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Carlisle

Ranked #57 of 256 Perth suburbs for cafés. 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
Carlisle suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Cafés77#57 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)65#83 of 256
Value52#122 of 256
Transit39#97 of 256

Carlisle suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
18
#224 of 256
Wealth
36
#165 of 256
Value
52
#122 of 256
Parks
16
#229 of 256
Cafés
77
#57 of 256
Transit
39
#97 of 256
Green space
16
#237 of 256
Active & healthy
38
#206 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
65
#83 of 256

Carlisle rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,733
Area2.53 km²
Postcode6101
Median household income$1,766/wk
Median rent$340/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks5 (0.68 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score42/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park75.7% of the suburb
Cafés3
Gyms & sport venues8
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Australian Islamic College (0.18 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 Carlisle

Population
6,733
Median age
36 years
Median household income
$1,766/wk
Median rent
$340/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 Carlisle — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Carlisle

What is the postcode for Carlisle?

The postcode for Carlisle, Perth is 6101.

Is Carlisle a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Carlisle is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #57 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 4 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Carlisle expensive to live in?

Median rent is $340 a week, and household income ranks #165 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 52/100 for value.

Does Carlisle have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #97 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Carlisle?

76% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 16/100 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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