Perth suburbs / Upper Swan
Upper Swan 6069
A free data profile of Upper Swan, Perth — home to about 553 people across 1,172 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Upper Swan
Upper Swan is a small Perth suburb, home to about 553 people across 1,172 properties. Residents have a median age of 51, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,750/week, around the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Upper Swan records about 230 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 1 school within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Anne Hamersley Primary School, Aveley North Primary School, Upper Swan 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, Upper Swan was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 7% 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 — Upper Swan
Demographic, employment and income insights of 549 residents living in Upper Swan, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 52Household type
Majority are families (74%)Occupancy
88% own their home, 10% 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
1 school in Upper Swan · nearest nearby:
- Upper Swan Primary Schoolin suburb
- Anne Hamersley Primary School1.3 km
- Aveley North Primary School2.2 km
- Aveley Primary School2.2 km
Primary: Anne Hamersley Primary School, Aveley North Primary School, Upper Swan Primary School
Secondary: Aveley Secondary College
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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