Floreat vs Jolimont

Floreat is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 52 in Jolimont. In both, most households own their home. In Floreat, the large majority of homes are detached houses and most households are couple families. In Jolimont, about half of homes are flats or apartments and most households are people living alone. Jolimont is closer to the city centre: 5.6 km, against 8.7 km. On these figures, Floreat tends to suit families with children and couples, while Jolimont suits people living alone and older residents.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Floreat

ahead on 4 of the 6 things we measure here

  • has more childcare (4 vs 0)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (90% vs 27%)
  • is already more of a family suburb (77% vs 25%)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.

First-home buyers

They split

one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here

  • Floreat leaves households under less mortgage stress (21% vs 37%)
  • Jolimont has cheaper units ($813,000 vs $895,000)

Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.

Renters

Jolimont

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a bigger rental market to choose from (42% vs 12%)
  • has cheaper rent ($300/wk vs $600/wk)
  • But Floreat leaves renters under less rental stress (17% vs 22%)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Jolimont

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • gets more of its commuters onto trains and trams (10% vs 1%)
  • sits closer to the CBD (5.6 km vs 8.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Jolimont

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (73% vs 10%)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (39% vs 16%)
  • But Floreat carries lower crime risk (28/100 vs 41/100)

Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Too close to call

Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Floreat and Jolimont drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Floreat Jolimont
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Floreat Jolimont
Walkability 84 / 88
Floreat — Walkability: 84/100 Jolimont — Walkability: 88/100
Safety 72 / 59
Floreat — Safety: 72/100 Jolimont — Safety: 59/100
Low fire risk 65 / 100
Floreat — Low fire risk: 65/100 Jolimont — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Floreat — Low flood risk: 100/100 Jolimont — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Floreat has more residents (8,621 vs 1,479); Floreat has higher household incomes ($185,640 vs $69,940).

Floreat Jolimont
Population 8,621
+83% vs other
 1,479
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +9.1% +5.5%
Median age 42 52
Median household income $185,640/yr
+62% vs other
 $69,940/yr
Median weekly rent $600/wk
+50% vs other
 $300/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Floreat Jolimont
0-4 4.8% / 2.9%
Floreat — 0-4: 4.8% Jolimont — 0-4: 2.9%
5-14 17.1% / 6.4%
Floreat — 5-14: 17.1% Jolimont — 5-14: 6.4%
15-19 8.5% / 3.2%
Floreat — 15-19: 8.5% Jolimont — 15-19: 3.2%
20-24 5.1% / 5.9%
Floreat — 20-24: 5.1% Jolimont — 20-24: 5.9%
25-34 6.2% / 13.8%
Floreat — 25-34: 6.2% Jolimont — 25-34: 13.8%
35-44 12.0% / 10.4%
Floreat — 35-44: 12.0% Jolimont — 35-44: 10.4%
45-54 16.6% / 10.3%
Floreat — 45-54: 16.6% Jolimont — 45-54: 10.3%
55-64 14.1% / 7.7%
Floreat — 55-64: 14.1% Jolimont — 55-64: 7.7%
65-74 8.9% / 13.7%
Floreat — 65-74: 8.9% Jolimont — 65-74: 13.7%
75-84 4.7% / 15.6%
Floreat — 75-84: 4.7% Jolimont — 75-84: 15.6%
85+ 2.0% / 10.1%
Floreat — 85+: 2.0% Jolimont — 85+: 10.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (17.1%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Floreat 19.7% lone person
Floreat — Lone Person: 19.7% Floreat — Couple Families: 66.4% Floreat — One Parent Families: 10.5% Floreat — Group Household: 2.4% Floreat — Other Families: 1.0%
Jolimont 70.2% lone person
Jolimont — Lone Person: 70.2% Jolimont — Couple Families: 18.6% Jolimont — One Parent Families: 6.1% Jolimont — Group Household: 4.0% Jolimont — Other Families: 1.1%
Lone Person Couple Families One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Floreat 12.4% renting
Floreat — Owned Outright: 46.4% Floreat — Mortgage: 41.2% Floreat — Renting: 12.4%
Jolimont 41.6% renting
Jolimont — Owned Outright: 35.9% Jolimont — Mortgage: 22.5% Jolimont — Renting: 41.6%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Floreat Jolimont
Bachelor Degree 27.0% / 24.7%
Floreat — Bachelor Degree: 27.0% Jolimont — Bachelor Degree: 24.7%
Postgraduate Degree 11.4% / 10.1%
Floreat — Postgraduate Degree: 11.4% Jolimont — Postgraduate Degree: 10.1%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.8% / 10.1%
Floreat — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.8% Jolimont — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.1%
Certificate III & IV 4.8% / 7.7%
Floreat — Certificate III & IV: 4.8% Jolimont — Certificate III & IV: 7.7%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 4.0% / 4.1%
Floreat — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.0% Jolimont — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 4.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (27.0%).

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Floreat Jolimont
England 6.9% / 6.8%
Floreat — England: 6.9% Jolimont — England: 6.8%
South Africa 2.1% / 1.8%
Floreat — South Africa: 2.1% Jolimont — South Africa: 1.8%
China 1.6% / 1.9%
Floreat — China: 1.6% Jolimont — China: 1.9%
India 1.1% / 1.8%
Floreat — India: 1.1% Jolimont — India: 1.8%
Scotland 1.1% / 1.3%
Floreat — Scotland: 1.1% Jolimont — Scotland: 1.3%
Malaysia 1.4% / —
Floreat — Malaysia: 1.4% Jolimont — Malaysia: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Floreat 89.9% houses
Floreat — Houses: 89.9% Floreat — Flats / Apartments: 7.4% Floreat — Townhouses: 2.7%
Jolimont 27.3% houses
Jolimont — Houses: 27.3% Jolimont — Flats / Apartments: 54.4% Jolimont — Townhouses: 18.4%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Property market

Floreat Jolimont
Median house price $2,130,000 $2,055,000
Median unit price $895,000 $813,000
Median land price —
same for both
Typical days to sell (houses) 36 days
from 65 sales
 14 days
from 4 sales

House price by bedroom count

Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.

Floreat Jolimont
3 bed $1.8M / $1.4M
Floreat — 3 bed: $1.8M (33 sales) Jolimont — 3 bed: $1.4M (7 sales)

33 vs 7 sales

4 bed $2.5M / $2.33M
Floreat — 4 bed: $2.5M (35 sales) Jolimont — 4 bed: $2.33M (13 sales)

35 vs 13 sales

Development activity

Floreat Jolimont
New dwellings approved 133
across Cambridge
 79
across Subiaco
Approvals change year on year +42% -99%

Gross rental yield

Gross — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. From median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.

Floreat Jolimont
Houses 2.6%
$1,200/wk on $2.4M
 —
Units — 6.2%
$650/wk on $550K

Ranking within WA

Floreat Jolimont
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 98% of WA Higher than 28% of WA
Schools — Higher than 75% of WA
Walkability Higher than 97% of WA Higher than 99% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 98% of WA
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 90% of WA
same for both
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 3% of WA —
Rental yield (units) — Higher than 83% of WA

Liveability

Floreat scores higher overall (93 vs 86).

Floreat Jolimont
Grade A+ A
Score 93/100 86/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Floreat carries more bushfire risk (35 vs 0); Jolimont carries more crime risk (41 vs 28).

Floreat Jolimont
Bushfire Low
35/100
 None
0/100
Crime Low
28/100
 Moderate
41/100
Flood None
0/100
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 11
within 5 km
 14
within 5 km

Schools

Floreat Jolimont
Inside the suburb 2 3
Rated above peers 1
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
The University of Western Australia, 5.9 km
 3
The University of Western Australia, 4.5 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 4.5% 2.9%

Schools in Floreat

  • Floreat Park Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • Newman College - Marian Campus Independent · Primary

Schools in Jolimont

  • Jolimont Primary School Government · Primary above peers
  • SEDA College WA (Wembley Second Campus) Independent · Secondary
  • SEDA College WA (Wembley) Independent · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Floreat Jolimont
Supermarkets 2 0
Cafes & restaurants 9 2
Parks & reserves 8 6
Childcare 4 0
GPs 1 0
Pharmacies 2 0
Banks & Bank@Post 2 0
Fuel stations 0 1
Waterways 1 0

Mobility

Floreat sits further from the CBD (8.7 km vs 5.6 km).

Floreat Jolimont
Walkability score 84/100 88/100
Distance to Perth 8.7 km
+36% vs other
 5.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 14 min 12 min
Public transport score 94/100
Bus
 90/100
Bus
Peak arrivals per hour 191.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 37.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
 1 min
scheduled, not actual
Electric vehicle share 2.7%
postcode 6014
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 38
postcode 6014
same for both

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Floreat Jolimont
Car (driver) 67.1% / 59.3%
Floreat — Car (driver): 67.1% Jolimont — Car (driver): 59.3%
Worked from Home 14.9% / 12.1%
Floreat — Worked from Home: 14.9% Jolimont — Worked from Home: 12.1%
Bus 7.4% / 5.5%
Floreat — Bus: 7.4% Jolimont — Bus: 5.5%
Train 1.4% / 10.1%
Floreat — Train: 1.4% Jolimont — Train: 10.1%
Car (passenger) 4.6% / 5.1%
Floreat — Car (passenger): 4.6% Jolimont — Car (passenger): 5.1%
Bicycle 2.9% / 2.9%
Floreat — Bicycle: 2.9% Jolimont — Bicycle: 2.9%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (67.1%).

Setting

Floreat Jolimont
Elevation 9 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 3.5 km
3.6 km to a named beach
 5.2 km

NBN connectivity

Floreat Jolimont
Connectivity score 77/100
same for both
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 11%
3,233 premises
 19%
1,154 premises

Climate

Floreat Jolimont
Annual rainfall 650 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) —
same for both
Winter min (Jul) —
same for both

Council rates

Floreat Jolimont
Average residential rate $2,113/yr $3,924/yr
Council Cambridge Subiaco

Federal electorate

Floreat Jolimont
Division Curtin
same for both
Member Kate Chaney
same for both
Party Independent
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Floreat Jolimont
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Floreat

Easy Commute Inner Luxury Parks Professionals Transport Hub

Jolimont

Apartments Easy Commute Inner Parks Premium Professionals Retirees Transport Hub

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