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Edgewater

Ranked #31 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
Edgewater suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Transit88#31 of 256
Green space75#39 of 256
Active71#54 of 256
Parks68#70 of 256

Edgewater suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
71
#54 of 256
Wealth
51
#126 of 256
Value
51
#126 of 256
Parks
68
#70 of 256
Cafés
19
#192 of 256
Transit
88
#31 of 256
Green space
75
#39 of 256
Active & healthy
65
#37 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
56
#117 of 256

Edgewater rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,657
Area4.87 km²
Postcode6027
Median household income$2,016/wk
Median rent$390/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks14 (44.2 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score75/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park92.2% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues37
Public transport stops1
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Edgewater Primary School (0.43 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 Edgewater

Population
4,657
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$2,016/wk
Median rent
$390/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 Edgewater — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Edgewater

What is the postcode for Edgewater?

The postcode for Edgewater, Perth is 6027.

Is Edgewater a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Edgewater is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is transit, ranking #31 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 8 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is Edgewater expensive to live in?

Median rent is $390 a week, and household income ranks #126 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 51/100 for value.

Does Edgewater have good public transport?

It scores 88/100 for transit, #31 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Edgewater?

92% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 44.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 75/100 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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