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WA · Wanneroo Council
Butler, 6036
Est. population · Jun 2025
14,907
Growth (1 yr)
+1.0%
Growth (5 yr)
+5.8%
Median age
32
Median income
$1,710/wk
Employment rate
64.7%
Languages at home
15.3%non-English
Most common: Afrikaans, Arabic, Tagalog
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Green suburb
- High desirability
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
- Cycling
Suburb profile
Butler is a practical established suburb in Wanneroo Council, well placed for families who want metro access without the inner-city squeeze. A younger crowd gives the area energy, with family life visible on every street. This is a strongly multicultural suburb: overseas-born and multilingual households make up much of the community.
Families have many nearby school and early-learning options to choose from. Outdoor life is easy here, with generous parks and room for kids, dogs and weekend strolls. Most routine trips are on foot, while buses and trains cover longer journeys across the metro area.
Housing is expensive relative to much of the state. Reported crime has been falling recently.
Among similar metro suburbs, the suburb earns a good desirability read, with local dining and lifestyle amenities, plus community and employment the standout strengths.
At a glance
Butler snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$700/wk
Population (ERP)
14,907
+1.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
6.1%
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
#25
among Metro Perth · Established
Safety
1st
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
45th
percentile in WA
Advantage (IRSAD)
4/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
40th
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
- 63.3/100 — Good
- State standing
- Top 8% of Western Australia's suburbs
- National rank
- 711th in Australia
- State rank
- 55th in WA
- Peer rank
- #25 among Metro Perth · Established suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #41 among Metro Perth suburbs
- Data confidence
- 85%
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)
- $700
- Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
- 1,648
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 (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
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
14,907(June 2025)
+1.0% annual · +5.8% over 5 years · 45th percentile in WA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.0%
- 5-year growth
- +5.8%
- Change in 1 year
- +148
- Change in 5 years
- +811
- Growth rank in WA
- 45th 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 (~16,300), extrapolated at +1.8% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 13,473
- Median age
- 32
- Median household income / week
- $1,710
- Dwelling vacancy
- 6.1%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 301 of 4,956
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,733
- Employment rate
- 64.7%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 4,469 / 140 / 42
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs 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
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2026 to Aug 2026)
- 5,192
- Against the person
- 1,580
- Against property
- 2,649
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 348.3
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 9 residents
- State safety percentile
- 1.3th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -57.3%
Most common offence types
- Assault (Family)705
- Breach Of Violence Restraint Order486
- Drug Offences477
- Property Damage588
- Stealing1252
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- WA Police district crime statistics — Western Australia Police Force · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Aug 2026; Jan 2026 to Aug 2026 · Updated · Quarterly timeseries XLSX; district-level aggregates
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 9
- Median school ICSEA (9 schools)
- 986
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 40th
School list
- Butler Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 984 · 40th percentile · LBOTE 22% · 530 students · Top SEA quarter 10% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
- East Butler Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 972 · 34th percentile · LBOTE 36% · 244 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 0.8 km awayView on My School →
- Butler CollegeSecondary · Government · ICSEA 965 · 31th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 1,039 students · Top SEA quarter 6% · 1.1 km awayView on My School →
- Irene McCormack Catholic CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 1013 · 53th percentile · LBOTE 28% · 665 students · Top SEA quarter 10% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
- St Francis of Assisi Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1030 · 60th percentile · LBOTE 34% · 411 students · Top SEA quarter 13% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
- John Butler Primary CollegePrimary · Government · ICSEA 986 · 40th percentile · LBOTE 24% · 453 students · Top SEA quarter 9% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
- Alkimos CollegeSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1006 · 50th percentile · LBOTE 15% · 1,219 students · Top SEA quarter 11% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
- Alkimos Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 988 · 41th percentile · LBOTE 21% · 682 students · Top SEA quarter 6% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
- Quinns Beach Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 970 · 33th percentile · LBOTE 16% · 385 students · Top SEA quarter 7% · 1.9 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Childcare
3 childcare services from OpenStreetMap
- Sparrow Early Learning ButlerCaptiva Approachchildcare
- Sparrow Early Learning ButlerMarchwood Boulevardchildcare
- Tribe Early Learning ButlerTredegar Streetchildcare
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
60 public transport stops in this suburb
- Bradman Dr After Tetbury Rd
- Camborne Pwy After Brampton Av
- Kingsbridge Bvd After Shropshire Rd
- Shropshire Cr After Coleford Gte
- Shropshire Cr After Upham Br
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- GTFS public transport stops — State transport authority open-data feeds · current · Updated
Amenities
131 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 restaurants · 2 cafes · 4 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 3 fast food · 15 playgrounds
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Highly walkable for everyday errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 36 parks mapped in suburb, 15 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 60 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 18 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 82/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0.15
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.45
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 2.67
Food & drink(6)
- Cafe
- My Hungry BearCafe
Lukin Drive
- Great British Chippy ButlerFast food
2 Captiva Approach, Butler
- McDonald'sFast food
2 Butler Blvd
- SubwayFast food
2 Captiva Approach, Butler
- Fast n Fusion curry house Indian RestaurantRestaurant
Unit 5 2 Captiva Approach, Butler
Shopping(5)
- AldiSupermarket
2712 Butler Boulevard
- ColesSupermarket
6 Kingsbridge Boulevard
- Farmer JacksSupermarket
2 Captiva Approach, Butler
- WoolworthsSupermarket
Health & services(3)
- Butler Family PracticeClinic
Unit 2 150 Camborne Parkway
- Clinipath PathologyClinic
Unit 3 2 Captiva Approach, Butler
- Priceline PharmacyPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(18)
- Anytime FitnessGym
Unit 2 2 Captiva Approach, Butler
- Playground (15)
- Kingsbridge Sporting FieldSports field
- Sports field
Transport(53)
52 bus stops · 1 train stations
Other(11)
- BWSAlcohol
- Thirsty CamelAlcohol
2 Captiva Approach, Butler
- Bench (9)
- Bicycle Parking (24)
- Drinking water
- Kiosk
- Public toilets
- Containers for ChangeRecycling
- Ticket Validator
- Vending machine (2)
- Waste Basket (5)
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Parks & reserves
34 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Alston ParkPark
- Beechwood ParkPark
- Brampton ParkPark
- Brenden ParkPark
- Carmathen ParkPark
- Chipping ParkPark
- Clipstone ParkPark
- Coinston ParkPark
- Colmworth ParkPark
- Comberton ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 36
- Parks (OSM)
- 36
OpenStreetMap parks and natural woodland features mapped within the suburb boundary.
Contributes to desirability score · Environment (10%)
Parks and green cover (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap green cover — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 4
- Nearest hospital
- Hospital (5.3 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Butler Boulevard Medical CentreButler BoulevardClinic
- Butler Family PracticeCamborne ParkwayClinic
- Clinipath PathologyCaptiva ApproachClinic
- Priceline PharmacyPharmacy
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 417
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 28.0
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
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
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 (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- No overlay at centroid
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via WA bush fire prone area mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Pearce
- Member of Parliament
- Tracey ROBERTS (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 115,275
- Turnout (2025)
- 87.8%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- -2.4 pp toward Coalition
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 43.6%Labor 56.4%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 3.0 km away).
Coalition 39.7%Labor 60.3%
3.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -2.8 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- ButlerLabor 60.1% · Coalition 39.9% TPP (2025)0.3 km away
- Butler EastLabor 59.2% · Coalition 40.8% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
- Butler SouthLabor 63.0% · Coalition 37.0% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
- Butler NorthLabor 63.5% · Coalition 36.5% TPP (2025)1.7 km away
- Quinns Rocks NorthLabor 56.9% · Coalition 43.1% TPP (2025)1.8 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
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 4/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 3/10
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 (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
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