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White Gum Valley

Ranked #34 of 256 Perth suburbs for value. 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
White Gum Valley suburb score card: safety, activity, value and other scores, Perth
Value87#34 of 256
Cafés68#79 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)68#80 of 256
Wealth43#147 of 256

White Gum Valley suburb profile: score breakdown

Active
17
#232 of 256
Wealth
43
#147 of 256
Value
87
#34 of 256
Parks
42
#158 of 256
Cafés
68
#79 of 256
Transit
39
#249 of 256
Green space
13
#246 of 256
Active & healthy
36
#221 of 256
Schools nearby (OSM)
68
#80 of 256

White Gum Valley rent, prices and other numbers

Population3,358
Area1.17 km²
Postcode6162
Median household income$1,891/wk
Median rent$320/wk
Median house pricenot available for Western Australia (no open-licence dataset — see method)
Parks4 (0.22 ha per 1,000 people)
Families score59/100 (safety 30 · schools 25 · parks per 1,000 15 · kinders 10 · price-for-size 10 · transit 10)
Within 400m of a park72.3% of the suburb
Cafés1
Gyms & sport venues4
Public transport stops0
Schools nearby (OSM, not catchment zoning)1 school in the suburb, plus 1 kindergarten — nearest is White Gum Valley Primary School (0.52 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 White Gum Valley

Population
3,358
Median age
41 years
Median household income
$1,891/wk
Median rent
$320/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 White Gum Valley — the fields above are everything the census data behind this site currently carries.

Common questions about White Gum Valley

What is the postcode for White Gum Valley?

The postcode for White Gum Valley, Perth is 6162.

Is White Gum Valley a good suburb?

There is no single invented "overall" score here -- White Gum Valley is measured on 9 separate categories rather than blended into one number. Its strongest is value, ranking #34 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 White Gum Valley expensive to live in?

Median rent is $320 a week, and household income ranks #147 of 256 in Perth. Against what the suburb offers, it scores 87/100 for value.

Does White Gum Valley have good public transport?

It scores 39/100 for transit, #249 of 256 in Perth. That measures train, tram and bus access within the suburb boundary, weighted by mode.

Are there parks in White Gum Valley?

72% of the suburb is within walking distance of a park, at 0.2 hectares per 1,000 residents — 13/100 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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