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Lake Coogee

Ranked #37 of 256 Perth suburbs for parks. 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
Lake Coogee suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Parks81#37 of 256
Green space68#57 of 256
Wealth64#92 of 256
Value61#100 of 256

Lake Coogee suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
12
#243 of 256
Wealth
64
#92 of 256
Value
61
#100 of 256
Parks
81
#37 of 256
Cafés
19
#212 of 256
Transit
39
#164 of 256
Green space
68
#57 of 256
Active & healthy
35
#224 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
24
#199 of 256

Lake Coogee rent, prices and other numbers

Population4,768
Area3.42 km²
Postcode6166
Median household income$2,147/wk
Median rent$400/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks14 (16.71 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score56/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park91.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues1
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Saint Jerome's Primary School (0.93 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 Lake Coogee

Population
4,768
Median age
37 years
Median household income
$2,147/wk
Median rent
$400/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 Lake Coogee — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Lake Coogee

What is the postcode for Lake Coogee?

The postcode for Lake Coogee, Perth is 6166.

Is Lake Coogee a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Lake Coogee is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is parks, ranking #37 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 Lake Coogee expensive to live in?

Median rent is $400 a week, and household income ranks #92 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 61/100 for value.

Does Lake Coogee have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #164 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Lake Coogee?

91% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 16.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 68/100 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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