Perth suburbs / Southern River
Southern River 6110
A free data profile of Southern River, Perth — home to about 12,835 people across 6,165 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Southern River
Southern River is a large Perth suburb, home to about 12,835 people across 6,165 properties. Residents have a median age of 37, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,253/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Southern River records about 59 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.
It has 4 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Ashburton Drive Primary School, Bletchley Park Primary School, Campbell Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 74% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Southern River was partly served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 25% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 2 pathology (blood-test) centres, 1 pharmacy 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 — Southern River
Demographic, employment and income insights of 12,852 residents living in Southern River, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 33Household type
Majority are families (87%)Occupancy
82% own their home, 17% 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
4 schools in Southern River · nearest nearby:
- Southern Grove Primary Schoolin suburb
- Providence Christian Collegein suburb
- Bletchley Park Primary Schoolin suburb
- Yarralinka Primary Schoolin suburb
- Kelmscott John Calvin School533 m
- Carey Baptist College550 m
- North Harrisdale Primary School592 m
- Excelsior Primary School598 m
Primary: Ashburton Drive Primary School, Bletchley Park Primary School, Campbell Primary School, Excelsior Primary School, Forrestdale Primary School, Harrisdale Primary School, Huntingdale Primary School, North Harrisdale Primary School, Southern Grove Primary School, Wirrabirra Primary School, Yarralinka Primary School
Secondary: Canning Vale College, Harrisdale Senior High School, Southern River College, Thornlie 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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