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Lower Chittering 6084

A free data profile of Lower Chittering, Perth — home to about 2,416 people across 1,022 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Lower Chittering

Lower Chittering is a small Perth suburb, home to about 2,416 people across 1,022 properties. Residents have a median age of 44, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,577/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Lower Chittering records about 24 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 (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 75% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.

On the NBN, Lower Chittering 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.

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 — Lower Chittering

Demographic, employment and income insights of 2,408 residents living in Lower Chittering, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
2,408
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,612/wk

Age profile

Median age 41
Under 15 21%15 to 64 67%Over 65 12%

Household type

Majority are families (89%)
Family 89%Single 11%Group 1%

Occupancy

94% own their home, 6% rent
Owned outright 22%With a mortgage 72%Renter 6%

How it has changed

Population+55% since 2011
2011
1,558
→
2016
2,127
→
2021
2,408
Median household income (wk)+46% since 2011
2011
$1,784
→
2016
$2,125
→
2021
$2,612
Median rent (wk)+85% since 2011
2011
$250
→
2016
$300
→
2021
$463
Median age+3% since 2011
2011
40
→
2016
41
→
2021
41

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
2,416
2021 Census
Properties
1,022
addressed dwellings
Median age
44
years
Household income
$2,577
median, weekly
Median rent
$457
weekly
Household size
3.1
people avg
SEIFA
6.7/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$2,271
monthly repayment
Median rent
$463
weekly
Owned outright
22%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
72%
of dwellings
Rented
6%
of dwellings
Separate house
100%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
0%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
30%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
79%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
11%
of workers
Public transport / active
11%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Lower Chittering

  • Immaculate Heart Collegein suburb

Safety & crime

Crime rate
24/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
58
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
75%
of suburb area
Green cover
60%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Nearest airport
14.7 km
RAAF Base Pearce

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
0%
of area, July 2020

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