Wembley Downs, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Wembley Downs is a leafy, established suburb in Perth's north-west, around ten kilometres from the city centre. It takes its name from the local golf course, a title residents were using well before it was officially approved at the end of the nineteen-fifties; the golf course in turn borrowed the name of nearby Wembley, itself drawn from a town in England. First subdivided in the late nineteen-twenties, the area was slow to develop because of its thick bush and limestone outcrops, but it grew quickly through the nineteen-fifties and was almost fully built by the nineteen-seventies. Known today for its family homes and quiet streets, Wembley Downs was laid out in a distinctive garden-suburb pattern of curving roads around the central junction of Hale and Weaponess Road, and is home to the well-regarded Hale School.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Wembley Downs is more socio-economically advantaged than about 98% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1136, 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 Wembley Downs 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 Wembley Downs 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
98/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (98/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
8/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $470 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 8% 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.
Wembley Downs at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 6,743
- Median age
- 41
- Median weekly household income
- $2,626
- SEIFA score
- 1136
- Local government area
- Stirling
- Coordinates
- -31.9188, 115.7775
Map of Wembley Downs
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Housing & property in Wembley Downs
What it costs to live in Wembley Downs and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $470
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,762
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 82%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 16%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Wembley Downs demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Wembley Downs demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Wembley Downs 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 27% and 31% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 1,407 | 21% |
| Youth (15–24) | 908 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,390 | 21% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,814 | 27% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,218 | 18% |
Share of the 6,737 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 988 | 42% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 935 | 40% |
| Rented | 364 | 16% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,698 | 73% |
| Townhouses & semis | 552 | 24% |
| Flats & apartments | 84 | 4% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 2,334 occupied private dwellings in Wembley Downs.
- Average household size
- 2.7 people
- Median weekly family income
- $3,324
- Median weekly personal income
- $1,063
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 2,047 (31%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 964 (15%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 43 (1%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3,956 (80%)
- Labour-force participation
- 65.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 3.6%
- Employed full-time
- 1,943
- Employed part-time
- 1,256
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 Wembley Downs
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Wembley Downs 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 Wembley Downs
Is Wembley Downs 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, Wembley Downs rates 68/100 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 Wembley Downs?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Wembley Downs was $470, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,762. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Wembley Downs?
Wembley Downs is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Stirling local government area.
What is the population of Wembley Downs?
At the 2021 Census, Wembley Downs had a population of about 6,743.
Is Wembley Downs an advantaged area?
Wembley Downs has an ABS SEIFA score of 1136, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 98 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 98% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Wembley Downs?
Wembley Downs 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 Wembley Downs ranks
Wembley Downs appears in these data-driven guides — each a transparent sort on a single ABS figure shown on this page.
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