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WA · Rockingham Council

Secret Harbour, 6173

Est. population · Jun 2025

14,883

Growth (1 yr)

+3.2%

Growth (5 yr)

+17.8%

Median age

34

Median income

$2,492/wk

Employment rate

71.4%

University qualified

15.9%

Work from home

5.8%

Languages at home

5.8%non-English

Most common: Afrikaans, Italian, Portuguese

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

46.2/100
Average

Top 33% of Western Australia's suburbs

Verified 88% confidence

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

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Suburb profile

Secret Harbour is a coastal town in Western Australia, in Rockingham Council. It is close to the Warnbro Sound.

Employment is stronger than in comparable places, with employment 25% above the peer median. Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. School access is a strong feature of the suburb, with school access 33% above the peer median. Green cover is an exceptional strength, with green cover 112% 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. Rents run above those in comparable places.

Overall, the suburb suits people prioritising employment and daily services over lower rents.

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

  • Employment is a relative strength
  • Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
  • School access is a relative strength
  • Green cover is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Rents run above those in comparable places

What stands out

  • Secret Harbour Beach
  • Overseas-born and multilingual community
  • Warnbro Sound
  • 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 Secret Harbour compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$700/wk

Population (ERP)

14,883

+3.2% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

6.2%

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

#2

among Coastal & beach · Growth area

Pop. growth

88th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

20%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

8/10

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
46.2/100 — Average
State standing
Top 33% of Western Australia's suburbs
National rank
2849th in Australia
State rank
229th in WA
Peer rank
#2 among Coastal & beach · Growth area suburbs
Cohort rank
#32 among Coastal & beach suburbs
Data confidence
88%

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)
$700
Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
672

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

14,883(June 2025)

+3.2% annual · +17.8% over 5 years · 88th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+3.2%
5-year growth
+17.8%
Change in 1 year
+459
Change in 5 years
+2,251
Growth rank in WA
88th 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 (~17,700), extrapolated at +3.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
12,474
Median age
34
Median household income / week
$2,492
Dwelling vacancy
6.2%
Unoccupied private dwellings
256 of 4,126
Median monthly mortgage
$2,000
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$380
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
18.6% / 61.7% / 19.7%
Employment rate
71.4%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
5.8% / 4% / 67.5%
Walked or cycled to work
1.2%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
3,822 / 38 / 3

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

15.9% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 26.2% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified15.9% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified11.5% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational26.2% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below46.4% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies24.4%
  • Management and commerce17.4%
  • Society and culture12.3%
  • Health12.2%
  • Education10.7%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services7.9%
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)
$71,552

88th percentile in WA · +22% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$76,400

92nd percentile in WA · +18% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
9.0%

21st percentile in WA · -35% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$76,719

69th percentile in WA · +21% vs Australia

Residents with business income
6.0%

22nd percentile in WA · -42% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6173 — 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
8,380
Taxpayers reporting net rent
789
Median net rent
-$2,021
Taxpayers reporting business income
520
Taxable income vs state median
+18%
Salary / wages vs state median
+22%
Rental investment vs state median
-25%
Super vs state median
+20%
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

5.8% speak a language other than English at home; 35.5% born overseas

Language at home
11,318 English only · 691 other
Non-English at home
5.8%
Born overseas
4,277 (35.5%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
265 (2.1%)
Australian citizens
10,693
Languages spoken at home (other than English)
24

Top languages other than English

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

  • Afrikaans66 · 28.4%
  • Italian17 · 7.3%
  • Portuguese16 · 6.9%
  • German15 · 6.5%
  • Spanish15 · 6.5%
  • Mandarin13 · 5.6%
  • Australian Indigenous languages10 · 4.3%
  • Tagalog10 · 4.3%

Religion

53.8%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 53.8%, while Christianity accounts for 39.2%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion53.8%42.5%
Christianity39.2%41.1%
Other / not stated7%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic15%18.7%
Anglican14%10.1%
Christian (not further defined)2.9%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
66.6th (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
4
Median school ICSEA (4 schools)
1,004.5
Median ICSEA percentile
49th
School list
  • Secret Harbour Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1017 · 55th percentile · LBOTE 10% · 644 students · Top SEA quarter 12% · 0.2 km awayView on My School →
  • Comet Bay CollegeSecondary · Government · ICSEA 1004 · 49th percentile · LBOTE 4% · 1,879 students · Top SEA quarter 10% · 1.2 km awayView on My School →
  • Comet Bay Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1005 · 49th percentile · LBOTE 13% · 638 students · Top SEA quarter 10% · 1.3 km awayView on My School →
  • Golden Bay Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 961 · 29th percentile · LBOTE 12% · 511 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 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

56 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Warnbro Sound Av After Secret Harbour Bvd
  • Warnbro Sound Av After Secret Harbour Bvd
  • Warnbro Sound Av After Surf Dr
  • Warnbro Sound Av Before Anstey Rd
  • Warnbro Sound Av Before Peaceful Bay Prom

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

194 mapped amenities

1 restaurants · 3 cafes · 2 bars · 3 supermarkets · 4 fast food · 1 places of worship · 8 playgrounds · 2 sports centres

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Great for outdoor family life — 20 parks mapped in suburb, 8 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 56 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 12 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
75/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.24
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.8
Parks per 1,000 residents
1.6
Food & drink(10)
  • The Harbour Sports, Bar, GrillBar
  • Whistling KiteBar
  • DômeCafe
  • Jamaica BlueCafe
  • Surfing LizardCafe

    11 Palermo Cove

  • McDonald'sFast food
  • Secret Harbour Fish and ChipsFast food
  • Secret Harbour PizzaFast food
  • SubwayFast food
  • YogiRestaurant
Shopping(6)
  • CellarbrationsBottle shop
  • Dan Murphy'sBottle shop

    420 Secret Harbour Boulevard

  • Secret Harbour SquareShopping centre

    420 Secret Harbour Boulevard

  • ALDISupermarket

    420 Secret Harbour Boulevard

  • ColesSupermarket
  • WoolworthsSupermarket

    420 Warnbro Sound Avenue, Secret Harbour

Everyday services(1)
  • AmpolPetrol station
Community(4)
  • Comet Bay CollegeSchool

    2 Allatoona Avenue

  • Comet Bay Primary SchoolSchool
  • School
  • Secret Harbour Primary SchoolSchool

    178 Maratea Parade, Secret Harbour

Sport & outdoors(41)
  • BBQ (2)
  • Beach
  • Secret Harbour BeachBeach
  • Secret Harbour Shared PathCycling route
  • Drinking water (2)
  • Anytime FitnessGym
  • Hidden SwampNature reserve
  • Anvils ParkPark
  • Oasis ReservePark

    Oasis Drive, Secret Harbour

  • Park (17)
  • Three Bears Loop ReservePark
  • Playground (6)
  • Secret Harbour SquarePlayground
  • The Harbour Playground (Octopus Park)Playground
  • Public toilets
  • Secret Harbour Surf Lifesaving ClubSports centre
  • State SwimSports centre
  • Sports field
Entertainment(2)
  • Viewpoint (2)
Transport(50)

50 bus stops

Other(19)
  • Bench (11)
  • Bicycle Parking (11)
  • Secret Harbour Volunteer Fire and Rescue ServiceFire station
  • Red DotGeneral
  • Smokemart & GiftBoxGift
  • KC BarberHairdresser
  • ProudsJewelry
  • OPSMOptician
  • Parking (15)
  • Staff ParkingParking
  • Picnic Table (4)
  • Place of worship
  • Containers for Change Drop OffRecycling
  • Shelter (6)
  • Shower (6)
  • Telstra PayphoneTelephone
  • Track (6)
  • Waste Basket (4)
  • Water Point (7)

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

1 named sporting club in this suburb

  • Secret Harbour Surf Lifesaving Club

    Surf Life Saving

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

4 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Anvils ParkPark
  • Hidden SwampNature reserve
  • Oasis ReservePark
  • Three Bears Loop ReservePark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
8.9%
Woodland / forest cover
3.9%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
108
Parks (OSM)
20
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

Places of worship

1 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • Place of worship

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Nearest hospital
Waikiki Private Hospital (10.6 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0
Aged-care services
1

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

Aged-care services
  • Poppy's Home Care Pty LtdSECRET HARBOURHome Care

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)
350
Participants per 1,000 residents
23.5

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
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 11.6 km away).

Coalition 49.9%Labor 50.1%

6.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -13.6 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • Secret HarbourLabor 49.9% · Coalition 50.1% TPP (2025)0.3 km away
  • Secret Harbour SouthLabor 53.2% · Coalition 46.8% TPP (2025)1.1 km away
  • Golden BayLabor 51.9% · Coalition 48.1% TPP (2025)1.9 km away
  • SingletonLabor 48.9% · Coalition 51.1% TPP (2025)3.8 km away
  • Madora BayLabor 43.2% · Coalition 56.8% TPP (2025)6.2 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)
8/10
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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