Yanchep, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Yanchep is a coastal suburb on the northern edge of the Perth metropolitan area in Western Australia, about 56 km north of the city centre. Its name is thought to derive from a Noongar word, recorded as 'Yandjip' or 'Yanget', for the bulrush reeds that grow around the area's wetlands. Long a small crayfishing and holiday settlement, it was promoted from 1970 by businessman Alan Bond as a 'Sun City' resort before the project later passed to Japanese developers. Today it is one of Perth's fastest-growing outer suburbs, reached by a railway extension that opened in 2024. The adjoining Yanchep National Park is a major drawcard, with Loch McNess, limestone caves, walking trails and a colony of koalas.
Less advantaged than the national average
Yanchep is more socio-economically advantaged than about 31% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 954, 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 Yanchep 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.
Lower on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Yanchep 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
31/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (31/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
34/100Less affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $340 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 34% 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.
Yanchep at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 11,022
- Median age
- 35
- Median weekly household income
- $1,699
- SEIFA score
- 954
- Local government area
- Wanneroo
- Coordinates
- -31.5362, 115.7340
Map of Yanchep
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Housing & property in Yanchep
What it costs to live in Yanchep and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $340
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,842
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 75%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 22%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Yanchep demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Yanchep demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Yanchep 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 28% and 40% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 2,759 | 25% |
| Youth (15–24) | 1,182 | 11% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 3,047 | 28% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 2,530 | 23% |
| Seniors (65+) | 1,506 | 14% |
Share of the 11,024 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 717 | 19% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 2,108 | 56% |
| Rented | 817 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3,635 | 97% |
| Townhouses & semis | 97 | 3% |
| Flats & apartments | 7 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 3,743 occupied private dwellings in Yanchep.
- Average household size
- 2.8 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,990
- Median weekly personal income
- $762
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 4,153 (40%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 940 (9%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 329 (3%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 4,051 (51%)
- Labour-force participation
- 62%
- Unemployment rate
- 6.8%
- Employed full-time
- 2,807
- Employed part-time
- 1,596
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 Yanchep
Based on 2014–2023 records, the warmest month in Yanchep is February (average daytime high around 31.3°C) and the coolest is August (around 18.1°C). The area receives roughly 560 mm of rain across the year.
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Rain |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 31.3°C | 18.9°C | 20 mm |
| Feb | 31.3°C | 19.2°C | 20 mm |
| Mar | 29.1°C | 18.2°C | 36 mm |
| Apr | 25°C | 14.9°C | 39 mm |
| May | 21.3°C | 11.9°C | 65 mm |
| Jun | 18.5°C | 10.3°C | 82 mm |
| Jul | 17.6°C | 10.1°C | 105 mm |
| Aug | 18.1°C | 9.5°C | 91 mm |
| Sep | 20°C | 10.5°C | 41 mm |
| Oct | 22.6°C | 12.5°C | 33 mm |
| Nov | 26.1°C | 14.9°C | 23 mm |
| Dec | 29.6°C | 17.5°C | 5 mm |
Climate normals, 2014–2023 (Open-Meteo, ERA5 reanalysis).
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Common questions about Yanchep
Is Yanchep a good place to live?
Yanchep’s Score of 31 (SEIFA 954) places it in the bottom third of Australian suburbs nationally — median household income of $1,699 is below the WA average, and unemployment at 6.8% is above — but the suburb’s 2024 story is a transport one: the Yanchep Station opened on 15 July 2024 as the northern terminus of the Yanchep rail extension, ending years of building in a suburb that had been sold partly on the promise of rail access. That infrastructure shift matters for livability and for the suburb’s trajectory, even if the SEIFA score (set at the 2021 Census, before the line opened) doesn’t yet reflect it. The honest current read is a coastal outer suburb of 11,000 with below-average incomes, a lifestyle draw (beaches, national park, the Yanchep Two Rocks coast), and now a train — with the questions being how quickly the retail, service, and employment base catches up to the residential growth.
What is the median rent in Yanchep?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Yanchep was $340, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,842. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Yanchep?
Yanchep is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Wanneroo local government area.
What is the population of Yanchep?
At the 2021 Census, Yanchep had a population of about 11,022.
Is Yanchep an advantaged area?
Yanchep has an ABS SEIFA score of 954, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 31 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 31% of Australian suburbs.
What is the weather like in Yanchep?
Yanchep has average daytime highs of about 24.2°C and overnight lows of about 14°C, with roughly 560 mm of rain across the year (based on 2014–2023 climate normals).
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