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Murdoch 6150
A free data profile of Murdoch, Perth — home to about 3,349 people across 1,864 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Murdoch
Murdoch is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 3,349 people across 1,864 properties. Residents have a median age of 45, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,850/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Murdoch records about 123 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Bateman Primary School, Bibra Lake Primary School, Kardinya Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 32% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Murdoch 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 2 hospitals, 6 pathology (blood-test) centres, 1 pharmacy 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 — Murdoch
Demographic, employment and income insights of 3,352 residents living in Murdoch, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 43Household type
Majority are families (68%)Occupancy
59% own their home, 18% 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
1 school in Murdoch · nearest nearby:
- Kennedy Baptist Collegein suburb
- Corpus Christi College247 m
- Kardinya Primary School299 m
- West Leeming Primary School472 m
- Winthrop Primary School545 m
- Blue Gum Montessori School601 m
- Leeming Senior High School637 m
- Leeming Senior High School Education Support Centre637 m
Primary: Bateman Primary School, Bibra Lake Primary School, Kardinya Primary School, West Leeming Primary School, Winthrop Primary School
Secondary: Applecross Senior High School, Lakeland Senior High School, Leeming Senior High School, Melville Senior High School, Rossmoyne 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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