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South Fremantle

Ranked #4 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
South Fremantle suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Cafés98#4 of 256
Parks96#8 of 256
Active71#56 of 256
Active & healthy48#146 of 256

South Fremantle suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
71
#56 of 256
Wealth
45
#141 of 256
Value
7
#238 of 256
Parks
96
#8 of 256
Cafés
98
#4 of 256
Transit
39
#227 of 256
Green space
17
#236 of 256
Active & healthy
48
#146 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
19
#214 of 256

South Fremantle rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,398
Area1.52 km²
Postcode6162
Median household income$1,914/wk
Median rent$450/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks14 (1.72 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score49/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park67.5% of the suburb
Cafés11
Gyms & sport venues6
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)0 schools in the suburb — nearest is Beaconsfield Primary School (0.75 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 South Fremantle

Population
3,398
Median age
48 years
Median household income
$1,914/wk
Median rent
$450/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 South Fremantle — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about South Fremantle

What is the postcode for South Fremantle?

The postcode for South Fremantle, Perth is 6162.

Is South Fremantle a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- South Fremantle is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is cafés, ranking #4 of 256 Perth suburbs, and it ranks in the top half of Perth for 3 of the 9 categories measured here. The full breakdown is above.

Is South Fremantle expensive to live in?

Median rent is $450 a week, and household income ranks #141 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 7/100 for value.

Does South Fremantle have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #227 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in South Fremantle?

68% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.7 hectares per 1,000 residents — 17/100 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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