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Nedlands

Ranked #12 of 256 Perth suburbs for wealth. 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
Nedlands suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Wealth96#12 of 256
Cafés90#26 of 256
Value78#57 of 256
Active62#89 of 256

Nedlands suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
62
#89 of 256
Wealth
96
#12 of 256
Value
78
#57 of 256
Parks
21
#219 of 256
Cafés
90
#26 of 256
Transit
39
#197 of 256
Green space
16
#241 of 256
Active & healthy
60
#65 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
26
#194 of 256

Nedlands rent, prices and other numbers

Population10,561
Area5.29 km²
Median household income$2,832/wk
Median rent$500/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks11 (1.74 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score40/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park62.8% of the suburb
Cafés12
Gyms & sport venues61
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Hollywood Primary School (1.08 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 Nedlands

Population
10,561
Median age
42 years
Median household income
$2,832/wk
Median rent
$500/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 Nedlands — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Nedlands

Is Nedlands a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Nedlands is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #12 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 Nedlands expensive to live in?

Median rent is $500 a week, and household income ranks #12 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 78/100 for value.

Does Nedlands have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #197 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Nedlands?

63% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 16/100 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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