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Kalamunda

Ranked #44 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
Kalamunda suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Cafés81#44 of 256
Active & healthy70#13 of 256
Active66#70 of 256
Green space56#100 of 256

Kalamunda suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
66
#70 of 256
Wealth
24
#195 of 256
Value
16
#215 of 256
Parks
26
#204 of 256
Cafés
81
#44 of 256
Transit
39
#154 of 256
Green space
56
#100 of 256
Active & healthy
70
#13 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
46
#148 of 256

Kalamunda rent, prices and other numbers

Population7,163
Area10.54 km²
Median household income$1,622/wk
Median rent$360/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks11 (24.89 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score61/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park75.6% of the suburb
Cafés9
Gyms & sport venues42
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb, plus 2 kindergartens — nearest is Kalamunda Senior High School (0.42 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 Kalamunda

Population
7,163
Median age
49 years
Median household income
$1,622/wk
Median rent
$360/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 Kalamunda — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Kalamunda

Is Kalamunda a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Kalamunda is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #44 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 Kalamunda expensive to live in?

Median rent is $360 a week, and household income ranks #195 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 16/100 for value.

Does Kalamunda have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #154 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Kalamunda?

76% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 24.9 hectares per 1,000 residents — 56/100 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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