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Wilson 6107

A free data profile of Wilson, Perth — home to about 6,605 people across 3,641 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Wilson

Wilson is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 6,605 people across 3,641 properties. Residents have a median age of 39, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,652/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Wilson records about 100 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 Wilson Primary School, Como Secondary College (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 29% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.

On the NBN, Wilson 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.

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 — Wilson

Demographic, employment and income insights of 6,608 residents living in Wilson, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
6,608
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$1,668/wk

Age profile

Median age 35
Under 15 15%15 to 64 68%Over 65 17%

Household type

Majority are families (63%)
Family 63%Single 27%Group 9%

Occupancy

58% own their home, 37% rent
Owned outright 29%With a mortgage 29%Renter 37%Not stated & other 5%

How it has changed

Population+15% since 2011
2011
5,726
→
2016
6,376
→
2021
6,608
Median household income (wk)+48% since 2011
2011
$1,127
→
2016
$1,394
→
2021
$1,668
Median rent (wk)+9% since 2011
2011
$320
→
2016
$360
→
2021
$350
Median age+6% since 2011
2011
33
→
2016
33
→
2021
35

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
6,605
2021 Census
Properties
3,641
addressed dwellings
Median age
39
years
Household income
$1,652
median, weekly
Median rent
$356
weekly
Household size
2.5
people avg
SEIFA
5.9/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,842
monthly repayment
Median rent
$350
weekly
Owned outright
29%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
29%
of dwellings
Rented
37%
of dwellings
Separate house
96%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
4%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
1%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
48%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
80%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
7%
of workers
Public transport / active
13%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

1 school in Wilson · nearest nearby:

  • Wilson Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Bentley Primary School256 m
  • Al-Hidayah Islamic School256 m
  • Canning College488 m
  • Clontarf Aboriginal College534 m
  • Riverton Primary School656 m
  • Riverton Education Support Centre656 m
  • Queen Of Apostles School722 m
Public school catchment

Primary: Wilson Primary School

Secondary: Como Secondary College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
100/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
662
in the year

Environment

Bushfire prone
29%
of suburb area
Green cover
36%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
0
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
37
in suburb
Nearest airport
8.7 km
Jandakot Airport

Internet (NBN, 2020)

NBN fibre (FTTP)
1%
of area, July 2020
5G carriers
1/3
Optus

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