Perth suburbs / Cockburn Central
Cockburn Central 6164
A free data profile of Cockburn Central, Perth — home to about 1,521 people across 2,295 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Cockburn Central
Cockburn Central is a small Perth suburb, home to about 1,521 people across 2,295 properties. Residents have a median age of 31, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,626/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Cockburn Central records about 406 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Atwell Primary School, Jandakot Primary School, South Lake Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 59% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Cockburn Central was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 11% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 4 pathology (blood-test) centres, 2 pharmacies 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 — Cockburn Central
Demographic, employment and income insights of 1,521 residents living in Cockburn Central, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 31Household type
Majority are families (49%)Occupancy
35% own their home, 62% 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
1 school in Cockburn Central · nearest nearby:
- Havenport Msl Collegein suburb
- Lakeland Senior High School186 m
- Emmanuel Catholic College243 m
- Mater Christi Catholic Primary School898 m
- Divine Mercy College995 m
- Jandakot Primary School1.1 km
- South Lake Primary School1.1 km
- Atwell Primary School1.2 km
Primary: Atwell Primary School, Jandakot Primary School, South Lake Primary School, Treeby Primary School
Secondary: Atwell College, Lakeland Senior High School
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Health & medical
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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