What the public data says about Burswood: who lives here, what the offence rates are, and where the figures sit against the rest of the state.
Suburb summary
Burswood is a small inner suburb on the Swan River with 2,779 residents, but it functions very differently from a typical residential suburb. Flats and apartments make up 63.6% of dwellings, while tenure is almost evenly split between owner occupiers at 48.2% and renters at 49.2%.
The resident profile is strong. Full-time employment is 64.5% against a middle WA suburb of 56.2%, median weekly family income is $2,431 against $2,112, and 37.4% hold a bachelor degree or higher compared with 23.9% across Western Australia. Public housing is 0%.
Burswood's crime figures need more context than most suburbs. It is home to Crown Perth, as well as bars, hotels, restaurants and major entertainment venues, and Optus Stadium is also located in Burswood. These venues bring large numbers of people into a suburb with only 2,779 residents. Because the crime rates divide offences occurring in Burswood by its resident population, that small denominator can make comparison with a conventional residential suburb misleading. All six crime measures still sit above Knome's concern thresholds, and not marginally: crime probability is 38.4 offences per 100 residents against a concern point of 12.71. They should not be dismissed, but they need to be understood in context.
Knome would approach Burswood building by building. With 63.6% of dwellings in apartments, the quality of the strata, reserve fund, management, owner-to-renter mix and individual complex matters far more than a suburb-wide average. An owner-occupier is buying into one building's rules and neighbours; an investor is buying its rental depth, and a 49.2% rental share across the suburb says nothing about a single address. Every figure above describes Burswood as a whole, not the apartment you are standing in.
Written by Knome, a licensed Perth buyers agency, RA87115. Published 2026.
38.4 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 7.1. Above 12.71 it starts to become a concern.
3.6 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 1.14. Above 2.25 it starts to become a concern.
0.79 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.32. Above 0.66 it starts to become a concern.
0.47 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.12. Above 0.24 it starts to become a concern.
2.52 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.7. Above 1.36 it starts to become a concern.
6.48 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 1.28. Above 2.51 it starts to become a concern.
Rates are offences per 100 residents. The typical WA suburb is the middle suburb, so half sit above it. A rate in the highest quarter for the state is where it starts to become a concern. Lower is safer.
Offence counts WA Police 2025 路 Populations ABS Census 2021 路 Typical WA suburb calculated by Knome
Middle WA suburb 56.2%. Below 53.5% it starts to become a concern.
Middle WA suburb 4.5%. Above 5.8% it starts to become a concern.
Middle WA suburb $2,112. Below $1,701 it starts to become a concern.
Middle WA suburb 1.5%. Above 4.6% it starts to become a concern.
Rated figures show where this suburb sits among Western Australian suburbs. Strong is the better half of the state and the far end is the outermost quarter, so the word means the same on every row. The scale always runs low to high, so green is on the right where more is better and on the left where less is.
ABS Census 2021 路 Typical WA suburb calculated by Knome
| Level | Burswood | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor degree and above | 37.4% | 23.9% |
| Advanced diploma and diploma | 11.1% | 9.3% |
| Certificate III and IV | 11.8% | 17.8% |
| Any post-school qualification | 60.3% | 51.1% |
ABS Census 2021 路 Of people aged 15 and over
Of 1,273 dwellings
Of 1,277 dwellings
Against an address, not a suburb
Four more checks only mean anything against a real address, because the answer changes between two streets and sometimes between two sides of one. They are what the free Red Flag Report runs, on screen, in seconds, without asking for anything.
Whether the property sits in a bushfire prone area on the state's mapping.
Whether the floodplain mapping reaches the block, which the suburb name never tells you.
Distance and exposure to the roads that carry the traffic, street by street.
Where the property sits under the Perth Airport flight paths and noise contours.
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