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Falcon 6210

A free data profile of Falcon, Perth — home to about 5,548 people across 4,301 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Falcon

Falcon is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,548 people across 4,301 properties. Residents have a median age of 51, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,307/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Falcon records about 72 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.

It has 0 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Falcon Primary School, South Halls Head Primary School, Halls Head College (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 17% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Falcon 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 2 pathology (blood-test) centres, 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 — Falcon

Demographic, employment and income insights of 5,531 residents living in Falcon, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
5,531
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$1,207/wk

Age profile

Median age 50
Under 15 14%15 to 64 58%Over 65 28%

Household type

Majority are families (68%)
Family 68%Single 30%Group 2%

Occupancy

75% own their home, 23% rent
Owned outright 42%With a mortgage 33%Renter 23%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+19% since 2011
2011
4,666
→
2016
5,164
→
2021
5,531
Median household income (wk)+29% since 2011
2011
$937
→
2016
$1,103
→
2021
$1,207
Median rent (wk)+20% since 2011
2011
$250
→
2016
$300
→
2021
$300
Median age+11% since 2011
2011
45
→
2016
46
→
2021
50

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
5,548
2021 Census
Properties
4,301
addressed dwellings
Median age
51
years
Household income
$1,307
median, weekly
Median rent
$309
weekly
Household size
2.2
people avg
SEIFA
3.3/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,625
monthly repayment
Median rent
$300
weekly
Owned outright
42%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
33%
of dwellings
Rented
23%
of dwellings
Separate house
96%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
4%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
39%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
78%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
9%
of workers
Public transport / active
14%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

No schools in Falcon itself · nearest nearby:

  • Falcon Primary School106 m
  • South Halls Head Primary School200 m
  • Halls Head College1.6 km
  • Halls Head College Education Support Centre1.6 km
  • Halls Head Primary School2.0 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Falcon Primary School, South Halls Head 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
72/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
397
in the year

Health & medical

Pharmacies
1
Blood-test
2

Environment

Bushfire prone
17%
of suburb area

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
49
in suburb
Nearest airport
28.3 km
Serpentine Airfield

Internet (NBN, 2020)

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

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