Perth suburbs / Orelia
Orelia 6167
A free data profile of Orelia, Perth — home to about 4,902 people across 2,257 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Orelia
Orelia is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 4,902 people across 2,257 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,316/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Orelia records about 102 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 2 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Calista Primary School, Medina Primary School, North Parmelia Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 57% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Orelia was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 4% 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 — Orelia
Demographic, employment and income insights of 4,535 residents living in Orelia, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 38Household type
Majority are families (65%)Occupancy
64% own their home, 32% 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
2 schools in Orelia · nearest nearby:
- Orelia Primary Schoolin suburb
- Gilmore Collegein suburb
- North Parmelia Primary School181 m
- Calista Primary School603 m
- Medina Primary School838 m
- St Vincent'S School1.4 km
- Bertram Primary School1.4 km
- Peter Carnley Anglican Community School1.9 km
Primary: Calista Primary School, Medina Primary School, North Parmelia Primary School, Orelia Primary School
Secondary: Gilmore College
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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