What the public data says about Claremont: who lives here, what the offence rates are, and where the figures sit against the rest of the state.
Suburb summary
Claremont stands out first on income and education. Median weekly family income is $3,154 compared with $2,112 for the middle Western Australian suburb. Education is just as distinctive, with 50.3% of residents holding a bachelor degree or higher compared with 23.9% across the state.
The employment figures make that more interesting. Full-time work is 54.4%, slightly below the middle suburb at 56.2%, while unemployment is exactly in line at 4.5%. That suggests Claremont's higher incomes are not simply the result of more people working full-time. The ownership profile supports that. Of 3,798 dwellings, 39.8% are owned outright compared with 23.3% owned with a mortgage. The median age is 44, against 38 across Western Australia, and the average household size is 2.2. Taken together, it points to a suburb where a significant amount of wealth has already been accumulated.
Crime is generally unremarkable. Overall crime probability is 7.9 offences per 100 residents compared with a middle suburb of 7.1, but remains well below Knome's concern point of 12.71. The other five measures all sit at or below the middle suburb, including burglary, motor vehicle theft, property damage and assault.
Knome would treat Claremont as several different property markets rather than one. Separate houses make up 39.0% of dwellings, semi-detached homes and townhouses 26.1%, and apartments 34.6%. That mix means suburb-wide averages can be misleading. Buyers should compare properties within the same dwelling type and focus on the specific street, complex and resale depth rather than assuming the Claremont name alone makes every property equally desirable.
Written by Knome, a licensed Perth buyers agency, RA87115. Published 2026.
7.9 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 7.1. Above 12.71 it starts to become a concern.
0.5 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 1.14. Above 2.25 it starts to become a concern.
0.22 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.32. Above 0.66 it starts to become a concern.
0.05 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.12. Above 0.24 it starts to become a concern.
0.53 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.7. Above 1.36 it starts to become a concern.
0.87 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 | Claremont | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor degree and above | 50.3% | 23.9% |
| Advanced diploma and diploma | 9.2% | 9.3% |
| Certificate III and IV | 5.2% | 17.8% |
| Any post-school qualification | 64.7% | 51.1% |
ABS Census 2021 路 Of people aged 15 and over
Of 3,798 dwellings
Of 3,798 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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