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Perth suburbs / Yanchep

Yanchep 6035

A free data profile of Yanchep, Perth — home to about 11,003 people across 7,293 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.

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What the data says about Yanchep

Yanchep is a large Perth suburb, home to about 11,003 people across 7,293 properties. Residents have a median age of 36, younger than the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,526/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Yanchep records about 86 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), above the Perth median of 69 — higher-crime than the typical Perth suburb.

It has 4 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Eglinton Beach Primary School, Two Rocks Primary School, Yanchep Beach Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 97% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone — well above most suburbs.

On the NBN, Yanchep 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 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 — Yanchep

Demographic, employment and income insights of 11,022 residents living in Yanchep, based on the ABS 2021 Census.

Most households are
Families
Population
11,022
Most residents are
Owners
Median household income
$1,699/wk

Age profile

Median age 35
Under 15 25%15 to 64 61%Over 65 14%

Household type

Majority are families (78%)
Family 78%Single 20%Group 2%

Occupancy

75% own their home, 22% rent
Owned outright 19%With a mortgage 56%Renter 22%Not stated & other 3%

How it has changed

Population+160% since 2011
2011
4,247
→
2016
8,868
→
2021
11,022
Median household income (wk)+36% since 2011
2011
$1,246
→
2016
$1,511
→
2021
$1,699
Median rent (wk)+6% since 2011
2011
$320
→
2016
$350
→
2021
$340
Median age-8% since 2011
2011
38
→
2016
34
→
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
11,003
2021 Census
Properties
7,293
addressed dwellings
Median age
36
years
Household income
$1,526
median, weekly
Median rent
$317
weekly
Household size
2.5
people avg
SEIFA
3.4/10
advantage decile

Housing & tenure

Median mortgage
$1,842
monthly repayment
Median rent
$340
weekly
Owned outright
19%
of dwellings
With a mortgage
56%
of dwellings
Rented
22%
of dwellings
Separate house
97%
of dwellings
Townhouse / semi
3%
of dwellings
Apartment / flat
0%
of dwellings
Moved in (past 5 yrs)
43%
residential turnover

How people commute

Drive to work
79%
car, as driver/passenger
Work from home
8%
of workers
Public transport / active
14%
train, bus, walk, cycle

Schools & education

4 schools in Yanchep · nearest nearby:

  • Yanchep Secondary Collegein suburb
  • Yanchep Beach Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Yanchep Rise Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Yanchep Lagoon Primary Schoolin suburb
  • Atlantis Beach Baptist College979 m
  • Northshore Christian Grammar School2.2 km
Public school catchment

Primary: Eglinton Beach Primary School, Two Rocks Primary School, Yanchep Beach Primary School, Yanchep Lagoon Primary School, Yanchep Rise Primary School

Secondary: Joseph Banks Secondary College, Yanchep Secondary College

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

Safety & crime

Crime rate
86/1,000
FY 2024-25
Offences
942
in the year

Health & medical

GPs
1
Clinics
1
Blood-test
3

Environment

Bushfire prone
97%
of suburb area
Green cover
39%
grass + trees (satellite)

Getting around

Train stations
4
in suburb
Bus/ferry stops
76
in suburb
Nearest airport
31.6 km
RAAF Base Pearce

Internet (NBN, 2020)

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

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