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Kardinya, 6163

Est. population · Jun 2025

10,613

Growth (1 yr)

+2.1%

Growth (5 yr)

+10.9%

Median age

42

Median income

$1,927/wk

Employment rate

61.8%

University qualified

32%

Work from home

7.4%

Languages at home

26.3%non-English

Most common: Mandarin, Italian, Cantonese

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

54.1/100
Average

Top 15% of Western Australia's suburbs

Verified 90% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Walkable
What Kardinya is known for: Walkable

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Suburb profile

Kardinya is a middle-ring metropolitan suburb of Perth, in Melville Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. It is close to the North Lake and Lake Senior Campus.

Walkability is a strong feature of the suburb. Park access is stronger than in comparable places, with park access 22% above the peer median. Rents sit a little below those in comparable places. Crime in the wider Fremantle Police District remains above typical levels but is improving. Reported offences have fallen 26% year on year. The clearer weaknesses are lower school ICSEA scores and limited health access, with health access 50% below the peer median.

Overall, Kardinya suits people prioritising lower rents and walkability over school quality.

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

  • Rents sit a little below those in comparable places
  • Walkability is a relative strength
  • Park access is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • School ICSEA scores are a relative weakness
  • Health-facility access is relatively limited

What stands out

  • Overseas-born and multilingual community
  • Swan River
  • North Lake
  • Lake Senior Campus
  • Lake Road
  • 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 Kardinya compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$680/wk

Population (ERP)

10,613

+2.1% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

6.0%

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

#39

among Metro Perth · Established

Pop. growth

76th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

21%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

9/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

51st

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
54.1/100 — Average
State standing
Top 15% of Western Australia's suburbs
National rank
1272nd in Australia
State rank
103rd in WA
Peer rank
#39 among Metro Perth · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#78 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)
$680
Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
4,757

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

10,613(June 2025)

+2.1% annual · +10.9% over 5 years · 76th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+2.1%
5-year growth
+10.9%
Change in 1 year
+223
Change in 5 years
+1,047
Growth rank in WA
76th 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 (~11,050), extrapolated at +0.8% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
9,137
Median age
42
Median household income / week
$1,927
Dwelling vacancy
6%
Unoccupied private dwellings
221 of 3,677
Median monthly mortgage
$2,003
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$390
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
44.1% / 34.9% / 20.9%
Employment rate
61.8%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
7.4% / 3.9% / 69.6%
Walked or cycled to work
1.4%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,978 / 352 / 121

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

32% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 14% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified32% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified10% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational14% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below44% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

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

  • Management and commerce22.4%
  • Engineering and related technologies19.2%
  • Health12.7%
  • Society and culture12%
  • Education9.8%
  • Natural and physical sciences5.5%
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)
$63,088

60th percentile in WA · +7% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$68,341

65th percentile in WA · +5% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
11.0%

34th percentile in WA · -20% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$69,001

58th percentile in WA · +9% vs Australia

Residents with business income
10.0%

69th percentile in WA · -4% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6163 — 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
38,440
Taxpayers reporting net rent
4,396
Median net rent
$232
Taxpayers reporting business income
3,949
Taxable income vs state median
+4%
Salary / wages vs state median
+9%
Rental investment vs state median
-8%
Super vs state median
+8%
Business income vs state median
+25%

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

26.3% speak a language other than English at home; 38.2% born overseas

Language at home
6,500 English only · 2,321 other
Non-English at home
26.3%
Born overseas
3,369 (38.2%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
65 (0.7%)
Australian citizens
7,693
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
32

Top languages other than English

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

  • Mandarin179 · 18.5%
  • Italian127 · 13.1%
  • Cantonese95 · 9.8%
  • Indonesian82 · 8.5%
  • Persian40 · 4.1%
  • Korean32 · 3.3%
  • Croatian31 · 3.2%
  • Tamil30 · 3.1%

Religion

49.8%Most common religion · Christianity

Christianity is the most common response at 49.8%, while 36.8% reported no religion.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion36.8%42.5%
Christianity49.8%41.1%
Hinduism2.1%2%
Islam2%2.5%
Buddhism2.9%2.2%
Other / not stated6.5%9.8%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic28.2%18.7%
Anglican8.9%10.1%
Christian (not further defined)2.8%3.4%
Uniting Church2.4%1.6%
Baptist2%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
61.3th (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)
1,010
Median ICSEA percentile
51th
School list
  • Kardinya Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1087 · 81th percentile · LBOTE 35% · 433 students · Top SEA quarter 36% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
  • North Lake Senior CampusSecondary · Government · ICSEA 991 · 42th percentile · LBOTE 60% · 335 students · Top SEA quarter 14% · 1.0 km awayView on My School →
  • Samson Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1065 · 74th percentile · LBOTE 26% · 342 students · Top SEA quarter 27% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
  • Kennedy Baptist CollegeSecondary · Independent · ICSEA 1113 · 87th percentile · LBOTE 21% · 1,244 students · Top SEA quarter 43% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →
  • Caralee Community SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1010 · 51th percentile · LBOTE 23% · 333 students · Top SEA quarter 24% · 1.9 km awayView on My School →
  • Coolbellup Community SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 905 · 12th percentile · LBOTE 29% · 153 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 1.9 km awayView on My School →
  • Fremantle Language Development CentreSpecial · Government · ICSEA 991 · 43th percentile · LBOTE 44% · 227 students · Top SEA quarter 9% · 1.9 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

43 public transport stops in this suburb

  • South St After North Lake Rd
  • South St After Petterson Av
  • South St After Plane Tree Gr
  • South St Before Gilbertson Rd
  • South St Before North Lake Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

156 mapped amenities

2 restaurants · 2 cafes · 1 pubs · 4 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 2 fast food · 13 playgrounds · 1 sports centres

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Great for outdoor family life — 21 parks mapped in suburb, 13 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 43 public transport stops
  • Good everyday shopping nearby — 6 shops and services
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 20 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
84/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.22
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.77
Parks per 1,000 residents
2.3
Food & drink(7)
  • CaffissimoCafe
  • Wild Bean CafeCafe
  • Chicken TreatFast food
  • Kardinya Kebab HouseFast food
  • Kardinya TavernPub
  • Formosa Vegetarian Eating HouseRestaurant
  • yi sushiRestaurant
Shopping(11)
  • LiquorlandBottle shop
  • Thirsty CamelBottle shop
  • BP ShopConvenience store
  • EzyPlus ConvenienceConvenience store
  • KmartDepartment store
  • Kardinya Park Shopping CentreShopping centre
  • ALDISupermarket

    17 South Street, Kardinya

  • ColesSupermarket

    1 South Street

  • UK Food Down UnderSupermarket
  • Wing Song Oriental SupermarketSupermarket
Everyday services(6)
  • ATM
  • ANZBank
  • WestpacBank
  • 7-ElevenPetrol station
  • BP KardinyaPetrol station
  • Kardinya PostPost office
Community(2)
  • Kardinya Primary SchoolSchool

    Ochiltree Way, Kardinya

  • North Lake Senior CampusSchool

    188 Winterfold Road, Kardinya

Health & services(1)
  • TerryWhite ChemmartPharmacy

    Unit 15 15 South Street

Sport & outdoors(43)
  • Kardinya Local RouteCycling route
  • F45 TrainingGym
  • Harold Field ReserveNature reserve
  • Alan Edwards ReservePark
  • Bill Dixton ParkPark
  • Dick Piercy ParkPark
  • Frederick Baldwin ParkPark
  • Harry Patterson ParkPark

    Stanbury Place

  • Leonard Goold ParkPark
  • Ormond Bowyer ParkPark
  • Park (13)
  • Playground (13)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports centre
  • Kardinya Bowling ClubSports field
  • Melville Hockey ClubSports field
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (2)
Transport(39)

39 bus stops

Other(23)
  • Alternative
  • Anoos ThreadingBeauty salon
  • Bench (8)
  • Bicycle Parking (2)
  • Mycar KardinyaCar repair
  • LowesClothes
  • Compressed Air
  • Kardinya Dry CleanersDry Cleaning
  • Fountain
  • Garden (5)
  • Peter Edwards Hair DesignHairdresser
  • Kardinya Health FoodsHealth Food
  • The Mobile MastersMobile Phone

    Unit Shop 23 1-15 South Street, Kardinya

  • Outdoor Seating
  • AmazonParcel Locker
  • AuspostParcel Locker
  • Parking (13)
  • Picnic Table
  • Post Box
  • Containers for ChangeRecycling
  • Shelter (2)
  • National StorageStorage Rental
  • BPVending machine

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

3 named sporting clubs in this suburb

  • CBC Fremantle Amateur Football Club
  • Kardinya Bowling Club

    Lawn Bowls

  • Melville Hockey Club

    Hockey

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

8 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Alan Edwards ReservePark
  • Bill Dixton ParkPark
  • Dick Piercy ParkPark
  • Frederick Baldwin ParkPark
  • Harold Field ReserveNature reserve
  • Harry Patterson ParkPark
  • Leonard Goold ParkPark
  • Ormond Bowyer ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
9.9%
Woodland / forest cover
0%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
21
Parks (OSM)
21
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

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
2
Nearest hospital
Saint John of God Murdoch Hospital (2.8 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
Emergency department in suburb
Not in suburb
GP clinics in suburb
0

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

  • AlternativeAlternative
  • TerryWhite ChemmartSouth StreetPharmacy

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
170
Participants per 1,000 residents
16.0

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

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 3.3 km away).

Coalition 39.3%Labor 60.7%

3.7 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +4.5 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • KardinyaLabor 58.8% · Coalition 41.2% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
  • Willagee EastLabor 61.2% · Coalition 38.8% TPP (2025)1.5 km away
  • WillageeLabor 69.9% · Coalition 30.1% TPP (2025)2.0 km away
  • WinthropLabor 60.7% · Coalition 39.3% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
  • Melville SouthLabor 62.8% · Coalition 37.2% 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

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
9/10
IRSD decile (2021)
8/10

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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