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Silver Sands 6210

A free data profile of Silver Sands, Perth — home to about 1,451 people across 941 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Silver Sands

Silver Sands is a small Perth suburb, home to about 1,451 people across 941 properties. Residents have a median age of 47, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,399/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Silver Sands records about 92 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 0 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Mandurah Primary School, North Mandurah Primary School, Oakwood Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 27% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Silver Sands was almost entirely served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 99% 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 — Silver Sands

Demographic, employment and income insights of 1,451 residents living in Silver Sands, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
1,451
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$1,399/wk

Age profile

Median age 47
Under 15 16%15 to 64 59%Over 65 25%

Household type

Majority are families (73%)
Family 73%Single 24%Group 2%

Occupancy

70% own their home, 27% rent
Owned outright 39%With a mortgage 31%Renter 27%Not stated & other 3%

How it has changed

Population+17% since 2011
2011
1,241
→
2016
1,258
→
2021
1,451
Median household income (wk)+42% since 2011
2011
$982
→
2016
$1,286
→
2021
$1,399
Median rent (wk)+21% since 2011
2011
$280
→
2016
$330
→
2021
$340
Median age+4% since 2011
2011
45
→
2016
45
→
2021
47

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
1,451
2021 Census
Properties
941
addressed dwellings
Median age
47
years
Household income
$1,399
median, weekly
Median rent
$345
weekly
Household size
2.4
people avg
SEIFA
4/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,733
monthly repayment
Median rent
$340
weekly
Owned outright
39%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
31%
of dwellings
Rented
27%
of dwellings
Separate house
96%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
4%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
42%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
75%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
10%
of workers
Public transport / active
15%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

No schools in Silver Sands itself · nearest nearby:

  • North Mandurah Primary School353 m
  • Assumption Catholic Primary School692 m
  • Mandurah Primary School1.1 km
  • Frederick Irwin Anglican School1.2 km
  • Meadow Springs Primary School1.3 km
  • Meadow Springs Education Support Centre1.3 km
  • Oakwood Primary School1.8 km
  • John Tonkin College Education Support Centre1.9 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Mandurah Primary School, North Mandurah Primary School, Oakwood Primary School

Secondary: John Tonkin College, Met Campus (John Tonkin College), Tindale Campus (John Tonkin College)

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
92/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
134
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
27%
of suburb area
Green cover
25%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
3
in suburb
Nearest airport
17.9 km
Serpentine Airfield

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
99%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
1/3
Telstra

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