Perth suburbs / Karnup
Karnup 6176
A free data profile of Karnup, Perth — home to about 2,090 people across 1,163 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Karnup
Karnup is a small Perth suburb, home to about 2,090 people across 1,163 properties. Residents have a median age of 29, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,827/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Karnup records about 72 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.
It has 0 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Comet Bay Primary School, Golden Bay Primary School, Lakelands Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 93% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Karnup was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 11% 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, 1 pharmacy 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 — Karnup
Demographic, employment and income insights of 2,096 residents living in Karnup, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 30Household type
Majority are families (86%)Occupancy
79% own their home, 20% 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
No schools in Karnup itself · nearest nearby:
- Comet Bay Primary School444 m
- Singleton Primary School754 m
- St Marcellin Catholic College809 m
- Madora Bay Primary School1.0 km
- Comet Bay College1.0 km
- Coastal Lakes College1.3 km
- Secret Harbour Primary School1.3 km
- Golden Bay Primary School1.3 km
Primary: Comet Bay Primary School, Golden Bay Primary School, Lakelands Primary School, Madora Bay Primary School, Meadow Springs Primary School, Pine View Primary School, Secret Harbour Primary School, Singleton Primary School, Tuart Rise Primary School
Secondary: Coastal Lakes College, Comet Bay College, Ridge View Secondary College
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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