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Dawesville 6211

A free data profile of Dawesville, Perth — home to about 829 people across 5,090 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Dawesville

Dawesville is a small Perth suburb, home to about 829 people across 5,090 properties. Residents have a median age of 51, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,779/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Dawesville records about 636 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 0 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Falcon Primary School, Halls Head College (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 46% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Dawesville was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 3% 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 — Dawesville

Demographic, employment and income insights of 7,143 residents living in Dawesville, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
7,143
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$1,469/wk

Age profile

Median age 43
Under 15 20%15 to 64 57%Over 65 23%

Household type

Majority are families (79%)
Family 79%Single 19%Group 2%

Occupancy

83% own their home, 15% rent
Owned outright 38%With a mortgage 45%Renter 15%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+66% since 2011
2011
4,299
→
2016
5,824
→
2021
7,143
Median household income (wk)+18% since 2011
2011
$1,244
→
2016
$1,376
→
2021
$1,469
Median rent (wk)+17% since 2011
2011
$300
→
2016
$350
→
2021
$350
Median age+13% since 2011
2011
38
→
2016
42
→
2021
43

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
829
2021 Census
Properties
5,090
addressed dwellings
Median age
51
years
Household income
$1,779
median, weekly
Median rent
$420
weekly
Household size
2.5
people avg
SEIFA
7/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,842
monthly repayment
Median rent
$350
weekly
Owned outright
38%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
45%
of dwellings
Rented
15%
of dwellings
Separate house
96%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
2%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
2%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
42%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
77%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
9%
of workers
Public transport / active
13%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

No schools in Dawesville itself · nearest nearby:

  • Falcon Primary School1.3 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Falcon Primary School

Secondary: Halls Head College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
636/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
527
in the year

Health & medical

Blood-test
1

Environment

Bushfire prone
46%
of suburb area

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
35
in suburb
Nearest airport
34.0 km
Serpentine Airfield

Internet (NBN, 2020)

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

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