North PerthWestern Australia 路 2.9 km from the Perth CBD
What the public data says about North Perth: who lives here, what the offence rates are, and where the figures sit against the rest of the state.
Suburb summary
North Perth sits 2.9 km from the Perth CBD and has 9,623 residents across 3,883 dwellings. What stands out is that it is still a genuine house suburb this close to the city. Separate houses make up 65.4% of dwellings, townhouses 18.5% and apartments 15.9%. Almost two thirds are owner occupied, the median age is 38 and the average household is 2.3 people.
Angove Street is the centre of it, with Fitzgerald Street running alongside. Satchmo has been on Fitzgerald Street for around a decade with its New Orleans and New York deli idea, vinyl and live jazz, while Il Locale gives Angove Street a proper neighbourhood Italian. The wider strip leans more towards cafes than restaurants, which suits a suburb where most of the people using it live within a few streets.
North Perth Primary School is another genuine positive. Its academic results sit comfortably above national averages and attendance is strong. The school serves a highly advantaged student population, so good results should be expected, but its recent Department of Education review was also positive about the teaching itself, particularly explicit instruction, daily review, structured assessment and the use of student data. It does not quite reach Highgate Primary's level, but it remains a very strong local public school.
The demographics are excellent. Median weekly family income is $3,161 against $2,112 for a middle Western Australian suburb. Full-time employment is 60.3%, unemployment 4.1%, and 45.4% of residents hold a bachelor degree or higher against 23.9% across WA. This is a heavily professional, university-educated population.
Crime is quietly good. Motor vehicle theft, assault and property damage all sit below the middle suburb benchmark. Burglary is slightly higher at 0.43 offences per 100 residents against 0.32, but still well below the concern point.
From a property perspective, North Perth gets interesting when a good freestanding property appears in the right pocket. Supply is genuinely tight, with roughly two thirds of dwellings owner occupied, so buyers should expect a narrow field. That does not mean buying whatever becomes available. Availability and quality are two very different things.
Knome would work North Perth street by street. The suburb runs from the activity around Angove and Fitzgerald through to much quieter residential pockets, and what sits beside a property matters far more than the suburb median.
When the right house appears in the right location, there is a lot to like: strong demographics, good schools, low crime, high owner occupation and an increasingly scarce supply of houses less than three kilometres from the Perth CBD.
Written by Knome, a licensed Perth buyers agency, RA87115. Published 2026.
Is North Perth safe?WA Police 2025
7 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 7.1. Above 12.71 it starts to become a concern.
0.6 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 1.14. Above 2.25 it starts to become a concern.
0.43 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.32. Above 0.66 it starts to become a concern.
0.03 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.12. Above 0.24 it starts to become a concern.
0.45 per 100 residents. Typical WA suburb 0.7. Above 1.36 it starts to become a concern.
0.95 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
Who lives in North Perth?ABS Census 2021
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
Education
| Level | North Perth | WA |
|---|---|---|
| Bachelor degree and above | 45.4% | 23.9% |
| Advanced diploma and diploma | 8.8% | 9.3% |
| Certificate III and IV | 9.8% | 17.8% |
| Any post-school qualification | 63.9% | 51.1% |
ABS Census 2021 路 Of people aged 15 and over
What are the homes like in North Perth?ABS Census 2021
Owned against rented
- Owned outright 28.9%
- With a mortgage 35.7%
- Rented 33%
- Other or not stated 2.4%
Of 3,883 dwellings
What the dwellings are
- Separate house 65.4%
- Semi-detached or townhouse 18.5%
- Flat or apartment 15.9%
- Other or not stated 0.2%
Of 3,883 dwellings
Against an address, not a suburb
Every figure above describes North Perth as a whole, not the property you are considering.
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.
What we have bought in North PerthOne property
Do you buy in North Perth?
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