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Dawesville, 6211

Est. population · Jun 2025

9,156

Growth (1 yr)

+5.9%

Growth (5 yr)

+27.1%

Median age

43

Median income

$1,469/wk

Employment rate

50.8%

University qualified

12.6%

Work from home

7.6%

Languages at home

5.1%non-English

Most common: Afrikaans, Indonesian, French

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

41.9/100
Average

Top 46% of Western Australia's suburbs

Verified 90% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Green suburb
  • Walkable
What Dawesville is known for: Beach, Green suburb, Walkable

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Suburb profile

Dawesville is a coastal town in Western Australia, in Mandurah Council.

The suburb is highly walkable compared with similar places, placing it among the highest-ranked coastal towns. Local amenities is an exceptional strength. Population growth is a very strong feature of the suburb, with population growth 94% above the peer median. Crime in the wider Mandurah Police District remains above typical levels but is improving. Reported offences have fallen 24% year on year. The clearer weaknesses are thinner heritage listings and lower socio-economic advantage, with heritage listings 71% below the peer median.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising walkability and local amenities over heritage character.

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

Coastal town · compared with coastal towns in Western Australia (61)

Strengths

  • The suburb is highly walkable compared with similar places
  • Population growth is a relative strength
  • Local amenity access is stronger than in most comparable places

Weaknesses

  • Heritage listings are a relative weakness
  • Socio-economic advantage is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Dawesville Beach
  • Melros Beach
  • Crime in the wider Mandurah Police District remains above typical levels but is improving

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Dawesville compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$595/wk

Population (ERP)

9,156

+5.9% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

22.4%

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

#12

among Coastal & beach · Established

Pop. growth

97th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

15%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

4/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

45th

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
41.9/100 — Average
State standing
Top 46% of Western Australia's suburbs
National rank
3927th in Australia
State rank
321st in WA
Peer rank
#12 among Coastal & beach · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#48 among Coastal & beach 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)
$595
Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
678

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

9,156(June 2025)

+5.9% annual · +27.1% over 5 years · 97th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+5.9%
5-year growth
+27.1%
Change in 1 year
+507
Change in 5 years
+1,952
Growth rank in WA
97th 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 (~11,450), extrapolated at +4.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
7,143
Median age
43
Median household income / week
$1,469
Dwelling vacancy
22.4%
Unoccupied private dwellings
734 of 3,284
Median monthly mortgage
$1,842
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$350
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
38.7% / 46% / 15.2%
Employment rate
50.8%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
7.6% / 3.9% / 63.2%
Walked or cycled to work
0.6%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,396 / 54 / 45 (+ 57 other)

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

12.6% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 24.7% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified12.6% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified9.6% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational24.7% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below53.2% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies24.4%
  • Management and commerce17.1%
  • Education11.7%
  • Society and culture10.8%
  • Health10.4%
  • Architecture and building8.5%
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)
$57,570

38th percentile in WA · -2% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$68,631

66th percentile in WA · +6% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
10.0%

25th percentile in WA · -27% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$80,398

72nd percentile in WA · +27% vs Australia

Residents with business income
7.0%

27th percentile in WA · -33% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6211 — 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
5,710
Taxpayers reporting net rent
559
Median net rent
-$72
Taxpayers reporting business income
414
Taxable income vs state median
-5%
Salary / wages vs state median
+9%
Rental investment vs state median
-17%
Super vs state median
+26%
Business income vs state median
-12%

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

5.1% speak a language other than English at home; 27.4% born overseas

Language at home
6,460 English only · 345 other
Non-English at home
5.1%
Born overseas
1,859 (27.4%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
138 (1.9%)
Australian citizens
6,302
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
15

Top languages other than English

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

  • Afrikaans27 · 25%
  • Indonesian12 · 11.1%
  • French9 · 8.3%
  • Thai9 · 8.3%
  • Malayalam7 · 6.5%
  • Spanish7 · 6.5%
  • Hindi6 · 5.6%
  • Italian6 · 5.6%

Religion

49.8%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 49.8%, while Christianity accounts for 42.1%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion49.8%42.5%
Christianity42.1%41.1%
Other / not stated8.2%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic15.7%18.7%
Anglican15.4%10.1%
Christian (not further defined)2.5%3.4%

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 Mandurah 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)
15,958
Against the person
4,478
Against property
8,154
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
61.5
State crime-rate percentile
63.8th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-28.5%

Most common offence types

  • Assault (Family)
  • Breach Of Violence Restraint Order
  • Drug 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
2
Median school ICSEA (2 schools)
996
Median ICSEA percentile
45th
School list
  • St Damien's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1028 · 59th percentile · LBOTE 7% · 416 students · Top SEA quarter 12% · 0.8 km awayView on My School →
  • Ocean Road Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 964 · 31th percentile · LBOTE 9% · 624 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 1.0 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

35 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Old Coast Rd After Dawseville Rd
  • Old Coast Rd After Loton Rd
  • Old Coast Rd Before Cossack Wy
  • Old Coast Rd Before Dawesville Rd
  • Old Coast Rd Before Wilderness Dr

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

133 mapped amenities

1 restaurants · 1 cafes · 3 supermarkets · 2 pharmacies · 2 fast food · 7 playgrounds · 16 swimming pools · 17 beaches

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Great for outdoor family life — 10 parks mapped in suburb, 7 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 35 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 24 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
78/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.14
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.56
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.4
Food & drink(4)
  • The LeprechaunCafe
  • Domino'sFast food
  • Kebab KingFast food
  • Restaurant
Shopping(7)
  • LiquorlandBottle shop
  • FoodaryConvenience store

    Bailey Boulevard, Dawesville

  • ColesSupermarket

    71 Dandaragan Drive, Dawesville

  • Dawesville Shopping CentreSupermarket
  • IGA DawesvilleSupermarket
Everyday services(1)
  • AmpolPetrol station
Community(2)
  • Ocean Road Primary SchoolSchool

    Ocean Road, Dawesville

  • Saint Damien’s Catholic Primary SchoolSchool

    Nyabing Pass, Dawesville

Health & services(3)
  • Dawesville Medical CentreMedical clinic
  • chemistPharmacy
  • TerryWhite ChemmartPharmacy
Sport & outdoors(52)
  • Beach (16)
  • Melros BeachBeach
  • Boat ramp
  • Melros Beach Shared PathCycling route
  • Pyramids/Florida Beach Shared PathCycling route
  • Melros Reserve ParkPark
  • Park (5)
  • Picnic area
  • Playground (7)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (16)
Camping & holiday parks(1)
  • Dawsville Holiday 7 VillageCaravan park
Transport(30)

30 bus stops

Other(6)
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Garden (5)
  • Outdoor Seating
  • Parking (24)
  • Shelter (3)
  • Mandurah Community Aged CareSocial Facility

    1 Echidna Entrance

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

Sporting clubs

2 named sporting clubs in this suburb

  • Port Bouvard Recreation & Sporting Club
  • Port Bouvard Yacht Club

    Sailing

Named sporting clubs from OpenStreetMap, assigned to this suburb's boundary. Sporting facilities such as ovals, courts and recreation centres are listed under Amenities.

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap sporting clubs — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Geofabrik australia-latest.osm.pbf

Parks & reserves

1 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Melros Reserve ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
1.2%
Woodland / forest cover
0.2%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
13
Parks (OSM)
10
Typical summer maximum
28°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

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
2
Nearest hospital
Peel Health Campus - Private (16.5 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
GP clinics in suburb
1
GPs tagged bulk billing (OSM)
0 of 1
Aged-care services
1
Residential aged-care places
144

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

  • Dawesville Medical CentreGP
  • TerryWhite ChemmartPharmacy
Aged-care services
  • Mandurah Community Aged CareDAWESVILLEResidential

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)
180
Participants per 1,000 residents
19.7

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
28° / 14°
Rainfall
56 mm · ~7 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
22° / 11°
Rainfall
193 mm · ~24 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
16° / 7°
Rainfall
477 mm · ~60 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
20° / 9°
Rainfall
204 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

Heritage

1 heritage place

  • Allandale Homestead495 Estuary Rd, Dawesville3077

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Heritage listings as established streetscape

Data sources & freshness

  • State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
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
Canning
Member of Parliament
Andrew HASTIE (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
119,262
Turnout (2025)
87.3%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-5.3 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 56.5%Labor 43.5%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 14.3 km away).

Coalition 57.3%Labor 42.7%

0.8 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -6.8 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • Dawesville WestLabor 42.9% · Coalition 57.1% TPP (2025)0.6 km away
  • DawesvilleLabor 38.2% · Coalition 61.8% TPP (2025)2.3 km away
  • WannanupLabor 44.1% · Coalition 55.9% TPP (2025)4.2 km away
  • Halls Head SouthLabor 43.1% · Coalition 56.9% TPP (2025)8.5 km away
  • Halls HeadLabor 45.1% · Coalition 54.9% TPP (2025)10.7 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)
4/10
IRSD decile (2021)
4/10

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

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