Perth suburbs / Ferndale
Ferndale 6148
A free data profile of Ferndale, Perth — home to about 4,464 people across 2,344 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Ferndale
Ferndale is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 4,464 people across 2,344 properties. Residents have a median age of 42, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,557/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Ferndale records about 48 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), below the Perth median of 69 — safer than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Bannister Creek Primary School, Brookman Primary School, Parkwood Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 50% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Ferndale 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 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.
Who lives here
Schools & education
1 school in Ferndale · nearest nearby:
- Fountain Collegein suburb
- Lynwood Senior High School237 m
- Parkwood Primary School237 m
- Bannister Creek Primary School493 m
- Brookman Primary School496 m
- Wilson Primary School635 m
- Cannington Community College980 m
- Cannington Community Education Support Centre980 m
Primary: Bannister Creek Primary School, Brookman Primary School, Parkwood Primary School, Riverton Primary School, Wilson Primary School
Secondary: Lynwood 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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