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WA · Cockburn Council
Cockburn Central, 6164
Est. population · Jun 2025
2,254
Growth (1 yr)
+1.1%
Growth (5 yr)
+8.6%
Median age
31
Median income
$1,626/wk
Employment rate
71.4%
Languages at home
27.6%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Korean, Cantonese
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Excellent transport
- Cycling
- Education hub
- Café precinct
- High desirability
Suburb profile
Cockburn Central hums with inner-city energy, a smaller community where there is always something happening nearby. The community skews younger, with schools and childcare nearby. Most local households sit in a multicultural mix, with overseas-born residents and languages other than English common at home.
Pocket parks and green corners give residents room to get outside without leaving the neighbourhood. Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus, with buses and trains linking the suburb to surrounding areas. Homes cost more here than in most comparable suburbs.
Reported crime has been falling recently. The suburb still has an emerging character, as newer residents settle in and local identity forms.
The desirability picture is around average, weighed down by softer local dining and lifestyle amenities relative to similar metro suburbs.
At a glance
Cockburn Central snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$720/wk
Population (ERP)
2,254
+1.1% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
13.2%
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
#52
among Metro Perth · Emerging
Safety
26th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
47th
percentile in WA
Advantage (IRSAD)
7/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
65th
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
- 43.7/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 43% of Western Australia's suburbs
- National rank
- 3135th in Australia
- State rank
- 295th in WA
- Peer rank
- #52 among Metro Perth · Emerging suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #203 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)
- $720
- Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
- 4,807
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
2,254(June 2025)
+1.1% annual · +8.6% over 5 years · 47th percentile in WA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.1%
- 5-year growth
- +8.6%
- Change in 1 year
- +24
- Change in 5 years
- +179
- Growth rank in WA
- 47th 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 (~2,350), extrapolated at +0.7% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 1,521
- Median age
- 31
- Median household income / week
- $1,626
- Dwelling vacancy
- 13.2%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 115 of 869
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,517
- Employment rate
- 71.4%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 200 / 9 / 544
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)
- 13,209
- Against the person
- 3,166
- Against property
- 8,312
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 5,860.2
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 1 residents
- State safety percentile
- 26.1th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -17%
Most common offence types
- Assault (Family)1367
- Drug Offences1073
- Fraud & Related Offences1417
- Property Damage1340
- Stealing4359
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
- 5
- Median school ICSEA (5 schools)
- 1,041
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 65th
School list
- Emmanuel Catholic CollegeSecondary · Catholic · ICSEA 1041 · 65th percentile · LBOTE 20% · 1,215 students · Top SEA quarter 17% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
- Havenport MSL CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1007 · 50th percentile · LBOTE 0% · 37 students · Top SEA quarter 8% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
- Lakeland Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 944 · 22th percentile · LBOTE 29% · 566 students · Top SEA quarter 6% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
- Jandakot Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1050 · 68th percentile · LBOTE 36% · 539 students · Top SEA quarter 23% · 2.0 km awayView on My School →
- Mater Christi Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1070 · 75th percentile · LBOTE 24% · 609 students · Top SEA quarter 27% · 2.0 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
1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap
- Goodstart Early LearningSemple Courtchildcare
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
39 public transport stops in this suburb
- North Lake Rd After Poletti Rd
- North Lake Rd After Semple Ct
- North Lake Rd After Semple Ct
- Semple Ct After Verna Ct
- Semple Ct Before Muriel Ct
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
70 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
4 cafes · 2 pharmacies · 1 fast food · 1 bakeries · 2 playgrounds · 2 sports centres · 1 swimming pools · 2 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Reasonably walkable — many errands reachable on foot or by bus
- Decent local green space — 3 parks in suburb, 2 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 39 public transport stops
- Walkability proxy
- 57/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 2.63
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 3.94
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 1.97
Food & drink(6)
- Heats BakeryBakery
Unit 1 1 Blackly Row
- Cafe RoyalCafe
- MoobaCafe
- Portuguese DelightsCafe
- Ready Eddie'sCafe
- Nick’s Place ShishkebabsFast food
Shopping(2)
No named venues listed.
Community(1)
- Goodstart Early LearningChildcare
158 Semple Court, Cockburn Central
Health & services(3)
- Thomsons Lake Medical CentreMedical clinic
- Greg's Discount ChemistPharmacy
- Pharmacy 777 CockburnPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(6)
- Playground (2)
- Adrenaline Vault CockburnSports centre
443 Yangebup Road
- Cockburn Aquatic and Recreation CentreSports centre
31 Veterans Parade, Cockburn Central
- Sports field
- Swimming pool
Transport(23)
22 bus stops · 1 train stations
Other(13)
- 1st Choice LiquorAlcohol
- Lakes BikesBicycle
- Bicycle Parking (18)
- DeroBicycle Repair Station
- Garden Centre
- Hardware
- Baskin-RobbinsIce Cream
817 Beeliar Drive
- 7-Eleven CockburnPetrol station
814 North Lake Road
- Petrol station
- Post Box
- Australia PostPost office
- Shelter (2)
- Telephone
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
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 7
- Parks (OSM)
- 3
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
- 3
- Nearest hospital
- Fiona Stanley Hospital (Emergency Department) (5.6 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Greg's Discount ChemistPharmacy
- Pharmacy 777 CockburnPharmacy
- Thomsons Lake Medical CentreDoctor
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)
- 63
- 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
- Fremantle
- Member of Parliament
- Josh WILSON (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 118,331
- Turnout (2025)
- 89.5%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +1.8 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 31.3%Labor 68.7%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 2.9 km away).
Coalition 32.2%Labor 67.8%
0.9 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +1.4 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- South Lake EastLabor 65.5% · Coalition 34.5% TPP (2025)1.2 km away
- South LakeLabor 71.4% · Coalition 28.6% TPP (2025)1.9 km away
- Yangebup SouthLabor 64.3% · Coalition 35.7% TPP (2025)1.9 km away
- Success NorthLabor 72.0% · Coalition 28.1% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
- YangebupLabor 71.7% · Coalition 28.3% TPP (2025)2.5 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)
- 7/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 6/10
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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