, 1 pharmacy 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 — City Beach

Demographic, employment and income insights of 6,805 residents living in City Beach, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
6,805
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$3,700/wk

Age profile

Median age 47
Under 15 18%15 to 64 60%Over 65 23%

Household type

Majority are families (80%)
Family 80%Single 18%Group 1%

Occupancy

82% own their home, 11% rent
Owned outright 50%With a mortgage 32%Renter 11%Not stated & other 7%

How it has changed

Population+7% since 2011
2011
6,354
→
2016
6,609
→
2021
6,805
Median household income (wk)+44% since 2011
2011
$2,575
→
2016
$2,925
→
2021
$3,700
Median rent (wk)+15% since 2011
2011
$650
→
2016
$700
→
2021
$750
Median age+7% since 2011
2011
44
→
2016
45
→
2021
47

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
6,748
2021 Census
Properties
2,886
addressed dwellings
Median age
39
years
Household income
$3,329
median, weekly
Median rent
$564
weekly
Household size
2.4
people avg
SEIFA
10/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$4,000
monthly repayment
Median rent
$750
weekly
Owned outright
50%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
32%
of dwellings
Rented
11%
of dwellings
Separate house
88%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
5%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
7%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
35%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
73%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
17%
of workers
Public transport / active
10%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

4 schools in City Beach · nearest nearby:

  • City Beach Primary Schoolin suburb
  • The Japanese School In Perthin suburb
  • Kapinara Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Holy Spirit Schoolin suburb
  • Wembley Downs Primary School421 m
  • Floreat Park Primary School672 m
  • John Xxiii College897 m
  • Newman College1.1 km
Public school catchment

Primary: City Beach Primary School, Floreat Park Primary School, Kapinara Primary School, Mount Claremont Primary School, Wembley Downs Primary School

Secondary: Churchlands Senior High School, Shenton College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
29/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
196
in the year

Health & medical

Pharmacies
1
Blood-test
1

Environment

Bushfire prone
63%
of suburb area
Green cover
25%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
52
in suburb
Nearest airport
19.0 km
Perth Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
13%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
3/3
Optus, Telstra, TPG

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