Perth suburbs / South Lake
South Lake 6164
A free data profile of South Lake, Perth — home to about 5,819 people across 2,619 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about South Lake
South Lake is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,819 people across 2,619 properties. Residents have a median age of 37, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,750/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, South Lake records about 113 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 Bibra Lake Primary School, South Lake Primary School, Yangebup Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 21% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, South Lake 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 3 pathology (blood-test) centres, 2 pharmacies 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 — South Lake
Demographic, employment and income insights of 5,831 residents living in South Lake, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 36Household type
Majority are families (72%)Occupancy
73% own their home, 26% 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 South Lake · nearest nearby:
- South Lake Primary Schoolin suburb
- Lakeland Senior High Schoolin suburb
- Havenport Msl College179 m
- Bibra Lake Primary School580 m
- Emmanuel Catholic College1.1 km
- Yangebup Primary School1.4 km
- Blue Gum Montessori School1.4 km
- Mater Christi Catholic Primary School1.4 km
Primary: Bibra Lake Primary School, South Lake Primary School, Yangebup Primary School
Secondary: Lakeland 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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