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Lakelands, 6180

Est. population · Jun 2025

7,817

Growth (1 yr)

+5.7%

Growth (5 yr)

+26.0%

Median age

32

Median income

$1,804/wk

Employment rate

61.9%

University qualified

14.3%

Work from home

5.2%

Languages at home

12.2%non-English

Most common: Afrikaans, Filipino, Tagalog

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

38.5/100
Below average

412th in WA

Verified 93% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Excellent transport
  • Walkable
  • Outer suburban
What Lakelands is known for: Excellent transport, Walkable, Outer suburban

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Suburb profile

Lakelands is an outer metropolitan suburb of Perth, in Mandurah Council, with mainly mixed commercial and residential development. It is close to the Paganoni Lakes and the Coastal Lakes.

Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. Park access is a strong feature of the suburb, with park access 27% above the peer median. Rents sit a little below those in comparable places, with median rents 8% below the peer median. Population has been growing faster than in comparable places, with population growth 92% above the peer median. The main trade-offs are relatively limited childcare access and lower socio-economic advantage.

Lakelands is a better fit for people who value daily services and lower rents more than nearby family services.

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

Outer metropolitan suburb · compared with outer metropolitan suburbs in Western Australia (87)

Strengths

  • Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
  • Population has been growing faster than in comparable places
  • Rents sit a little below those in comparable places
  • Park access is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Childcare access is a relative weakness
  • Socio-economic advantage is a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Overseas-born and multilingual community
  • Paganoni Lakes
  • Coastal Lakes
  • Madora Bay

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Lakelands compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$620/wk

Population (ERP)

7,817

+5.7% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

6.9%

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

#66

among Metro Perth · Growth area

Pop. growth

97th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

24%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

4/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

49th

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
38.5/100 — Below average
National rank
4798th in Australia
State rank
412th in WA
Peer rank
#66 among Metro Perth · Growth area suburbs
Cohort rank
#227 among Metro Perth suburbs
Data confidence
93%

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)
$620
Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
855

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

7,817(June 2025)

+5.7% annual · +26.0% over 5 years · 97th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+5.7%
5-year growth
+26.0%
Change in 1 year
+419
Change in 5 years
+1,612
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 (~10,100), extrapolated at +5.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
6,171
Median age
32
Median household income / week
$1,804
Dwelling vacancy
6.9%
Unoccupied private dwellings
157 of 2,271
Median monthly mortgage
$1,750
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$350
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
20.4% / 56% / 23.6%
Employment rate
61.9%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
5.2% / 3.6% / 67.4%
Walked or cycled to work
1.5%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,103 / 7 / 0

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

14.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 25.5% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified14.3% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified9.8% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational25.5% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below50.4% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies22.1%
  • Management and commerce18.4%
  • Society and culture14.3%
  • Health12.3%
  • Education10.8%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services9.5%
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)
$63,925

63rd percentile in WA · +9% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$71,436

77th percentile in WA · +10% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
7.0%

7th percentile in WA · -49% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$55,759

37th percentile in WA · -12% vs Australia

Residents with business income
7.0%

29th percentile in WA · -33% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6180 — 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
4,751
Taxpayers reporting net rent
310
Median net rent
-$1,866
Taxpayers reporting business income
316
Taxable income vs state median
+5%
Salary / wages vs state median
+14%
Rental investment vs state median
-42%
Super vs state median
-12%
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

12.2% speak a language other than English at home; 32.9% born overseas

Language at home
5,186 English only · 722 other
Non-English at home
12.2%
Born overseas
1,949 (32.9%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
162 (2.6%)
Australian citizens
5,219
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
22

Top languages other than English

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

  • Afrikaans39 · 15.2%
  • Filipino36 · 14.1%
  • Tagalog24 · 9.4%
  • Malayalam16 · 6.2%
  • Mandarin15 · 5.9%
  • Hindi14 · 5.5%
  • Punjabi13 · 5.1%
  • Gujarati12 · 4.7%

Religion

49.1%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 49.1%, while Christianity accounts for 40.3%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion49.1%42.5%
Christianity40.3%41.1%
Other / not stated10.6%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic13.7%18.7%
Anglican10.9%10.1%
Christian (not further defined)4.4%3.4%
Baptist2.9%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 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
65.1th (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
5
Median school ICSEA (5 schools)
1,004
Median ICSEA percentile
49th
School list
  • Coastal Lakes CollegeSecondary · Government · ICSEA 975 · 35th percentile · LBOTE 10% · 1,145 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
  • Lakelands Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 970 · 33th percentile · LBOTE 21% · 646 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
  • Mandurah Baptist CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1049 · 68th percentile · LBOTE 19% · 1,383 students · Top SEA quarter 19% · 1.4 km awayView on My School →
  • St Marcellin Catholic CollegeCombined · Independent · ICSEA 1046 · 67th percentile · LBOTE 0% · 54 students · Top SEA quarter 15% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
  • Madora Bay Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1004 · 49th percentile · LBOTE 20% · 276 students · Top SEA quarter 6% · 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

Childcare

1 childcare service from OpenStreetMap

  • Nido Early Schoolchildcare

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Childcare centres per 1,000 residents

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated

Public transport

40 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Mandurah Rd Before Madora Beach Rd
  • Yindana Bvd After Catalina Dr
  • Yindana Bvd After Jileroo Br
  • Yindana Bvd After Lake Valley Dr
  • Yindana Bvd After Nullewa Pwy

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

225 mapped amenities

2 restaurants · 3 cafes · 2 supermarkets · 3 fast food · 1 libraries · 6 playgrounds · 1 sports centres · 69 swimming pools

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Great for outdoor family life — 11 parks mapped in suburb, 6 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 40 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 77 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
71/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.49
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
1.3
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.78
Food & drink(8)
  • Boost JuiceCafe
  • ChatimeCafe
  • The Coffee ClubCafe
  • KFCFast food
  • McDonald'sFast food
  • SubwayFast food
  • Lakeland Kebabs & PizzaRestaurant
  • Sarba'sRestaurant
Shopping(4)
  • KmartDepartment store
  • Lakelands Shopping CentreShopping centre
  • ALDISupermarket
  • ColesSupermarket
Everyday services(1)
  • Reddy ExpressPetrol station
Community(5)
  • Nido Early SchoolChildcare
  • Lakelands Community HouseCommunity centre
  • Lakelands Library and Community CentreLibrary
  • Coastal Lakes CollegeSchool

    135 Badgerup Avenue, Lakelands

  • Lakelands Primary SchoolSchool
Sport & outdoors(91)
  • Kwinana Freeway PSPCycling route
  • Lake Valley Drive Shared PathCycling route
  • Mandjoogoordap Drive PSPCycling route
  • Mandurah Road Shared PathCycling route
  • Park (10)
  • Playground (6)
  • BlueFit SwimmingSports centre
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (69)
Transport(35)

32 bus stops · 3 train stations

Other(11)
  • Bench
  • Bicycle Parking (10)
  • OzmosisClothes
  • Man Up GentsHairdresser
  • Baskin-RobbinsIce Cream
  • Parking (24)
  • Parking Space (38)
  • Picnic Table
  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Shelter (2)
  • EB GamesVideo Games

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

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
1.7%
Woodland / forest cover
0.3%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
13
Parks (OSM)
11
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

Nearest hospital
Peel Health Campus - Private (7.2 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
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).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
206
Participants per 1,000 residents
26.4

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
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 6.3 km away).

Coalition 53.7%Labor 46.3%

2.9 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -5.0 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • LakelandsLabor 46.8% · Coalition 53.2% TPP (2025)1.1 km away
  • Madora BayLabor 43.2% · Coalition 56.8% TPP (2025)1.8 km away
  • Meadow Springs NorthLabor 46.5% · Coalition 53.5% TPP (2025)3.6 km away
  • SingletonLabor 48.9% · Coalition 51.1% TPP (2025)3.8 km away
  • Meadow SpringsLabor 47.9% · Coalition 52.1% TPP (2025)5.0 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

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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