West Perth WA 6005
West Perth is in Perth LGA, WA, postcode 6005, with population 6,102.
Strong evidence
West Perth has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Hospitals, Transport, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
West Perth has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Rent context available
West Perth has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $722/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
West Perth has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Hospitals, Transport, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Use compare to test the suburb against another candidate, then validate financial assumptions in the calculator where available.
Market rent, Hospitals, Transport, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Crime, Schools
West Perth currently reads as a growth-momentum candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices, Schools.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.
No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.
Property prices, Schools
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Price history
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Full data detail
West Perth WA
West Perth is a mid-sized suburb in Western Australia within the Perth local government area (postcode 6005). With a population of 6,102, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $100K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $722. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,772.
Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 3 tram stops, 40 bus stops. Healthcare facilities include 5 private hospitals.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
West Perth is a mid-sized suburb in Western Australia within the Perth local government area (postcode 6005). With a population of 6,102, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $100K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The current median weekly rent is $722. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,772.
Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 3 tram stops, 40 bus stops. Healthcare facilities include 5 private hospitals.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.1% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
West Perth FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is West Perth in?
West Perth is in the Perth Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6005. Council-level context for Perth LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in West Perth?
The median weekly rent in West Perth is $722/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about West Perth?
Rent context available: West Perth has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is West Perth a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for West Perth show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for West Perth?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the West Perth data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.