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Glendalough

Ranked #25 of 256 Perth suburbs for schools nearby (osm). 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
Glendalough suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Schools nearby (OSM)84#25 of 256
Green space82#17 of 256
Value74#67 of 256
Transit39#128 of 256

Glendalough suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
5
#251 of 256
Wealth
21
#203 of 256
Value
74
#67 of 256
Parks
24
#209 of 256
Cafés
19
#195 of 256
Transit
39
#128 of 256
Green space
82
#17 of 256
Active & healthy
37
#213 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
84
#25 of 256

Glendalough rent, prices and other numbers

Population2,628
Area0.73 km²
Postcode6016
Median household income$1,562/wk
Median rent$280/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks2 (7.39 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 park100.0% of the suburb
Cafés0
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Chrysalis Montessori School (0.36 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 Glendalough

Population
2,628
Median age
34 years
Median household income
$1,562/wk
Median rent
$280/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 Glendalough — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Glendalough

What is the postcode for Glendalough?

The postcode for Glendalough, Perth is 6016.

Is Glendalough a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Glendalough is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is schools nearby (osm), ranking #25 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 Glendalough expensive to live in?

Median rent is $280 a week, and household income ranks #203 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 74/100 for value.

Does Glendalough have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #128 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Glendalough?

100% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 7.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 82/100 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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