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Brabham

Ranked #40 of 256 Perth suburbs for value. 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
Brabham suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Value85#40 of 256
Parks72#59 of 256
Wealth65#89 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)60#102 of 256

Brabham suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
32
#192 of 256
Wealth
65
#89 of 256
Value
85
#40 of 256
Parks
72
#59 of 256
Cafés
46
#139 of 256
Transit
39
#87 of 256
Green space
24
#218 of 256
Active & healthy
38
#205 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
60
#102 of 256

Brabham rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,665
Area5.81 km²
Postcode6055
Median household income$2,155/wk
Median rent$370/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks22 (2.46 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score62/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park72.9% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues13
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)4 schools in the suburb — nearest is Nido Early School (0.54 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 Brabham

Population
8,665
Median age
29 years
Median household income
$2,155/wk
Median rent
$370/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 Brabham — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Brabham

What is the postcode for Brabham?

The postcode for Brabham, Perth is 6055.

Is Brabham a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Brabham is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #40 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 5 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Brabham expensive to live in?

Median rent is $370 a week, and household income ranks #89 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 85/100 for value.

Does Brabham have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #87 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Brabham?

73% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.5 hectares per 1,000 residents — 24/100 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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