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WA · Stirling Council
Westminster, 6061
Est. population · Jun 2025
8,292
Growth (1 yr)
+2.3%
Growth (5 yr)
+13.4%
Median age
34
Median income
$1,404/wk
Employment rate
60.1%
Languages at home
49.8%non-English
Most common: Punjabi, Vietnamese, Arabic
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Education hub
- Excellent transport
- High desirability
- Café precinct
- Cycling
Suburb profile
Westminster is a practical mid-sized suburb in Stirling Council, well placed for families who want metro access without the inner-city squeeze. Residents are mostly families and working professionals, with a strong presence of young families throughout. This is a strongly multicultural suburb: overseas-born and multilingual households make up much of the community.
There is a dense cluster of schools and early-learning options nearby. Green space punches above what many metro suburbs offer, with parks and playgrounds woven through the suburb. Everyday errands are walkable, and buses keep the wider city within easy reach.
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.
The desirability picture is around average, weighed down by softer community and employment, plus local dining and lifestyle amenities relative to similar metro suburbs.
At a glance
Westminster snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$700/wk
Population (ERP)
8,292
+2.3% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
7.7%
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
#44
among Metro Perth · Growth area
Safety
8th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
77th
percentile in WA
Advantage (IRSAD)
2/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
36th
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
- 51.6/100 — Average
- State standing
- Top 28% of Western Australia's suburbs
- National rank
- 1957th in Australia
- State rank
- 189th in WA
- Peer rank
- #44 among Metro Perth · Growth area suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #141 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)
- $700
- Rental bonds lodged (wa-rental-bond/Monthly Bond Lodgement Summary (CSV)-(01-12-2025-31-12-2025).csv)
- 5,445
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
8,292(June 2025)
+2.3% annual · +13.4% over 5 years · 77th percentile in WA
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +2.3%
- 5-year growth
- +13.4%
- Change in 1 year
- +183
- Change in 5 years
- +983
- Growth rank in WA
- 77th 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 (~9,400), extrapolated at +2.5% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 7,042
- Median age
- 34
- Median household income / week
- $1,404
- Dwelling vacancy
- 7.7%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 238 of 3,075
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,517
- Employment rate
- 60.1%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 1,783 / 1,012 / 39
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)
- 12,039
- Against the person
- 2,891
- Against property
- 7,029
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 1,451.9
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 2 residents
- State safety percentile
- 8.1th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
- -20.1%
Most common offence types
- Assault (Family)1233
- Drug Offences1468
- Fraud & Related Offences1104
- Property Damage1195
- Stealing3582
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
- 19
- Median school ICSEA (19 schools)
- 977
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 36th
School list
- Westminster Education Support CentreSpecial · Government · ICSEA 979 · 37th percentile · LBOTE 61% · 97 students · Top SEA quarter 11% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
- Westminster Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 971 · 34th percentile · LBOTE 77% · 372 students · Top SEA quarter 10% · 0.3 km awayView on My School →
- Balga Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 937 · 20th percentile · LBOTE 81% · 213 students · Top SEA quarter 4% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
- St Gerard's Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1015 · 54th percentile · LBOTE 82% · 176 students · Top SEA quarter 9% · 0.9 km awayView on My School →
- Gladys Newton SchoolSpecial · Government · ICSEA 1008 · 50th percentile · LBOTE 38% · 157 students · Top SEA quarter 21% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Majella Catholic Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 958 · 28th percentile · LBOTE 87% · 233 students · Top SEA quarter 5% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- Warriapendi Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 965 · 31th percentile · LBOTE 65% · 266 students · Top SEA quarter 8% · 1.5 km awayView on My School →
- St Lawrence Primary SchoolPrimary · Catholic · ICSEA 1060 · 72th percentile · LBOTE 47% · 200 students · Top SEA quarter 26% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
- Takari Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1055 · 70th percentile · LBOTE 48% · 193 students · Top SEA quarter 24% · 1.7 km awayView on My School →
- Y School WASpecial · Independent · ICSEA 944 · 22th percentile · LBOTE 7% · 103 students · Top SEA quarter 11% · 1.7 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
2 childcare services from OpenStreetMap
- Amelia Street Early LearningAmelia Streetchildcare
- YMCA Westminster Early Learning CentreChipala Roadchildcare
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
Childcare centre count
Data sources & freshness
- Childcare services — OpenStreetMap · current · Updated
Public transport
30 public transport stops in this suburb
- Mirrabooka Av After Milldale Wy
- Wanneroo Rd - Stirling Central Shopping Ctr
- Wanneroo Rd After Amberley Wy
- Wanneroo Rd After Main St
- Wanneroo Rd Before Amelia St
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
58 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
2 restaurants · 2 supermarkets · 1 pharmacies · 3 fast food · 1 petrol stations
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Highly walkable for everyday errands
- Great for outdoor family life — 11 parks mapped in suburb
- Well connected by public transport — 30 public transport stops
- Walkability proxy
- 80/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 0.71
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 1.56
Food & drink(5)
- Fast food
- Hungry Jack'sFast food
- McDonald'sFast food
- 3 ElementsRestaurant
- Chili MasterRestaurant
Shopping(3)
- SpudshedSupermarket
- WoolworthsSupermarket
Community(1)
- Vietnamese Catholic ClubCommunity centre
Health & services(2)
- Westminster Day SurgeryClinic
- Chemist WarehousePharmacy
Transport(33)
33 bus stops
Other(9)
- BWSAlcohol
- Bicycle Parking (5)
- Bowra & O'DeaFuneral Directors
- Stirling LaundretteLaundry
Unit 37 478 Wanneroo Road
- Insight Eye ClinicOptician
- Cash ConvertersPawnbroker
- AmpolPetrol station
- TelstraTelephone
- Waste Basket (3)
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
4 parks and public open space in this suburb
- Esperanto Harris Gibb ReservePark
- Galluccio ReservePark
- Matt Williams ReservePark
- Ted Cross Memorial ParkPark
Data sources & freshness
- Parks & reserves — State government + ABS LGA boundaries · current · Updated
Green cover
- Parks & woodland (OSM)
- 11
- Parks (OSM)
- 11
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
Health access
- Hospitals & GP clinics in suburb
- 2
- Nearest hospital
- Osborne Park Hospital (4.0 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
- Emergency department in suburb
- Not in suburb
- Chemist WarehousePharmacy
- Westminster Day SurgeryClinic
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)
- 195
- 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
- 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
- Cowan
- Member of Parliament
- Anne ALY (Australian Labor Party)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 116,491
- Turnout (2025)
- 88.7%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +3.7 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 36.4%Labor 63.6%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 2.3 km away).
Coalition 30.3%Labor 69.7%
6.0 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: +3.8 pp toward Labor
Nearest polling places
- WestminsterLabor 69.6% · Coalition 30.4% TPP (2025)0.5 km away
- BalgaLabor 71.5% · Coalition 28.5% TPP (2025)0.7 km away
- Balga NorthLabor 68.6% · Coalition 31.4% TPP (2025)1.8 km away
- Dianella WestLabor 68.7% · Coalition 31.3% TPP (2025)1.8 km away
- Balcatta NorthLabor 62.0% · Coalition 38.0% TPP (2025)1.9 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)
- 2/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 2/10
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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