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Coolbellup

Ranked #76 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
Coolbellup suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Cafés69#76 of 256
Active & healthy55#96 of 256
Green space54#110 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)52#128 of 256

Coolbellup suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
32
#193 of 256
Wealth
10
#230 of 256
Value
21
#201 of 256
Parks
44
#149 of 256
Cafés
69
#76 of 256
Transit
39
#106 of 256
Green space
54
#110 of 256
Active & healthy
55
#96 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
52
#128 of 256

Coolbellup rent, prices and other numbers

Population5,698
Area3.09 km²
Postcode6163
Median household income$1,378/wk
Median rent$300/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks9 (3.32 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score60/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park95.2% of the suburb
Cafés2
Gyms & sport venues14
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is Coolbellup Community School (0.38 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 Coolbellup

Population
5,698
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,378/wk
Median rent
$300/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 Coolbellup — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Coolbellup

What is the postcode for Coolbellup?

The postcode for Coolbellup, Perth is 6163.

Is Coolbellup a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Coolbellup is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #76 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 Coolbellup expensive to live in?

Median rent is $300 a week, and household income ranks #230 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 21/100 for value.

Does Coolbellup have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #106 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Coolbellup?

95% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 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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