Perth suburbs where homes are owned outright
Dalkeith tops the ranking, where 56% of homes are owned outright — no mortgage against them (782 dwellings). Winthrop and City Beach follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 241 eligible Perth suburbs.
This page ranks Perth suburbs by the share of occupied private dwellings owned outright — owned with no mortgage against them — at the 2021 Census. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are ranked.
Owned outright is a narrower measure than owner-occupied, and the difference is the point: a suburb can be almost entirely owner-occupied and still be mostly mortgaged. The share here is dwellings owned without a mortgage divided by all dwellings whose tenure was reported — outright, mortgaged and rented added together, because the ABS publishes a count per tenure type and no total. High shares tend to mark established, older, low-turnover places rather than desirable ones, and that is a description of who lives there now, not a recommendation.
Perth suburbs where the most homes are owned outright
Ranked by the share of occupied private dwellings owned without a mortgage at the 2021 Census, among suburbs with at least 2,000 residents. Owned outright is a narrower measure than owner-occupied — it excludes everyone still paying one off.
Dalkeith
WA 6009 · 4,398 residents56.0% of homes owned outright · 782 dwellings
Winthrop
WA 6150 · 6,020 residents55.4% of homes owned outright · 1,069 dwellings
City Beach
WA 6015 · 6,805 residents53.7% of homes owned outright · 1,151 dwellings
Murdoch
WA 6150 · 3,352 residents53.2% of homes owned outright · 429 dwellings
Rossmoyne
WA 6148 · 3,638 residents52.6% of homes owned outright · 553 dwellings
Gooseberry Hill
WA 6076 · 3,323 residents52.5% of homes owned outright · 642 dwellings
Kalamunda
WA 6076 · 7,163 residents50.1% of homes owned outright · 1,385 dwellings
Waterford
WA 6152 · 2,460 residents50.1% of homes owned outright · 407 dwellings
Coogee
WA 6166 · 5,345 residents49.9% of homes owned outright · 946 dwellings
Sorrento
WA 6020 · 7,795 residents49.8% of homes owned outright · 1,329 dwellings
Salter Point
WA 6152 · 2,913 residents49.6% of homes owned outright · 421 dwellings
Trigg
WA 6029 · 2,855 residents49.1% of homes owned outright · 458 dwellings
Marmion
WA 6020 · 2,390 residents48.8% of homes owned outright · 405 dwellings
Woodlands
WA 6018 · 4,551 residents48.4% of homes owned outright · 772 dwellings
Mount Richon
WA 6112 · 2,067 residents47.7% of homes owned outright · 391 dwellings
Ranked from 241 qualifying suburbs.
100% share of occupied private dwellings owned WITHOUT a mortgage in the 2021 Census, divided by all dwellings whose tenure was reported — owned outright, mortgaged and rented added together, because the ABS publishes a count per tenure type and no total — and percentile-ranked within Perth's candidate pool. A narrower measure than owner-occupied, which counts everyone still paying one off. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents qualify, and the larger absolute number of outright-owned dwellings breaks ties. Descriptive ABS Census data, not a recommendation. See how we calculate for the full methodology.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the perth suburbs where homes are owned outright?
Dalkeith tops the ranking, where 56% of homes are owned outright — no mortgage against them (782 dwellings). Winthrop and City Beach follow. These 15 suburbs came from a field of 241 eligible Perth suburbs.
How is this ranking put together?
Each Perth suburb is ranked by the share of its occupied private dwellings owned without a mortgage in the 2021 Census. The denominator is every dwelling whose tenure was reported — owned outright, owned with a mortgage and rented, added together — because the Census publishes a count per tenure type and no total. Only suburbs with at least 2,000 residents are included.
How is this different from owner-occupied?
Owner-occupied counts everyone who owns the home they live in, mortgage or not. This counts only those who owe nothing on it. A suburb can be almost entirely owner-occupied and still be mostly mortgaged, so the two lists are not the same list.
What does a high share tell me about a suburb?
Usually that it is established and that people have stayed: paying off a mortgage takes decades, so outright ownership concentrates where residents are older and turnover is low. It is a description of who lives there now, not a measure of how desirable or affordable the suburb is.
How current is it?
The figures are from the 2021 Census, the most recent available until results from the August 2026 Census are released in 2027. The top 15 is recomputed whenever we refresh the census data.
Same list in other cities
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Rankings last computed 28 September 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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