Perth suburbs / Watermans Bay
Watermans Bay 6020
A free data profile of Watermans Bay, Perth — home to about 1,373 people across 763 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Watermans Bay
Watermans Bay is a small Perth suburb, home to about 1,373 people across 763 properties. Residents have a median age of 51, older than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,135/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Watermans Bay records about 20 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), well below the Perth median of 69 — notably safer than the typical Perth suburb.
It has 0 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Carine Primary School, Marmion Primary School, North Beach Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 59% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.
On the NBN, Watermans Bay 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.
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 — Watermans Bay
Demographic, employment and income insights of 1,369 residents living in Watermans Bay, based on the ABS 2021 Census.
Age profile
Median age 49Household type
Majority are families (74%)Occupancy
77% own their home, 19% 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
No schools in Watermans Bay itself · nearest nearby:
- Marmion Primary School195 m
- North Beach Primary School351 m
- Carine Primary School548 m
- Carine Senior High School747 m
- Our Lady Of Grace School833 m
- Poynter Primary School1.2 km
- Karrinyup Primary School1.5 km
- Sorrento Primary School1.6 km
Primary: Carine Primary School, Marmion Primary School, North Beach Primary School, Poynter Primary School
Secondary: Carine Senior High School
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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