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Ocean Reef

Ranked #27 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
Ocean Reef suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Wealth90#27 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)90#8 of 256
Active85#20 of 256
Active & healthy62#54 of 256

Ocean Reef suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
85
#20 of 256
Wealth
90
#27 of 256
Value
25
#192 of 256
Parks
24
#211 of 256
Cafés
46
#142 of 256
Transit
39
#203 of 256
Green space
54
#114 of 256
Active & healthy
62
#54 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
90
#8 of 256

Ocean Reef rent, prices and other numbers

Population8,125
Area5.25 km²
Postcode6027
Median household income$2,480/wk
Median rent$525/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks10 (3.38 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score64/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park95.2% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues46
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)5 schools in the suburb — nearest is Ocean Reef Senior High School (0.15 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 Ocean Reef

Population
8,125
Median age
44 years
Median household income
$2,480/wk
Median rent
$525/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 Ocean Reef — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Ocean Reef

What is the postcode for Ocean Reef?

The postcode for Ocean Reef, Perth is 6027.

Is Ocean Reef a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Ocean Reef is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #27 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 Ocean Reef expensive to live in?

Median rent is $525 a week, and household income ranks #27 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 25/100 for value.

Does Ocean Reef have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #203 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Ocean Reef?

95% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 3.4 hectares per 1,000 residents — 54/100 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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