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Lake Coogee 6166

A free data profile of Lake Coogee, Perth — home to about 4,265 people across 2,228 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Lake Coogee

Lake Coogee is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 4,265 people across 2,228 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,113/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Lake Coogee records about 31 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 Newton Primary School, Fremantle College (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 40% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Lake Coogee was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 1% 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.

Explore the neighbourhood — Lake Coogee

Demographic, employment and income insights of 4,768 residents living in Lake Coogee, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
4,768
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,147/wk

Age profile

Median age 37
Under 15 21%15 to 64 66%Over 65 13%

Household type

Majority are families (77%)
Family 77%Single 22%Group 2%

Occupancy

82% own their home, 16% rent
Owned outright 30%With a mortgage 52%Renter 16%Not stated & other 2%

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
4,265
2021 Census
Properties
2,228
addressed dwellings
Median age
39
years
Household income
$2,113
median, weekly
Median rent
$367
weekly
Household size
2.6
people avg
SEIFA
6.1/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$2,000
monthly repayment
Median rent
$400
weekly
Owned outright
30%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
52%
of dwellings
Rented
16%
of dwellings
Separate house
93%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
5%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
1%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
34%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
82%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
9%
of workers
Public transport / active
9%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Lake Coogee · nearest nearby:

  • St Jerome'S Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Coogee Primary School235 m
  • Newton Primary School498 m
  • South Coogee Primary School845 m
  • Spearwood Alternative School985 m
  • Spearwood Primary School1.7 km
  • Yangebup Primary School2.4 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Newton Primary School

Secondary: Fremantle College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
31/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
133
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
40%
of suburb area
Green cover
42%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
25
in suburb
Nearest airport
10.2 km
Jandakot Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
1%
of area, July 2020

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