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Hocking 6065

A free data profile of Hocking, Perth — home to about 6,988 people across 2,764 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Hocking

Hocking is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 6,988 people across 2,764 properties. Residents have a median age of 36, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,264/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Hocking records about 22 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 2 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes East Wanneroo Primary School, Hocking Primary School, Pearsall Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 17% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Hocking was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 10% 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 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 — Hocking

Demographic, employment and income insights of 6,987 residents living in Hocking, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
6,987
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,234/wk

Age profile

Median age 34
Under 15 23%15 to 64 67%Over 65 9%

Household type

Majority are families (82%)
Family 82%Single 16%Group 2%

Occupancy

83% own their home, 15% rent
Owned outright 20%With a mortgage 63%Renter 15%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+27% since 2011
2011
5,509
→
2016
5,916
→
2021
6,987
Median household income (wk)+19% since 2011
2011
$1,875
→
2016
$1,977
→
2021
$2,234
Median rent (wk)+3% since 2011
2011
$390
→
2016
$400
→
2021
$400
Median age+10% since 2011
2011
31
→
2016
33
→
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
6,988
2021 Census
Properties
2,764
addressed dwellings
Median age
36
years
Household income
$2,264
median, weekly
Median rent
$418
weekly
Household size
2.9
people avg
SEIFA
6.5/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,965
monthly repayment
Median rent
$400
weekly
Owned outright
20%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
63%
of dwellings
Rented
15%
of dwellings
Separate house
93%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
7%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
36%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
83%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
8%
of workers
Public transport / active
9%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

2 schools in Hocking · nearest nearby:

  • St Elizabeth'S Catholic Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Hocking Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Pearsall Primary School406 m
  • Wanneroo Secondary College557 m
  • East Wanneroo Primary School684 m
  • Alta-1 College916 m
  • Wanneroo Primary School1.5 km
  • St Anthony'S School1.6 km
Public school catchment

Primary: East Wanneroo Primary School, Hocking Primary School, Pearsall Primary School, Wanneroo Primary School

Secondary: Joondalup Campus (Wanneroo Secondary College), Wanneroo Secondary College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
22/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
151
in the year

Health & medical

Blood-test
2

Environment

Bushfire prone
17%
of suburb area
Green cover
43%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
15
in suburb
Nearest airport
22.9 km
RAAF Base Pearce

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
10%
of area, July 2020

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