Perth suburbs / Kelmscott
Kelmscott 6111
A free data profile of Kelmscott, Perth — home to about 10,598 people across 6,269 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Kelmscott
Kelmscott is a large Perth suburb, home to about 10,598 people across 6,269 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,390/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Kelmscott records about 181 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 6 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Armadale Primary School, Challis Community Primary School, Kelmscott Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 71% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Kelmscott was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 0% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 5 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 — Kelmscott
Demographic, employment and income insights of 10,575 residents living in Kelmscott, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 40Household type
Majority are families (67%)Occupancy
70% own their home, 27% 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
6 schools in Kelmscott · nearest nearby:
- Good Shepherd Catholic Primary Schoolin suburb
- Sowilo Community High Schoolin suburb
- Kelmscott Senior High Schoolin suburb
- Kelmscott Primary Schoolin suburb
- Clifton Hills Primary Schoolin suburb
- Kindaimanna Community Kindergartenin suburb
- Grovelands Primary School131 m
- Kingsley Primary School170 m
Primary: Armadale Primary School, Challis Community Primary School, Kelmscott Primary School, Kingsley Primary School, Roleystone Community College, Westfield Park Primary School
Secondary: Kelmscott Senior High School, Lesmurdie Senior High School, Southern River 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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