Winthrop, WA
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Winthrop is a southern suburb of Perth, in the City of Melville. The land was once a pine plantation owned by the University of Western Australia, and only a few scattered pines now remain as a reminder of that past. The first residential blocks were released in the early nineteen-eighties and proved so sought after that some buyers camped near the sales office for days to secure one. The suburb takes its name from John Winthrop Hackett, who served as the university's first Chancellor. At its heart lies Winthrop Park, fringed by pines, while the Piney Lakes Reserve in the north-east protects a wetland whose conservation centre hosts school visits and whose bushland shelters native birds and southern brown bandicoots.
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Winthrop is more socio-economically advantaged than about 96% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1109, 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 Winthrop 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 Winthrop 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
96/100Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's more advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (96/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
4/100Among the more expensive suburbs
Median weekly rent was $545 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 4% 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.
Winthrop at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 6,020
- Median age
- 45
- Median weekly household income
- $2,324
- SEIFA score
- 1109
- Local government area
- Melville
- Coordinates
- -32.0527, 115.8295
Map of Winthrop
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Housing & property in Winthrop
What it costs to live in Winthrop and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $545
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $2,317
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 88%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 11%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Winthrop demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Winthrop demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Winthrop 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 48% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 988 | 16% |
| Youth (15–24) | 799 | 13% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 1,206 | 20% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 1,685 | 28% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,338 | 22% |
Share of the 6,016 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 1,069 | 55% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 654 | 33% |
| Rented | 206 | 11% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 1,942 | 99% |
| Townhouses & semis | 18 | 1% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 1,960 occupied private dwellings in Winthrop.
- Average household size
- 3 people
- Median weekly family income
- $2,405
- Median weekly personal income
- $762
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 2,820 (48%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 1,997 (34%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 13 (0%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 3,717 (78%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62.4%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.7%
- Employed full-time
- 1,689
- Employed part-time
- 1,180
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 Winthrop
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Winthrop 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 Winthrop
Is Winthrop a good place to live?
Winthrop is the highest-scoring suburb in this cohort — Score 96/100, SEIFA 1,109, top 4% of Australian suburbs nationally — and the data that supports it is consistent: $2,324 median household income, 78% Year 12 completion (22 points above the national figure), 46% of residents holding a bachelor degree or above, and an unemployment rate around 3%. UWA is nearby, Fremantle and the river are both accessible, and 48% born overseas reflects an educated, internationally mobile community. For a suburb of 6,020 people, those numbers are collectively striking.
What is the median rent in Winthrop?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Winthrop was $545, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $2,317. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Winthrop?
Winthrop is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Melville local government area.
What is the population of Winthrop?
At the 2021 Census, Winthrop had a population of about 6,020.
Is Winthrop an advantaged area?
Winthrop has an ABS SEIFA score of 1109, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 96 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 96% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Winthrop?
Winthrop 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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