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Swan View, 6056

Est. population · Jun 2025

8,942

Growth (1 yr)

+2.4%

Growth (5 yr)

+13.3%

Median age

44

Median income

$1,403/wk

Employment rate

55.2%

University qualified

12.7%

Work from home

5.7%

Languages at home

10.6%non-English

Most common: Italian, Mandarin, Croatian

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

50.5/100
Average

Top 23% of Western Australia's suburbs

Verified 93% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Walkable
What Swan View is known for: Walkable

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Suburb profile

Swan View is a middle-ring metropolitan suburb of Perth, in Mundaring Council. It is mainly residential, with little in the way of a distinct commercial centre or landmark identity.

Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places. Open-space access is better than in most comparable places, with park access 48% above the peer median. Rents are unusually low against comparable places, with median rents 13% below the peer median. Population growth is a strong feature of the suburb, with population growth 28% above the peer median. The clearer weaknesses are lower school ICSEA scores and fewer university qualifications.

Swan View's appeal is better explained by housing, access and location than by a strong standalone precinct or destination.

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 are unusually low against comparable places
  • Shops and everyday services are easier to access than in most comparable places
  • Open-space access is better than in most comparable places
  • Population growth is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • School ICSEA scores are a relative weakness
  • University qualifications sit well below the peer median

What stands out

Nothing distinctive beyond the usual profile.

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • Students
  • Budget buyers

Housing, growth and risk

How Swan View compares

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

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent

$625/wk

Population (ERP)

8,942

+2.4% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

7.2%

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

#48

among Metro Perth · Established

Pop. growth

79th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

21%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

3/10

national SEIFA decile

School ICSEA

30th

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
50.5/100 — Average
State standing
Top 23% of Western Australia's suburbs
National rank
1905th in Australia
State rank
160th in WA
Peer rank
#48 among Metro Perth · Established suburbs
Cohort rank
#112 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)
$625
Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
3,706

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

8,942(June 2025)

+2.4% annual · +13.3% over 5 years · 79th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+2.4%
5-year growth
+13.3%
Change in 1 year
+208
Change in 5 years
+1,051
Growth rank in WA
79th 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 (~9,450), extrapolated at +1.1% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
7,889
Median age
44
Median household income / week
$1,403
Dwelling vacancy
7.2%
Unoccupied private dwellings
245 of 3,404
Median monthly mortgage
$1,647
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$320
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
36.1% / 42.7% / 21.2%
Employment rate
55.2%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
5.7% / 3% / 72.7%
Walked or cycled to work
1.3%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
2,830 / 315 / 5

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

12.7% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 21.6% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified12.7% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified8.4% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational21.6% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below57.3% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

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

  • Engineering and related technologies23.3%
  • Management and commerce17.7%
  • Society and culture12.7%
  • Health11.1%
  • Education9.2%
  • Food, hospitality and personal services7.2%
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)
$62,614

58th percentile in WA · +7% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$67,896

64th percentile in WA · +4% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
9.0%

18th percentile in WA · -35% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$61,953

48th percentile in WA · -2% vs Australia

Residents with business income
8.0%

43rd percentile in WA · -23% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6056 — 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
27,838
Taxpayers reporting net rent
2,606
Median net rent
-$387
Taxpayers reporting business income
2,194
Taxable income vs state median
+3%
Salary / wages vs state median
+8%
Rental investment vs state median
-25%
Super vs state median
-3%
Business income vs state median
0%

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

10.6% speak a language other than English at home; 25.2% born overseas

Language at home
6,650 English only · 791 other
Non-English at home
10.6%
Born overseas
1,880 (25.2%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
430 (5.5%)
Australian citizens
6,907
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).

  • Italian81 · 32.1%
  • Mandarin29 · 11.5%
  • Croatian15 · 6%
  • Filipino14 · 5.6%
  • Tagalog13 · 5.2%
  • Australian Indigenous languages11 · 4.4%
  • German8 · 3.2%
  • Polish8 · 3.2%

Religion

44.8%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 44.8%, while Christianity accounts for 44.5%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion44.8%42.5%
Christianity44.5%41.1%
Other / not stated10.7%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic20.3%18.7%
Anglican11.2%10.1%
Christian (not further defined)4%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 Midland 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)
10,510
Against the person
3,082
Against property
5,537
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
44.3
State crime-rate percentile
7.4th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-37.1%

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)
958
Median ICSEA percentile
30th
School list
  • Swan View Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 904 · 11th percentile · LBOTE 40% · 289 students · Top SEA quarter 3% · 0.5 km awayView on My School →
  • Swan View Senior High SchoolSecondary · Government · ICSEA 919 · 15th percentile · LBOTE 25% · 706 students · Top SEA quarter 3% · 1.1 km awayView on My School →
  • Greenmount Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 997 · 45th percentile · LBOTE 13% · 380 students · Top SEA quarter 13% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
  • St Anthony's SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1020 · 56th percentile · LBOTE 19% · 390 students · Top SEA quarter 13% · 1.8 km awayView on My School →

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Median school ICSEA first, then school and catchment counts

Data sources & freshness

Childcare

4 childcare services from OpenStreetMap

  • Brookview Family Centrekindergarten
  • Swan View Child Health Centrekindergarten
  • kindergartenkindergarten
  • kindergartenkindergarten

Contributes to desirability score · Education (14%)

Childcare centres per 1,000 residents

Data sources & freshness

  • Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated

Public transport

77 public transport stops in this suburb

  • Morrison Rd After Ferrier St
  • Morrison Rd After Myles Rd
  • Morrison Rd Before Amherst Rd
  • Morrison Rd Before Fairfax Rd
  • Morrison Rd Before Marlboro Rd

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Public transport stops per 1,000 residents and walkability

Data sources & freshness

Amenities

231 mapped amenities

1 restaurants · 1 cafes · 1 pubs · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 2 fast food · 3 places of worship · 7 playgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Highly walkable for shops and everyday services
  • Great for outdoor family life — 22 parks mapped in suburb, 7 playgrounds nearby
  • Well connected by public transport — 77 public transport stops
  • Strong local sport and recreation — 78 sport and outdoor facilities nearby
Walkability proxy
80/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0.13
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0.63
Parks per 1,000 residents
2.79
Food & drink(5)
  • Old Pa'sCafe
  • Domino'sFast food

    Unit 7 309 Morrison Road, Swan View

  • SubwayFast food
  • Pig & Whistle Bar & BistroPub

    305 Morrison Road, Swan View

  • Pizza HutRestaurant
Shopping(5)
  • LiquorlandBottle shop

    Morrison, Swan View

  • Swan View Shopping CentreShopping centre
  • ColesSupermarket
  • IGA Swan ViewSupermarket
Everyday services(1)
  • Petro Fuels Swan ViewPetrol station

    Swan View

Community(6)
  • Brookview Family CentreKindergarten
  • Kindergarten
  • Swan View Child Health CentreKindergarten
  • School
  • Swan View Primary SchoolSchool

    380 Morrison Road, Swan View

  • Swan View Senior High SchoolSchool

    Gladstone Avenue, Swan View

Health & services(1)
  • Swan View PharmacyPharmacy

    40-42 Marlboro Road

Sport & outdoors(104)
  • Eaglemont ParkPark
  • Natham Square ParkPark
  • Park (19)
  • Walton ParkPark
  • Picnic area
  • Playground (7)
  • Public toilets
  • Sports field
  • Swimming pool (70)
  • Eagle's View Walk TrailWalking trail
  • Little Eagle Walk TrailWalking trail
Transport(65)

65 bus stops

Other(16)
  • Swan View Train StationAttraction
  • Bench (3)
  • Bicycle Parking
  • Heritage TrailInformation
  • Information
  • John Forrest NPInformation
  • Railway Reserves Heritage TrailInformation
  • Parking (25)
  • Place of worship
  • Swan View Salvation Army ChurchPlace of worship

    371 Morrison Road, Swan View

  • Uniting Church Swan ViewPlace of worship
  • Australia PostPost Box
  • Swan View VillasSocial Facility
  • TelstraTelephone
  • Track
  • Waste Basket (4)

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

Parks & reserves

3 parks and public open space in this suburb

  • Eaglemont ParkPark
  • Natham Square ParkPark
  • Walton ParkPark

Data sources & freshness

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
6.4%
Woodland / forest cover
1.6%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
37
Parks (OSM)
22
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

3 places of worship within ~1.5 km

  • Place of worship
  • Swan View Salvation Army Church

    371 Morrison Road, Swan View

  • Uniting Church Swan View

From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.

Data sources & freshness

Health access

Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
1
Nearest hospital
St John of God Midland Public and Private Hospitals (4.3 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).

  • Swan View PharmacyMarlboro RoadPharmacy

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
282
Participants per 1,000 residents
31.5

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
Bullwinkel
Member of Parliament
Trish COOK (Australian Labor Party)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
121,364
Turnout (2025)
89.4%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
-2.8 pp toward Coalition

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 49.5%Labor 50.5%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 5.0 km away).

Coalition 43.1%Labor 56.9%

6.4 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: -2.7 pp toward Coalition

Nearest polling places

  • Swan ViewLabor 58.7% · Coalition 41.3% TPP (2025)0.8 km away
  • Swan View EastLabor 51.8% · Coalition 48.2% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
  • GreenmountLabor 60.0% · Coalition 40.0% TPP (2025)1.6 km away
  • StrattonLabor 68.5% · Coalition 31.4% TPP (2025)2.1 km away
  • Stratton NorthLabor 58.0% · Coalition 42.0% TPP (2025)2.3 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)
3/10
IRSD decile (2021)
3/10

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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