Bicton, WA
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Bicton is an affluent riverside suburb of Perth, about 10 kilometres south-west of the city on the southern bank of the Swan River, within the City of Melville. Before European settlement the Beeliar people of the Noongar drew food and fresh water from the river edges, and the sandy point now known as Point Walter served as one of the few crossings of the river. The area was settled from 1830, when land grants were taken up by several colonists including John Hole Duffield, who named it after Bicton in East Devon and planted one of the colony's first commercial vineyards in the 1840s. The former Bicton Racecourse was subdivided from 1919, and the hilly suburb is now regarded as one of Perth's most desirable riverside addresses.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Bicton is more socio-economically advantaged than about 93% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1084, 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 Bicton 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 Bicton 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
93/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (93/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
27/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $360 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 27% 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.
Bicton at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 6,961
- Median age
- 45
- Median weekly household income
- $2,007
- SEIFA score
- 1084
- Local government area
- Melville
- Coordinates
- -32.0277, 115.7848
Map of Bicton
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Housing & property in Bicton
What it costs to live in Bicton and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $360
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,383
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 75%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 22%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Bicton demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Bicton demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Bicton 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 28% and 25% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,078 | 15% |
| Youth (15–24) | 820 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,513 | 22% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,942 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,612 | 23% |
Share of the 6,965 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,146 | 42% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 894 | 33% |
| Rented | 606 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,827 | 67% |
| Townhouses & semis | 759 | 28% |
| Flats & apartments | 141 | 5% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,741 occupied private dwellings in Bicton.
- Average household size
- 2.3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,907
- Median weekly personal income
- $990
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 1,685 (25%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 603 (9%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 37 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3,907 (69%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.7%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.8%
- Employed full-time
- 1,978
- Employed part-time
- 1,382
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 Bicton
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Bicton 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 Bicton
Is Bicton 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, Bicton rates 71/100 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 Bicton?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Bicton was $360, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,383. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Bicton?
Bicton is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Melville local government area.
What is the population of Bicton?
At the 2021 Census, Bicton had a population of about 6,961.
Is Bicton an advantaged area?
Bicton has an ABS SEIFA score of 1084, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 93 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 93% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Bicton?
Bicton 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).
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