Attadale, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Attadale is a quiet riverside suburb on the southern bank of the Swan River, set midway between central Perth and the port of Fremantle within the City of Melville. It began as the first subdivision of A. P. Matheson's Melville Water Park Estate, and takes its name from an estate in the Scottish Highlands on the southern shore of Loch Carron. The suburb is best known for its generous foreshore, where a broad band of parkland along Burke Drive gives residents open lawns, walking paths and room to exercise their dogs beside the water. Leafy streets of family homes rise gently from the riverbank, served by long-established local schools and an easy run along the highway toward both the city and the coast.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Attadale is more socio-economically advantaged than about 97% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1119, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Attadale a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Strong on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Attadale from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
97/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (97/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
13/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $425 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 13% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Attadale at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 6,638
- Median age
- 43
- Median weekly household income
- $2,521
- SEIFA score
- 1119
- Local government area
- Melville
- Coordinates
- -32.0243, 115.8043
Map of Attadale
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Housing & property in Attadale
What it costs to live in Attadale and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $425
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,600
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 79%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 18%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Attadale demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Attadale demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Attadale using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 29% and 28% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,275 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 893 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,295 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,905 | 29% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,267 | 19% |
Share of the 6,635 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,084 | 45% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 822 | 34% |
| Rented | 427 | 18% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,787 | 75% |
| Townhouses & semis | 484 | 20% |
| Flats & apartments | 107 | 4% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,381 occupied private dwellings in Attadale.
- Average household size
- 2.6 people
- Median weekly family income
- $3,326
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,066
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 1,801 (28%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 725 (11%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 54 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3,637 (73%)
- Labour-force participation
- 64.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.4%
- Employed full-time
- 1,918
- Employed part-time
- 1,286
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Weather and climate in Attadale
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Attadale is February (average daytime high around 29.9°C) and the coolest is August (around 17.6°C). The area receives roughly 624 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29.8°C | 18.9°C | 23 mm |
| Feb | 29.9°C | 19°C | 20 mm |
| Mar | 28.2°C | 18.1°C | 40 mm |
| Apr | 24.2°C | 14.9°C | 42 mm |
| May | 20.7°C | 12°C | 78 mm |
| Jun | 18.2°C | 10.5°C | 99 mm |
| Jul | 17.2°C | 10.4°C | 112 mm |
| Aug | 17.6°C | 9.7°C | 97 mm |
| Sep | 19.1°C | 10.7°C | 47 mm |
| Oct | 21.6°C | 12.5°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 25°C | 14.9°C | 21 mm |
| Dec | 28.1°C | 17.4°C | 8 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Attadale
Is Attadale a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Attadale rates 69/100 overall (Strong on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Attadale?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Attadale was $425, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,600. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Attadale?
Attadale is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Melville local government area.
What is the population of Attadale?
At the 2021 Census, Attadale had a population of about 6,638.
Is Attadale an advantaged area?
Attadale has an ABS SEIFA score of 1119, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 97 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 97% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Attadale?
Attadale has average daytime highs of about 23.3°C and overnight lows of about 14.1°C, with roughly 624 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
Where Attadale ranks
Attadale appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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