Perth suburbs / Gwelup
Gwelup 6018
A free data profile of Gwelup, Perth — home to about 5,302 people across 2,369 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Gwelup
Gwelup is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,302 people across 2,369 properties. Residents have a median age of 41, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,267/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Gwelup records about 19 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Davallia Primary School, Karrinyup Primary School, Lake Gwelup Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 22% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Gwelup was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 4% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 1 pathology (blood-test) centre 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 — Gwelup
Demographic, employment and income insights of 5,391 residents living in Gwelup, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 42Household type
Majority are families (79%)Occupancy
83% own their home, 9% 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 Gwelup · nearest nearby:
- Lake Gwelup Primary Schoolin suburb
- Newborough Primary School610 m
- West Balcatta Primary School753 m
- Our Lady Of Good Counsel School887 m
- Karrinyup Primary School1.1 km
- Yuluma Primary School1.1 km
- Balcatta Senior High School1.1 km
- Glendale Primary School1.3 km
Primary: Davallia Primary School, Karrinyup Primary School, Lake Gwelup Primary School, Newborough Primary School, Yuluma Primary School
Secondary: Balcatta Senior High School, Carine Senior High School, Churchlands 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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