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Perth suburbs / Cottesloe

Cottesloe 6011

A free data profile of Cottesloe, Perth — home to about 7,760 people across 4,703 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Cottesloe

Cottesloe is a large Perth suburb, home to about 7,760 people across 4,703 properties. Residents have a median age of 44, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $3,419/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Cottesloe records about 53 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), below the Perth median of 69 — safer than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 3 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes North Cottesloe Primary School, Swanbourne Primary School, Shenton College (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 2% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Cottesloe 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. For health services, the suburb has 3 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 — Cottesloe

Demographic, employment and income insights of 7,750 residents living in Cottesloe, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
7,750
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$3,351/wk

Age profile

Median age 44
Under 15 16%15 to 64 63%Over 65 22%

Household type

Majority are families (70%)
Family 70%Single 25%Group 5%

Occupancy

71% own their home, 27% rent
Owned outright 45%With a mortgage 26%Renter 27%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+5% since 2011
2011
7,398
→
2016
7,375
→
2021
7,750
Median household income (wk)+34% since 2011
2011
$2,494
→
2016
$2,680
→
2021
$3,351
Median rent (wk)+16% since 2011
2011
$475
→
2016
$550
→
2021
$550
Median age+10% since 2011
2011
40
→
2016
42
→
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
7,760
2021 Census
Properties
4,703
addressed dwellings
Median age
44
years
Household income
$3,419
median, weekly
Median rent
$641
weekly
Household size
2.5
people avg
SEIFA
10/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$3,925
monthly repayment
Median rent
$550
weekly
Owned outright
45%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
26%
of dwellings
Rented
27%
of dwellings
Separate house
69%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
12%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
19%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
42%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
67%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
17%
of workers
Public transport / active
17%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

3 schools in Cottesloe · nearest nearby:

  • Seaview Community Kindergartenin suburb
  • North Cottesloe Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Presbyterian Ladies Collegein suburb
  • Cottesloe Primary School114 m
  • The Beehive Montessori School207 m
  • Scotch College410 m
  • Methodist Ladies' College570 m
  • Mosman Park Primary School691 m
Public school catchment

Primary: North Cottesloe Primary School, Swanbourne Primary School

Secondary: Shenton College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
53/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
413
in the year

Health & medical

GPs
1
Pharmacies
2
Blood-test
3

Environment

Bushfire prone
2%
of suburb area
Green cover
28%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
9
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
34
in suburb
Nearest airport
16.0 km
Jandakot Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
0%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
1/3
Optus

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