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Embleton

Ranked #9 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
Embleton suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Transit97#9 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)94#2 of 256
Cafés65#85 of 256
Value59#105 of 256

Embleton suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
50
#134 of 256
Wealth
38
#159 of 256
Value
59
#105 of 256
Parks
53
#112 of 256
Cafés
65
#85 of 256
Transit
97
#9 of 256
Green space
36
#184 of 256
Active & healthy
45
#161 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
94
#2 of 256

Embleton rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,600
Area1.74 km²
Postcode6062
Median household income$1,805/wk
Median rent$340/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks6 (3.34 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score71/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park81.4% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues6
Public transport stops1
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Swan Primary Behaviour Centre (0.09 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 Embleton

Population
3,600
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$1,805/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 Embleton — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Embleton

What is the postcode for Embleton?

The postcode for Embleton, Perth is 6062.

Is Embleton a good suburb?

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

Median rent is $340 a week, and household income ranks #159 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 59/100 for value.

Does Embleton have good public transport?

It scores 97/100 for transit, #9 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Embleton?

81% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.3 hectares per 1,000 residents — 36/100 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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