Perth suburbs / Golden Bay
Golden Bay 6174
A free data profile of Golden Bay, Perth — home to about 5,682 people across 3,303 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Golden Bay
Golden Bay is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,682 people across 3,303 properties. Residents have a median age of 32, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,975/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Golden Bay records about 121 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 Comet Bay Primary School, Golden Bay Primary School, Singleton Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 52% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Golden Bay was almost entirely served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 99% 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 — Golden Bay
Demographic, employment and income insights of 5,681 residents living in Golden Bay, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 30Household type
Majority are families (77%)Occupancy
74% own their home, 25% 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
1 school in Golden Bay · nearest nearby:
- Golden Bay Primary Schoolin suburb
- Comet Bay College126 m
- Comet Bay Primary School623 m
- Singleton Primary School694 m
- Secret Harbour Primary School1.5 km
Primary: Comet Bay Primary School, Golden Bay Primary School, Singleton Primary School
Secondary: Coastal Lakes College, Comet Bay College
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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