Perth suburbs / Girrawheen
Girrawheen 6064
A free data profile of Girrawheen, Perth — home to about 8,908 people across 4,403 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Girrawheen
Girrawheen is a large Perth suburb, home to about 8,908 people across 4,403 properties. Residents have a median age of 36, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,238/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Girrawheen records about 98 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 6 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Alinjarra Primary School, Glendale Primary School, Greenwood Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 6% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Girrawheen was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 2% 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, 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 — Girrawheen
Demographic, employment and income insights of 8,897 residents living in Girrawheen, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 36Household type
Majority are families (65%)Occupancy
63% own their home, 34% 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
6 schools in Girrawheen · nearest nearby:
- Emmanuel Christian Community Schoolin suburb
- Girrawheen Senior High Schoolin suburb
- Hudson Park Primary Schoolin suburb
- Our Lady Of Mercy Primary Schoolin suburb
- Roseworth Education Support Centrein suburb
- Roseworth Primary Schoolin suburb
- Mercy College217 m
- Balga Senior High School330 m
Primary: Alinjarra Primary School, Glendale Primary School, Greenwood Primary School, Hawker Park Primary School, Hudson Park Primary School, Koondoola Primary School, Marangaroo Primary School, Rawlinson Primary School, Roseworth Primary School, Waddington Primary School
Secondary: Balga Senior High School, Girrawheen Senior High School, Warwick 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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