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Bateman, 6150

Est. population · Jun 2025

4,202

Growth (1 yr)

+0.7%

Growth (5 yr)

+6.9%

Median age

41

Median income

$2,284/wk

Employment rate

60%

University qualified

42.1%

Work from home

10.9%

Languages at home

31.1%non-English

Most common: Mandarin, Cantonese, Malayalam

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

50/100
Average

Top 24% of Western Australia's suburbs

Verified 90% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Excellent transport
  • Multicultural
What Bateman is known for: Excellent transport, Multicultural

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Suburb profile

Bateman is a middle-ring metropolitan suburb of Perth, in Melville Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development.

Local school ICSEA scores are among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked middle-ring metropolitan suburbs. University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, with university qualifications 62% above the peer median. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high, and crime in the wider Fremantle Police District remains above typical levels but is improving. Reported offences have fallen 26% year on year. Trade-offs centre on higher rents and weaker population growth, with median rents 30% above the peer median.

Bateman is a better fit for people who value school quality and university qualifications more than lower rents.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Middle-ring metropolitan suburb · compared with middle-ring metropolitan suburbs in Western Australia (131)

Strengths

  • Local school ICSEA scores are among the highest in the peer group
  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group

Weaknesses

  • Rents are among the highest in the peer group
  • Population has been growing more slowly than in comparable places, or declining

What stands out

  • Space is a strength, but car dependence is high
  • Crime in the wider Fremantle Police District remains above typical levels but is improving

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Bateman compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$935/wk

Population (ERP)

4,202

+0.7% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

5.6%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#32

among Metro Perth · Emerging

Pop. growth

39th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

21%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

10/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

90th

percentile among schools with ICSEA

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
50.0/100 — Average
State standing
Top 24% of Western Australia's suburbs
National rank
1995th in Australia
State rank
164th in WA
Peer rank
#32 among Metro Perth · Emerging suburbs
Cohort rank
#116 among Metro Perth suburbs
Data confidence
90%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Housing

All types (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
$935
Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
661

Median weekly rent from WA rental bond lodgements. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.

Contributes to desirability score · Housing (10%) · Future Growth (6%)

Household crowding and healthy vacancy — not cheapness Modest price change as a healthy-growth band

Data sources & freshness

  • WA rental bond lodgements — Department of Communities (WA) · wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv · Updated · Monthly bond summaries

Population

Estimated resident population

4,202(June 2025)

+0.7% annual · +6.9% over 5 years · 39th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+0.7%
5-year growth
+6.9%
Change in 1 year
+28
Change in 5 years
+271
Growth rank in WA
39th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~4,300), extrapolated at +0.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
3,832
Median age
41
Median household income / week
$2,284
Dwelling vacancy
5.6%
Unoccupied private dwellings
76 of 1,353
Median monthly mortgage
$2,200
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$420
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
43.5% / 35.6% / 20.9%
Employment rate
60%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
10.9% / 7.5% / 63.5%
Walked or cycled to work
2.1%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
1,108 / 170 / 4

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

42.1% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 10.7% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified42.1% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified10.4% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational10.7% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below36.8% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Management and commerce23.6%
  • Engineering and related technologies18.5%
  • Health14.4%
  • Society and culture10.9%
  • Education10.5%
  • Natural and physical sciences6.7%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$53,269

22nd percentile in WA · -9% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$64,172

52nd percentile in WA · -1% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
20.0%

97th percentile in WA · +45% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$95,011

88th percentile in WA · +50% vs Australia

Residents with business income
8.0%

51st percentile in WA · -23% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6150 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
9,294
Taxpayers reporting net rent
1,881
Median net rent
$2,507
Taxpayers reporting business income
788
Taxable income vs state median
-12%
Salary / wages vs state median
+2%
Rental investment vs state median
+67%
Super vs state median
+49%
Business income vs state median
0%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in WA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Community & culture

31.1% speak a language other than English at home; 44.2% born overseas

Language at home
2,564 English only · 1,155 other
Non-English at home
31.1%
Born overseas
1,650 (44.2%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
20 (0.5%)
Australian citizens
3,253
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
24

Top languages other than English

Share of residents who speak a language other than English at home (2021 Census).

  • Mandarin139 · 30.9%
  • Cantonese87 · 19.3%
  • Malayalam36 · 8%
  • Tamil22 · 4.9%
  • Indonesian21 · 4.7%
  • Korean17 · 3.8%
  • Hindi14 · 3.1%
  • Sinhalese12 · 2.7%

Religion

49.9%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 49.9%, while 34.8% reported no religion. Buddhism is more prevalent locally than across the state.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion34.8%42.5%
Christianity49.9%41.1%
Hinduism2.9%2%
Buddhism5.4%2.2%
Other / not stated7%12.3%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic26.1%18.7%
Anglican9.4%10.1%
Christian (not further defined)3.8%3.4%
Presbyterian and Reformed3.1%1.3%
Baptist2.6%1.6%
Uniting Church2.2%1.6%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Figures are for the Fremantle Police District, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
13,209
Against the person
3,166
Against property
8,312
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
55.3
State crime-rate percentile
60.2th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-30.9%

Most common offence types

  • Assault (Family)
  • Drug Offences
  • Fraud & Related Offences
  • Property Damage
  • Stealing

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • WA Police district crime statistics — Western Australia Police Force · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Quarterly timeseries XLSX; district-level aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Schools & preschools

Schools within 2 km
7
Median school ICSEA (7 schools)
1,126
Median ICSEA percentile
90th
School list
  • Bateman Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1126 · 90th percentile · LBOTE 51% · 371 students · Top SEA quarter 53% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
  • Corpus Christi CollegeCombined · Catholic · ICSEA 1116 · 88th percentile · LBOTE 28% · 1,789 students · Top SEA quarter 46% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
  • Winthrop Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1143 · 94th percentile · LBOTE 59% · 603 students · Top SEA quarter 56% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
  • Bull Creek Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1139 · 93th percentile · LBOTE 64% · 405 students · Top SEA quarter 55% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
  • Brentwood Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1116 · 88th percentile · LBOTE 43% · 331 students · Top SEA quarter 50% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
  • All Saints' CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1162 · 97th percentile · LBOTE 44% · 1,374 students · Top SEA quarter 66% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
  • West Leeming Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1126 · 90th percentile · LBOTE 39% · 433 students · Top SEA quarter 47% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Public transport

37 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Leach Hwy Before Amur Pl
  • Leach Hwy Before Murdoch Dr
  • Murdoch Dr After Coombs Pl
  • Murdoch Dr After Hawke Pass
  • South St Murdoch Hospital

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

82 mapped amenities

2 fast food · 1 places of worship · 5 playgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • A car helps for daily needs
  • Great for outdoor family life — 11 parks mapped in suburb, 5 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 37 public transport stops
Walkability proxy
34/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.52
Parks per 1,000 residents
2.87
Food & drink(2)
  • Bateman Eating HouseFast food

    Unit 6 22 Parry Avenue, Bateman

  • Lepak KopitiamFast food

    Unit 1 22 Parry Avenue, Bateman

Community(2)
  • Bateman Primary SchoolSchool

    2 Bartling Crescent, Bateman

  • Corpus Christi CollegeSchool

    50 Murdoch Drive, Bateman

Sport & outdoors(22)
  • Kwinana Freeway PSPCycling route
  • Mosman Park & North Fremantle LTCN Primary RouteCycling route
  • Murdoch Drive Shared PathCycling route
  • South Street Shared PathCycling route
  • Alan Madden ParkPark
  • Bray Court ReservePark
  • George Welby ParkPark
  • Harry Buckley ParkPark
  • Lawrence Ellison ReservePark
  • Murray ParkPark
  • Park (4)
  • Tom Firth ParkPark
  • Playground (5)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports field
Transport(38)

37 bus stops · 1 train stations

Other(10)
  • Bench (4)
  • Bicycle Parking (3)
  • Information (2)
  • Motorcycle Parking
  • Parking (2)
  • St. Thomas More Parish BatemanPlace of worship

    100 Dean Road, Bateman

  • Taxi
  • Vending machine (2)
  • Waste Basket
  • Watering Place

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Parks & reserves

7 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Alan Madden ParkPark
  • Bray Court ReservePark
  • George Welby ParkPark
  • Harry Buckley ParkPark
  • Lawrence Ellison ReservePark
  • Murray ParkPark
  • Tom Firth ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
7.5%
Woodland / forest cover
0.3%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
17
Parks (OSM)
11
Typical summer maximum
29°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Places of worship

1 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • St. Thomas More Parish Bateman

    100 Dean Road, Bateman

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Nearest hospital
Saint John of God Murdoch Hospital (1.4 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0
Aged-care services
1
Residential aged-care places
108

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Aged-care services
  • Regents Garden - BatemanBATEMANResidential

Australian Government–subsidised services from the AIHW GEN list (30 June 2025), assigned to this suburb by location.

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
83
Participants per 1,000 residents
19.8

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
29° / 16°
Rainfall
51 mm · ~6 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
24° / 13°
Rainfall
198 mm · ~25 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
17° / 8°
Rainfall
552 mm · ~69 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
21° / 10°
Rainfall
212 mm · ~26 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
No overlay at centroid
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via WA bush fire prone area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain mapping against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Tangney
Member of Parliament
Sam LIM (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
122,584
Turnout (2025)
92.7%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+4.1 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 43.0%Labor 57.0%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 2.3 km away).

Coalition 39.3%Labor 60.7%

3.8 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +7.4 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • Bateman SouthLabor 62.1% · Coalition 37.9% TPP (2025)0.4 km away
  • BatemanLabor 57.9% · Coalition 42.1% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
  • WinthropLabor 60.7% · Coalition 39.3% TPP (2025)1.3 km away
  • Bull CreekLabor 60.9% · Coalition 39.1% TPP (2025)1.5 km away
  • BrentwoodLabor 59.9% · Coalition 40.1% TPP (2025)1.6 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
10/10
IRSD decile (2021)
9/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

Compare with

Similar suburbs to weigh up side by side — scores, safety, schools, and lifestyle.

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