What the public data says about East Perth: who lives here, what the offence rates are, and where the figures sit against the rest of the state.
Suburb summary
East Perth is an apartment market first and a suburb second. Of its 5,564 dwellings, 89.8% are flats or apartments and only 3.8% are separate houses. Renting dominates at 61.4%, compared with 36.4% owner occupation, and households average just 1.8 people. If you are buying here, you are almost certainly buying into a strata community rather than a traditional residential street.
The resident profile is strong. Full-time employment is 64.5% compared with 56.2% for the middle WA suburb, while median weekly family income is $2,563 against $2,112. Education is another standout, with 46.9% holding a bachelor degree or higher compared with 23.9% across Western Australia. Public housing is 3.7%. That is above the middle suburb of 1.5%, but still below Knome's concern point of 4.6%.
Crime is more mixed. Overall crime probability is 17.5 offences per 100 residents, above Knome's concern point of 12.71. Assault at 2.74 and burglary at 0.74 are also above their concern points of 2.51 and 0.66, although only marginally. Social stability, property damage and motor vehicle theft remain within the typical range. East Perth does attract plenty of people who do not live there, but with 11,681 residents that effect does not explain the numbers away.
Knome would buy the building here, not the suburb. With almost 90% of the housing stock in apartments, the strata records, reserve fund, management and owner-to-renter mix matter enormously. For an owner occupier, you are often buying into a renter-heavy building. For an investor, rental demand is deep, but so is the competition from every other apartment available in the same complex.
Written by Knome, a licensed Perth buyers agency, RA87115. Published 2026.
17.5 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 7.1. Above 12.71 it starts to become a concern.
1.8 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 1.14. Above 2.25 it starts to become a concern.
0.74 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.32. Above 0.66 it starts to become a concern.
0.15 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.12. Above 0.24 it starts to become a concern.
1.23 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.7. Above 1.36 it starts to become a concern.
2.74 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 | East Perth | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor degree and above | 46.9% | 23.9% |
| Advanced diploma and diploma | 10.2% | 9.3% |
| Certificate III and IV | 9% | 17.8% |
| Any post-school qualification | 66.1% | 51.1% |
ABS Census 2021 路 Of people aged 15 and over
Of 5,564 dwellings
Of 5,564 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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