Perth suburbs / Parmelia
Parmelia 6167
A free data profile of Parmelia, Perth — home to about 5,827 people across 3,065 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Parmelia
Parmelia is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,827 people across 3,065 properties. Residents have a median age of 35, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,222/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Parmelia records about 138 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 Bertram Primary School, Calista Primary School, Leda Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 53% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Parmelia was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 11% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 1 pathology (blood-test) centre 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 — Parmelia
Demographic, employment and income insights of 6,184 residents living in Parmelia, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 37Household type
Majority are families (67%)Occupancy
70% own their home, 28% 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 Parmelia · nearest nearby:
- St Vincent'S Schoolin suburb
- North Parmelia Primary Schoolin suburb
- Peter Carnley Anglican Community School142 m
- Gilmore College227 m
- Orelia Primary School341 m
- The King'S College583 m
- Calista Primary School590 m
- Bertram Primary School682 m
Primary: Bertram Primary School, Calista Primary School, Leda Primary School, North Parmelia Primary School, Orelia Primary School, Wellard Primary School, Wellard Village Primary School
Secondary: Gilmore College
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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