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Perth suburbs / Scarborough

Scarborough 6019

A free data profile of Scarborough, Perth — home to about 17,549 people across 11,500 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Scarborough

Scarborough is a large Perth suburb, home to about 17,549 people across 11,500 properties. Residents have a median age of 36, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,144/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Scarborough records about 60 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.

It has 2 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Deanmore Primary School, Doubleview Primary School, Newborough Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 11% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Scarborough 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 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.

Who lives here

Population
17,549
2021 Census
Properties
11,500
addressed dwellings
Median age
36
years
Household income
$2,144
median, weekly
Median rent
$426
weekly
Household size
2.1
people avg
SEIFA
8.6/10
advantage decile

Schools & education

2 schools in Scarborough · nearest nearby:

  • St John'S Schoolin suburb
  • Scarborough Primary Schoolin suburb
  • International School Of Western Australia135 m
  • Doubleview Primary School136 m
  • Deanmore Primary School209 m
  • Wembley Downs Primary School348 m
  • Newborough Primary School497 m
  • Our Lady Of Good Counsel School530 m
Public school catchment

Primary: Deanmore Primary School, Doubleview Primary School, Newborough Primary School, Scarborough Primary School, Wembley Downs Primary School

Secondary: Carine Senior High School, Churchlands Senior High School

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
60/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
1,046
in the year

Health & medical

Clinics
1
Blood-test
1

Environment

Bushfire prone
11%
of suburb area
Green cover
26%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
69
in suburb
Nearest airport
19.7 km
Perth Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
0%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
3/3
Optus, Telstra, TPG

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