Hacketts Gully vs Piesse Brook

Hacketts Gully is the younger of the two, with a median age of 44 against 47 in Piesse Brook. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses and most households are couple families. In Hacketts Gully, about half of households rent. In Piesse Brook, the large majority of households own their home. On these figures, Hacketts Gully tends to suit renters and couples.

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

Piesse Brook

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 84/100)

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

First-home buyers

Piesse Brook

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (16% vs 64%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Piesse Brook

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • leaves renters under less rental stress (8% vs 17%)
  • has cheaper rent ($250/wk vs $270/wk)
  • But Hacketts Gully has a bigger rental market to choose from (45% vs 7%)

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

Commuting to the city

Piesse Brook

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is more walkable (15/100 vs 0/100)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Piesse Brook

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (15/100 vs 0/100)
  • carries lower crime risk (45/100 vs 84/100)

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

Investors

Hacketts Gully

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (10.0% vs 1.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
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.

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Walkability 0 / 15
Hacketts Gully — Walkability: 0/100 Piesse Brook — Walkability: 15/100
Safety 16 / 55
Hacketts Gully — Safety: 16/100 Piesse Brook — Safety: 55/100
Low fire risk 23 / 17
Hacketts Gully — Low fire risk: 23/100 Piesse Brook — Low fire risk: 17/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Hacketts Gully — Low flood risk: 100/100 Piesse Brook — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Piesse Brook has more residents (214 vs 55); Piesse Brook has higher household incomes ($159,224 vs $84,500).

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Population 55 214
+289% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +10.0% +1.9%
Median age 44 47
Median household income $84,500/yr $159,224/yr
+88% vs other
Median weekly rent $270/wk
+7% vs other
 $250/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
0-4 10.9% / 2.8%
Hacketts Gully — 0-4: 10.9% Piesse Brook — 0-4: 2.8%
5-14 7.3% / 17.8%
Hacketts Gully — 5-14: 7.3% Piesse Brook — 5-14: 17.8%
15-19 9.1% / 5.6%
Hacketts Gully — 15-19: 9.1% Piesse Brook — 15-19: 5.6%
20-24 — / 6.1%
Hacketts Gully — 20-24: not among its largest Piesse Brook — 20-24: 6.1%
25-34 14.5% / 6.1%
Hacketts Gully — 25-34: 14.5% Piesse Brook — 25-34: 6.1%
35-44 5.5% / 7.9%
Hacketts Gully — 35-44: 5.5% Piesse Brook — 35-44: 7.9%
45-54 7.3% / 18.7%
Hacketts Gully — 45-54: 7.3% Piesse Brook — 45-54: 18.7%
55-64 16.4% / 15.0%
Hacketts Gully — 55-64: 16.4% Piesse Brook — 55-64: 15.0%
65-74 12.7% / 9.3%
Hacketts Gully — 65-74: 12.7% Piesse Brook — 65-74: 9.3%
75-84 5.5% / 10.3%
Hacketts Gully — 75-84: 5.5% Piesse Brook — 75-84: 10.3%
85+ — / —
Hacketts Gully — 85+: not among its largest Piesse Brook — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (18.7%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Hacketts Gully 75.0% couple families
Hacketts Gully — Couple Families: 75.0% Hacketts Gully — Lone Person: 25.0% Hacketts Gully — One Parent Families: 0.0%
Piesse Brook 64.4% couple families
Piesse Brook — Couple Families: 64.4% Piesse Brook — Lone Person: 20.0% Piesse Brook — One Parent Families: 15.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Hacketts Gully 45.0% renting
Hacketts Gully — Owned Outright: 35.0% Hacketts Gully — Mortgage: 20.0% Hacketts Gully — Renting: 45.0%
Piesse Brook 7.4% renting
Piesse Brook — Owned Outright: 45.6% Piesse Brook — Mortgage: 47.1% Piesse Brook — Renting: 7.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

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.

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
England 5.5% / 7.5%
Hacketts Gully — England: 5.5% Piesse Brook — England: 7.5%
New Zealand 5.5% / 1.9%
Hacketts Gully — New Zealand: 5.5% Piesse Brook — New Zealand: 1.9%
South Africa — / 1.9%
Hacketts Gully — South Africa: not among its largest Piesse Brook — South Africa: 1.9%
Netherlands — / 1.4%
Hacketts Gully — Netherlands: not among its largest Piesse Brook — Netherlands: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.5%).

Qualifications

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

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Certificate III & IV 20.0% / 13.1%
Hacketts Gully — Certificate III & IV: 20.0% Piesse Brook — Certificate III & IV: 13.1%
Bachelor Degree 12.7% / 16.4%
Hacketts Gully — Bachelor Degree: 12.7% Piesse Brook — Bachelor Degree: 16.4%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 18.2% / 6.5%
Hacketts Gully — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 18.2% Piesse Brook — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 3.3%
Hacketts Gully — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Piesse Brook — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.3%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.4%
Hacketts Gully — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Piesse Brook — Postgraduate Degree: 1.4%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.0%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Hacketts Gully 100.0% houses
Hacketts Gully — Houses: 100.0% Hacketts Gully — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Piesse Brook 95.5% houses
Piesse Brook — Houses: 95.5% Piesse Brook — Flats / Apartments: 4.5%
Houses Flats / Apartments

Development activity

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
New dwellings approved 214
across Kalamunda
same for both
Approvals change year on year +124%
same for both

Ranking within WA

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 49% of WA Higher than 96% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 56% of WA Higher than 73% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 89% of WA Higher than 88% of WA
NBN connectivity Higher than 47% of WA Higher than 65% of WA

Liveability

Piesse Brook is more walkable (15 vs 0).

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Grade —
same for both
Score —
same for both
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 9/10
same for both

Risk profile

Hacketts Gully carries more crime risk (84 vs 45).

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Bushfire High
77/100
 High
83/100
Crime High
84/100
 Moderate
45/100
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 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Inside the suburb 0
same for both
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Amenities in the suburb

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Parks & reserves 0 1
Waterways 0 2

Mobility

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Walkability score 0/100 15/100
Distance to Perth 34.8 km
+3% vs other
 33.7 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 46 min 49 min
Electric vehicle share 1.4%
postcode 6076
same for both
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 65
postcode 6076
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.

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Car (driver) 100.0% / 67.4%
Hacketts Gully — Car (driver): 100.0% Piesse Brook — Car (driver): 67.4%
Bus — / 10.5%
Hacketts Gully — Bus: not among its largest Piesse Brook — Bus: 10.5%
Worked from Home — / 10.5%
Hacketts Gully — Worked from Home: not among its largest Piesse Brook — Worked from Home: 10.5%
Car (passenger) — / 7.0%
Hacketts Gully — Car (passenger): not among its largest Piesse Brook — Car (passenger): 7.0%
Walked Only — / 4.7%
Hacketts Gully — Walked Only: not among its largest Piesse Brook — Walked Only: 4.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (100.0%).

Setting

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Elevation 294 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 183 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 34.3 km 30.4 km

NBN connectivity

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Connectivity score 22/100 37/100
Most common technology Fixed wireless Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
10 premises
 0%
55 premises

Climate

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Annual rainfall 1,068 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 30.2°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.9°C
same for both

Council rates

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Average residential rate $1,977/yr
same for both
Council Kalamunda
same for both

Federal electorate

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Division Bullwinkel
same for both
Member Trish Cook
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Hacketts Gully Piesse Brook
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Hacketts Gully

Outer Young Families

Piesse Brook

Outer Professionals

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