Aveley, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
More advantaged than the national average
Aveley is more socio-economically advantaged than about 64% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1012, 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 Aveley 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.
Around the national middle
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Aveley 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
64/100More advantaged than the national average
More advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (64/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
21/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $390 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 21% 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.
Aveley at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 13,998
- Median age
- 31
- Median weekly household income
- $2,165
- SEIFA score
- 1012
- Local government area
- Swan
- Coordinates
- -31.7819, 115.9909
Map of Aveley
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Housing & property in Aveley
What it costs to live in Aveley and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $390
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,950
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 79%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 19%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Aveley demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Aveley demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Aveley 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 young adults (25–44) at 37% and 37% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 3,702 | 26% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,685 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 5,120 | 37% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 2,615 | 19% |
| Seniors (65+) | 880 | 6% |
Share of the 14,002 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 539 | 11% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 3,201 | 68% |
| Rented | 885 | 19% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 4,367 | 93% |
| Townhouses & semis | 321 | 7% |
| Flats & apartments | 15 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 4,703 occupied private dwellings in Aveley.
- Average household size
- 2.9 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,325
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,046
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 4,975 (37%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 3,114 (23%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 363 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 6,149 (63%)
- Labour-force participation
- 77%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%
- Employed full-time
- 4,846
- Employed part-time
- 2,245
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 Aveley
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Aveley is January (average daytime high around 32.7°C) and the coolest is July (around 17°C). The area receives roughly 618 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 32.7°C | 18.9°C | 25 mm |
| Feb | 32.2°C | 19°C | 21 mm |
| Mar | 29.6°C | 18°C | 36 mm |
| Apr | 25.2°C | 14.8°C | 43 mm |
| May | 21°C | 11.9°C | 66 mm |
| Jun | 18°C | 10.1°C | 87 mm |
| Jul | 17°C | 9.6°C | 118 mm |
| Aug | 17.6°C | 9.1°C | 101 mm |
| Sep | 19.7°C | 10°C | 50 mm |
| Oct | 23°C | 11.9°C | 37 mm |
| Nov | 27.2°C | 14.5°C | 26 mm |
| Dec | 31°C | 17.2°C | 8 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Aveley
Is Aveley a good place to live?
Aveley sits solidly in the upper half nationally (Score 64, SEIFA 1,012) with $2,165 median household income and a young, owner-occupant family profile — median age 31, 37% born overseas, and 21st largest suburb in Western Australia by population in 2021. It occupies the Swan LGA growth corridor east of the river, with established connections via the Midland rail line and Great Northern Highway, and residents describe a suburb that has grown quickly but with parks and schools in place. What separates the data read from the lived experience is the pace-of-growth question — a suburb that jumped from near-nothing to 14,000 people in under a decade still has estates that are finishing while newer ones open nearby.
What is the median rent in Aveley?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Aveley was $390, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,950. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Aveley?
Aveley is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Swan local government area.
What is the population of Aveley?
At the 2021 Census, Aveley had a population of about 13,998.
Is Aveley an advantaged area?
Aveley has an ABS SEIFA score of 1012, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 64 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 64% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Aveley?
Aveley has average daytime highs of about 24.5°C and overnight lows of about 13.7°C, with roughly 618 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
How big is Aveley?
Aveley is one of the most populous suburbs in Western Australia — the 21st-largest by usual resident population at the 2021 Census (about 13,998 usual residents).
Where Aveley ranks
Aveley appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
- Largest suburbs in Western Australia#21 of 25
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