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Lathlain

Ranked #25 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
Lathlain suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Cafés90#25 of 256
Value86#36 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)74#54 of 256
Wealth54#118 of 256

Lathlain suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
30
#200 of 256
Wealth
54
#118 of 256
Value
86
#36 of 256
Parks
43
#153 of 256
Cafés
90
#25 of 256
Transit
39
#167 of 256
Green space
41
#172 of 256
Active & healthy
52
#116 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
74
#54 of 256

Lathlain rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,699
Area1.54 km²
Postcode6100
Median household income$2,040/wk
Median rent$350/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks5 (2.78 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score53/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park90.5% of the suburb
Cafés4
Gyms & sport venues7
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb — nearest is Lathlain Primary School (0.26 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 Lathlain

Population
3,699
Median age
35 years
Median household income
$2,040/wk
Median rent
$350/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 Lathlain — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Lathlain

What is the postcode for Lathlain?

The postcode for Lathlain, Perth is 6100.

Is Lathlain a good suburb?

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

Median rent is $350 a week, and household income ranks #118 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 86/100 for value.

Does Lathlain have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #167 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Lathlain?

90% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 2.8 hectares per 1,000 residents — 41/100 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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