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Perth suburbs / West Leederville

West Leederville 6007

A free data profile of West Leederville, Perth — home to about 4,561 people across 3,055 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about West Leederville

West Leederville is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 4,561 people across 3,055 properties. Residents have a median age of 40, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $2,821/week, above the metro median of $1,868. On safety, West Leederville records about 81 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 West Leederville Primary School, Bob Hawke College (the exact catchment depends on the address). On the NBN, West Leederville was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 1% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies.

For health services, the suburb has 1 hospital, 3 pathology (blood-test) centres 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 — West Leederville

Demographic, employment and income insights of 4,340 residents living in West Leederville, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
4,340
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$2,383/wk

Age profile

Median age 38
Under 15 15%15 to 64 69%Over 65 16%

Household type

Majority are families (61%)
Family 61%Single 34%Group 6%

Occupancy

59% own their home, 39% rent
Owned outright 27%With a mortgage 32%Renter 39%Not stated & other 2%

How it has changed

Population+14% since 2011
2011
3,806
→
2016
3,978
→
2021
4,340
Median household income (wk)+24% since 2011
2011
$1,918
→
2016
$2,097
→
2021
$2,383
Median rent (wk)+21% since 2011
2011
$330
→
2016
$400
→
2021
$400
Median age+3% since 2011
2011
37
→
2016
36
→
2021
38

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
4,561
2021 Census
Properties
3,055
addressed dwellings
Median age
40
years
Household income
$2,821
median, weekly
Median rent
$483
weekly
Household size
2.2
people avg
SEIFA
9.6/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$2,276
monthly repayment
Median rent
$400
weekly
Owned outright
27%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
32%
of dwellings
Rented
39%
of dwellings
Separate house
50%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
16%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
34%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
51%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
56%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
12%
of workers
Public transport / active
32%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in West Leederville · nearest nearby:

  • West Leederville Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Bob Hawke College216 m
  • Perth Modern School297 m
  • School Of Isolated And Distance Education358 m
  • Aranmore Catholic Primary School812 m
  • Subiaco Primary School968 m
  • Aranmore Catholic College1.1 km
  • Telethon Speech & Hearing1.2 km
Public school catchment

Primary: West Leederville Primary School

Secondary: Bob Hawke College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
81/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
369
in the year

Health & medical

Hospitals
1
GPs
2
Blood-test
3

Environment

Green cover
22%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
2
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
17
in suburb
Nearest airport
12.7 km
Perth Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
1%
of area, July 2020

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