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Alkimos

Ranked #53 of 256 Perth suburbs for transit. Every number below comes from open data — official crime statistics, ABS census and GPS activity traces — not opinion.

By Formada3D research · Updated October 2026 · Perth
Alkimos suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Transit79#53 of 256
Value78#56 of 256
Parks64#80 of 256
Wealth53#120 of 256

Alkimos suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
44
#153 of 256
Wealth
53
#120 of 256
Value
78
#56 of 256
Parks
64
#80 of 256
Cafés
41
#157 of 256
Transit
79
#53 of 256
Green space
27
#212 of 256
Active & healthy
53
#109 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
53
#124 of 256

Alkimos rent, prices and other numbers

Population10,203
Area17.17 km²
Postcode6038
Median household income$2,035/wk
Median rent$360/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks41 (3.62 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score72/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park53.1% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues49
Public transport stops1
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)6 schools in the suburb — nearest is Saint James' Anglican School (0.4 km)

Median sale price: not available for Western Australia — Landgate sells suburb sales reports and REIWA's medians are commercial; there is no open-licence suburb-level sale price dataset for WA.

Who lives in Alkimos

Population
10,203
Median age
31 years
Median household income
$2,035/wk
Median rent
$360/wk

Source: ABS Census 2021. We do not hold a suburb-level renter/owner split, families-with-children rate, born-overseas rate or dwelling-type breakdown for Alkimos — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Alkimos

What is the postcode for Alkimos?

The postcode for Alkimos, Perth is 6038.

Is Alkimos a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Alkimos is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #53 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 6 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Alkimos expensive to live in?

Median rent is $360 a week, and household income ranks #120 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 78/100 for value.

Does Alkimos have good public transport?

It scores 79/100 for transit, #53 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Alkimos?

53% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.6 hectares per 1,000 residents — 27/100 for green space.

Scores are percentiles against every other suburb in Perth: 100 is the best in the city, 50 is mid-table. Updated October 2026 (last updated 2026-10-10). Sources: open GPS activity traces, official crime statistics, ABS census, OpenStreetMap.
About this data: every number on this page is computed from public sources — it is not an opinion or a sponsored placement. See how we rank suburbs for the full method.
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