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Wembley Downs

Ranked #17 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
Wembley Downs suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Wealth94#17 of 256
Active83#23 of 256
Value75#65 of 256
Active & healthy54#106 of 256

Wembley Downs suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
83
#23 of 256
Wealth
94
#17 of 256
Value
75
#65 of 256
Parks
28
#201 of 256
Cafés
19
#254 of 256
Transit
39
#247 of 256
Green space
26
#215 of 256
Active & healthy
54
#106 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
31
#189 of 256

Wembley Downs rent, prices and other numbers

Population6,743
Area4.37 km²
Postcode6019
Median household income$2,626/wk
Median rent$470/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks9 (1.03 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score51/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park87.1% of the suburb
Cafés0
Gyms & sport venues97
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)2 schools in the suburb — nearest is Newman College (Marcellin Campus) (1.01 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 Wembley Downs

Population
6,743
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$2,626/wk
Median rent
$470/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 Wembley Downs — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about Wembley Downs

What is the postcode for Wembley Downs?

The postcode for Wembley Downs, Perth is 6019.

Is Wembley Downs a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- Wembley Downs is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is wealth, ranking #17 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 Wembley Downs expensive to live in?

Median rent is $470 a week, and household income ranks #17 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 75/100 for value.

Does Wembley Downs have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #247 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in Wembley Downs?

87% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 1.0 hectares per 1,000 residents — 26/100 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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