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WA · Canning Council
Ferndale, 6148
Est. population · Jun 2025
4,972
Growth (1 yr)
+1.0%
Growth (5 yr)
+6.6%
Median age
41
Median income
$1,533/wk
Employment rate
56.3%
Languages at home
22.3%non-English
Most common: Mandarin, Cantonese, Arabic
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- National parks
- Excellent transport
- High desirability
- Education hub
Suburb profile
Ferndale is a practical mid-sized suburb in Canning Council, well placed for families who want metro access without the inner-city squeeze. Residents are mostly families and working professionals, with plenty of young families in the mix. Many residents were born overseas or speak a language other than English at home.
School and preschool provision is plentiful within the local area. Parks and open space are a real strength relative to many metro suburbs, easy for walks, sport and weekend downtime. Getting around is straightforward, with buses tying neighbouring communities together.
Property sits in a premium price band and is harder to enter for many buyers. Crime trends have improved of late compared with the previous period.
Versus similar metro suburbs, the suburb reads around average on desirability, chiefly because community and employment trail behind.
At a glance
Ferndale snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$750/wk
Population (ERP)
4,972
+1.0% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
7.8%
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
#37
among Metro Perth · Emerging
Safety
18th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
45th
percentile in WA
Advantage (IRSAD)
5/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
59th
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
- 48.9/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 33% of Western Australia's suburbs
- National rank
- 2318th in Australia
- State rank
- 227th in WA
- Peer rank
- #37 among Metro Perth · Emerging suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #170 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)
- $750
- Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
- 1,407
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
4,972(June 2025)
+1.0% annual · +6.6% over 5 years · 45th percentile in WA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.0%
- 5-year growth
- +6.6%
- Change in 1 year
- +48
- Change in 5 years
- +308
- 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 (~5,100), extrapolated at +0.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 4,457
- Median age
- 41
- Median household income / week
- $1,533
- Dwelling vacancy
- 7.8%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 145 of 1,867
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,700
- Employment rate
- 56.3%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 1,422 / 300 / 6
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)
- 14,034
- Against the person
- 3,038
- Against property
- 8,831
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 2,822.6
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 1 residents
- State safety percentile
- 17.8th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -21.1%
Most common offence types
- Assault (Family)1296
- Drug Offences1447
- Fraud & Related Offences1434
- Property Damage1416
- Stealing4650
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
- 8
- Median school ICSEA (8 schools)
- 1,026
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 59th
School list
- Fountain CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1022 · 57th percentile · LBOTE 98% · 608 students · Top SEA quarter 11% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
- Bannister Creek Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1036 · 62th percentile · LBOTE 52% · 607 students · Top SEA quarter 20% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
- Lynwood Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1002 · 47th percentile · LBOTE 56% · 1,264 students · Top SEA quarter 13% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
- Brookman Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 963 · 30th percentile · LBOTE 61% · 323 students · Top SEA quarter 12% · 1.6 km awayView on My School →
- Parkwood Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1030 · 60th percentile · LBOTE 56% · 619 students · Top SEA quarter 20% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
- St Jude's Catholic SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1049 · 68th percentile · LBOTE 92% · 189 students · Top SEA quarter 21% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
- Wilson Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1022 · 57th percentile · LBOTE 73% · 291 students · Top SEA quarter 19% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
- Al-Ameen CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1087 · 81th percentile · LBOTE 84% · 1,145 students · Top SEA quarter 36% · 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
- Ferndale Child Health Centrekindergarten
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
34 public transport stops in this suburb
- Ferndale Cr After Karri Wy
- Ferndale Cr After Lambertia Wy
- Ferndale Cr Before Bern Rd
- Ferndale Cr Before Dampiera Wy
- High Rd Before Bold Pl
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
120 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 pharmacies · 1 fast food · 1 places of worship · 6 playgrounds · 51 swimming pools
Local character & venue list
Local character
- A car helps for daily errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 10 parks mapped in suburb, 6 playgrounds nearby
- Well connected by public transport — 34 public transport stops
- Strong local sport and recreation — 58 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
- Walkability proxy
- 47/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.22
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 2.24
Food & drink(1)
- Seoul Fried ChickenFast food
560 Metcalfe Road, Ferndale
Shopping(1)
No named venues listed.
Community(1)
- Ferndale Child Health CentreKindergarten
Health & services(3)
- Horner ChiropracticClinic
Unit 3 564 Metcalfe Road, Ferndale
- Ferndale PharmacyPharmacy
Unit 2 564 Metcalfe Road, Ferndale
- Lynwood Veterinary ClinicVeterinary
Sport & outdoors(59)
- Ferndale Flats ParkPark
- City of GosnellsPlayground
- Playground (5)
- Sports field
- Swimming pool (51)
Transport(30)
30 bus stops
Other(13)
- Bench (4)
- City of CanningBench
- Drinking water (3)
- Out of OrderDrinking water
- Paradee Hair StudioHairdresser
- Parking (3)
- Parking Entrance (5)
- Lynwood Christian ChurchPlace of worship
32 Latham Road, Ferndale
- Australia PostPost Box
- Shelter (3)
- Shower
- City of CanningWaste Basket
- Waste Basket
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
9 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Bannister CreekPark
- Bridgeway ParkPark
- Canning River Regional ParkNature reserve
- Ferndale Flats ParkPark
- Ferndale ParkPark
- Lambertia Creek ParkPark
- Saurel ParkPark
- Yarnall ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 11
- Parks (OSM)
- 10
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
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Lynwood Christian Church
32 Latham Road, Ferndale
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 3
- Nearest hospital
- Bentley Health Service (2.7 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Ferndale PharmacyMetcalfe RoadPharmacy
- Horner ChiropracticMetcalfe RoadClinic
- Parkwood Physiotherapy CentreMetcalfe RoadPhysiotherapist
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)
- 98
- 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
- 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
- Swan
- Member of Parliament
- Zaneta MASCARENHAS (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 116,105
- Turnout (2025)
- 87.3%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +4.6 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 36.0%Labor 64.0%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 3.4 km away).
Coalition 34.7%Labor 65.3%
1.3 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +7.2 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- Ferndale EastLabor 63.5% · Coalition 36.5% TPP (2025)0.4 km away
- FerndaleLabor 63.7% · Coalition 36.3% TPP (2025)0.8 km away
- LynwoodLabor 69.2% · Coalition 30.8% TPP (2025)1.0 km away
- LangfordLabor 77.0% · Coalition 23.0% TPP (2025)1.4 km away
- WilsonLabor 65.4% · Coalition 34.6% TPP (2025)2.0 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)
- 5/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 5/10
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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