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Glendalough 6016

A free data profile of Glendalough, Perth — home to about 2,622 people across 1,802 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Glendalough

Glendalough is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 2,622 people across 1,802 properties. Residents have a median age of 33, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,567/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Glendalough records about 108 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Lake Monger Primary School, Bob Hawke College (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 11% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Glendalough 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.

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 — Glendalough

Demographic, employment and income insights of 2,628 residents living in Glendalough, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
2,628
Most residents are
Renters
Median household income
$1,562/wk

Age profile

Median age 34
Under 15 14%15 to 64 74%Over 65 13%

Household type

Majority are families (55%)
Family 55%Single 38%Group 8%

Occupancy

34% own their home, 63% rent
Owned outright 13%With a mortgage 21%Renter 63%Not stated & other 3%

How it has changed

Population+19% since 2011
2011
2,203
→
2016
2,483
→
2021
2,628
Median household income (wk)+56% since 2011
2011
$1,001
→
2016
$1,243
→
2021
$1,562
Median rent (wk)+4% since 2011
2011
$270
→
2016
$300
→
2021
$280
Median age+6% since 2011
2011
32
→
2016
32
→
2021
34

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
2,622
2021 Census
Properties
1,802
addressed dwellings
Median age
33
years
Household income
$1,567
median, weekly
Median rent
$289
weekly
Household size
2.1
people avg
SEIFA
4/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,300
monthly repayment
Median rent
$280
weekly
Owned outright
13%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
21%
of dwellings
Rented
63%
of dwellings
Separate house
8%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
36%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
57%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
62%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
67%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
4%
of workers
Public transport / active
29%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Glendalough · nearest nearby:

  • Chrysalis Montessori Schoolin suburb
  • Lake Monger Primary School112 m
  • Telethon Speech & Hearing116 m
  • Bold Park Community School116 m
  • Mount Hawthorn Primary School1.0 km
  • Mount Hawthorn Education Support Centre1.0 km
  • Wembley Primary School1.3 km
  • Aranmore Catholic Primary School1.4 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Lake Monger Primary School

Secondary: Bob Hawke College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
108/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
282
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
11%
of suburb area
Green cover
40%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
8
in suburb
Nearest airport
14.1 km
Perth Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
3%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
2/3
Optus, TPG

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