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Mount Richon 6112

A free data profile of Mount Richon, Perth — home to about 1,757 people across 1,052 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Mount Richon

Mount Richon is a small Perth suburb, home to about 1,757 people across 1,052 properties. Residents have a median age of 50, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,462/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Mount Richon records about 74 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 Armadale Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 78% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.

On the NBN, Mount Richon 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 — Mount Richon

Demographic, employment and income insights of 2,067 residents living in Mount Richon, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
2,067
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$1,450/wk

Age profile

Median age 50
Under 15 14%15 to 64 59%Over 65 27%

Household type

Majority are families (69%)
Family 69%Single 30%Group 2%

Occupancy

87% own their home, 10% rent
Owned outright 46%With a mortgage 41%Renter 10%Not stated & other 3%

How it has changed

Population-2% since 2011
2011
2,105
→
2016
1,972
→
2021
2,067
Median household income (wk)+12% since 2011
2011
$1,289
→
2016
$1,223
→
2021
$1,450
Median rent (wk)+3% since 2011
2011
$290
→
2016
$350
→
2021
$300
Median age+4% since 2011
2011
48
→
2016
49
→
2021
50

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
1,757
2021 Census
Properties
1,052
addressed dwellings
Median age
50
years
Household income
$1,462
median, weekly
Median rent
$293
weekly
Household size
2.3
people avg
SEIFA
4/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,817
monthly repayment
Median rent
$300
weekly
Owned outright
46%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
41%
of dwellings
Rented
10%
of dwellings
Separate house
96%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
1%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
3%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
32%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
80%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
9%
of workers
Public transport / active
12%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

No schools in Mount Richon itself · nearest nearby:

  • Pioneer Village School57 m
  • Armadale Primary School175 m
  • Armadale Senior High School270 m
  • Armadale Education Support Centre270 m
  • Australian Christian College - Darling Downs1.0 km
  • John Calvin Christian College1.2 km
  • Gwynne Park Education Support Centre1.7 km
  • Gwynne Park Primary School1.7 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Armadale Primary School

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
74/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
130
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
78%
of suburb area
Green cover
43%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
4
in suburb
Nearest airport
15.1 km
Jandakot Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

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

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