Perth suburbs / Kensington
Kensington 6151
A free data profile of Kensington, Perth — home to about 4,636 people across 1,987 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Kensington
Kensington is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 4,636 people across 1,987 properties. Residents have a median age of 35, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,511/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Kensington records about 71 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.
It has 3 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Collier Primary School, Curtin Primary School, Kensington Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 15% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Kensington was mostly served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 82% 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.
Who lives here
Schools & education
3 schools in Kensington · nearest nearby:
- Kensington Primary Schoolin suburb
- Kent Street Senior High Schoolin suburb
- Kensington Secondary Schoolin suburb
- Collier Primary School301 m
- Regent College668 m
- Victoria Park Christian School674 m
- Victoria Park Primary School878 m
- Penrhos College925 m
Primary: Collier Primary School, Curtin Primary School, Kensington Primary School, Millen Primary School, South Perth Primary School
Secondary: Como Secondary College, Kent Street 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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