Winthrop vs Myaree

Myaree is the younger of the two, with a median age of 42 against 45 in Winthrop. In both, the large majority of households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Winthrop, most households are couple families. Houses cost more in Winthrop: a median of $1.75 million, against $1.3 million in Myaree, and rent is higher there too. Myaree is closer to the city centre: 13.6 km, against 15.7 km. On these figures, Winthrop tends to suit couples, while Myaree suits people living alone and buyers on a tighter budget.

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

Winthrop

ahead on 5 of the 6 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 83/100)
  • has more parks and reserves (8 vs 3)
  • has more schools rated above their peers (1 vs 0)

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

First-home buyers

Myaree

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper houses ($1,297,500 vs $1,750,000)

Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.

Renters

Myaree

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($400/wk vs $545/wk)

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

Commuting to the city

Myaree

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • is more walkable (90/100 vs 65/100)
  • sits closer to the CBD (13.6 km vs 15.7 km)

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

Downsizers and retirees

Myaree

ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (28% vs 1%)
  • has more GPs (2 vs 0)
  • is more walkable (90/100 vs 65/100)
  • But Winthrop carries lower crime risk (19/100 vs 83/100)

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

Investors

Myaree

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • returns a higher gross yield on houses (4.0% vs 2.6%)

Weighs house yield.

Where they sit

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

Winthrop Myaree
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.

Winthrop Myaree
Walkability 65 / 90
Winthrop — Walkability: 65/100 Myaree — Walkability: 90/100
Safety 81 / 17
Winthrop — Safety: 81/100 Myaree — Safety: 17/100
Low fire risk 100 / 100
Winthrop — Low fire risk: 100/100 Myaree — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Winthrop — Low flood risk: 100/100 Myaree — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Winthrop has more residents (6,020 vs 2,105); Winthrop rents higher ($545/wk vs $400/wk).

Winthrop Myaree
Population 6,020
+65% vs other
 2,105
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +1.9% —
Median age 45 42
Median household income $120,848/yr
+15% vs other
 $102,804/yr
Median weekly rent $545/wk
+27% vs other
 $400/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Winthrop Myaree
0-4 3.9% / 5.6%
Winthrop — 0-4: 3.9% Myaree — 0-4: 5.6%
5-14 12.5% / 13.1%
Winthrop — 5-14: 12.5% Myaree — 5-14: 13.1%
15-19 7.1% / 6.2%
Winthrop — 15-19: 7.1% Myaree — 15-19: 6.2%
20-24 6.1% / 5.1%
Winthrop — 20-24: 6.1% Myaree — 20-24: 5.1%
25-34 9.0% / 9.2%
Winthrop — 25-34: 9.0% Myaree — 25-34: 9.2%
35-44 11.1% / 13.5%
Winthrop — 35-44: 11.1% Myaree — 35-44: 13.5%
45-54 13.4% / 13.5%
Winthrop — 45-54: 13.4% Myaree — 45-54: 13.5%
55-64 14.6% / 8.2%
Winthrop — 55-64: 14.6% Myaree — 55-64: 8.2%
65-74 14.5% / 7.6%
Winthrop — 65-74: 14.5% Myaree — 65-74: 7.6%
75-84 6.0% / 8.6%
Winthrop — 75-84: 6.0% Myaree — 75-84: 8.6%
85+ 1.7% / 9.5%
Winthrop — 85+: 1.7% Myaree — 85+: 9.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (14.6%).

Who lives together

Household composition, 2021 Census.

Winthrop 69.2% couple families
Winthrop — Couple Families: 69.2% Winthrop — Lone Person: 14.3% Winthrop — One Parent Families: 12.8% Winthrop — Group Household: 2.2% Winthrop — Other Families: 1.5%
Myaree 42.0% couple families
Myaree — Couple Families: 42.0% Myaree — Lone Person: 40.7% Myaree — One Parent Families: 13.6% Myaree — Group Household: 3.1% Myaree — Other Families: 0.6%
Couple Families Lone Person One Parent Families Group Household Other Families

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Winthrop 10.7% renting
Winthrop — Owned Outright: 55.4% Winthrop — Mortgage: 33.9% Winthrop — Renting: 10.7%
Myaree 19.4% renting
Myaree — Owned Outright: 40.1% Myaree — Mortgage: 40.5% Myaree — Renting: 19.4%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

Qualifications

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

Winthrop Myaree
Bachelor Degree 24.5% / 17.9%
Winthrop — Bachelor Degree: 24.5% Myaree — Bachelor Degree: 17.9%
Certificate III & IV 7.1% / 12.5%
Winthrop — Certificate III & IV: 7.1% Myaree — Certificate III & IV: 12.5%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.7% / 7.0%
Winthrop — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.7% Myaree — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 7.0%
Postgraduate Degree 8.3% / 4.4%
Winthrop — Postgraduate Degree: 8.3% Myaree — Postgraduate Degree: 4.4%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 3.1% / 2.8%
Winthrop — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 3.1% Myaree — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 2.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.5%).

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.

Winthrop Myaree
England 4.8% / 7.5%
Winthrop — England: 4.8% Myaree — England: 7.5%
Indonesia 7.1% / 0.9%
Winthrop — Indonesia: 7.1% Myaree — Indonesia: 0.9%
Malaysia 7.9% / —
Winthrop — Malaysia: 7.9% Myaree — Malaysia: not among its largest
India 3.3% / 1.4%
Winthrop — India: 3.3% Myaree — India: 1.4%
Singapore 3.6% / —
Winthrop — Singapore: 3.6% Myaree — Singapore: not among its largest
New Zealand 1.3% / 1.7%
Winthrop — New Zealand: 1.3% Myaree — New Zealand: 1.7%
South Africa 1.7% / 1.3%
Winthrop — South Africa: 1.7% Myaree — South Africa: 1.3%
Scotland — / 1.2%
Winthrop — Scotland: not among its largest Myaree — Scotland: 1.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.9%).

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Winthrop 98.8% houses
Winthrop — Houses: 98.8% Winthrop — Townhouses: 0.9% Winthrop — Flats / Apartments: 0.3%
Myaree 71.8% houses
Myaree — Houses: 71.8% Myaree — Townhouses: 27.7% Myaree — Flats / Apartments: 0.5%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Property market

Winthrop Myaree
Median house price $1,750,000 $1,297,500
Median unit price — $592,500
Median land price — $1,375,000
Typical days to sell (houses) 20 days
from 25 sales
 18 days
from 12 sales

Development activity

Winthrop Myaree
New dwellings approved 727
across Melville
same for both
Approvals change year on year +268%
same for both

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.

Winthrop Myaree
Houses 2.6%
$1,000/wk on $2M
 4.0%
$775/wk on $1M
Units —
same for both

Ranking within WA

Winthrop Myaree
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 86% of WA Higher than 69% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 88% of WA Higher than 99% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 97% of WA Higher than 94% of WA
NBN connectivity Higher than 88% of WA Higher than 77% of WA
Rental yield (houses) Higher than 2% of WA Higher than 26% of WA

Liveability

Myaree is more walkable (90 vs 65); Winthrop scores higher overall (88 vs 81).

Winthrop Myaree
Grade A+ A
Score 88/100 81/100
Socio-economic band very advantaged area
decile 10/10
 very advantaged area
decile 9/10

Risk profile

Myaree carries more crime risk (83 vs 19).

Winthrop Myaree
Bushfire None
0/100
same for both
Crime Low
19/100
 High
83/100
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
 9
within 5 km

Schools

Winthrop Myaree
Inside the suburb 1 2
Rated above peers 1 0
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both
Universities within 10 km 3
Murdoch University (Murdoch), 2.1 km
 3
Murdoch University (Murdoch), 3.8 km
Full-time students aged 15–24 4.0% 2.8%

Schools in Winthrop

  • Winthrop Primary School Government · Primary above peers

Schools in Myaree

  • Mel Maria Catholic Primary School - Pater Noster Campus Catholic · Primary
  • SEDA College WA Independent · Secondary

Amenities in the suburb

Winthrop Myaree
Supermarkets 0 3
Cafes & restaurants 1 9
Parks & reserves 8 3
Childcare 2
same for both
GPs 0 2
Pharmacies 1 2
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
EV chargers 0 2

Mobility

Winthrop sits further from the CBD (15.7 km vs 13.6 km).

Winthrop Myaree
Walkability score 65/100 90/100
Distance to Perth 15.7 km
+13% vs other
 13.6 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 19 min
same for both
Public transport score 94/100
Bus
same for both
Peak arrivals per hour 201.8
7-9am + 5-7pm
 103.0
7-9am + 5-7pm
Median peak wait 0 min
scheduled, not actual
same for both
Electric vehicle share 2.5%
postcode 6150
 2.1%
postcode 6154
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 66
postcode 6150
 55
postcode 6154

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.

Winthrop Myaree
Car (driver) 69.8% / 74.1%
Winthrop — Car (driver): 69.8% Myaree — Car (driver): 74.1%
Worked from Home 13.2% / 11.5%
Winthrop — Worked from Home: 13.2% Myaree — Worked from Home: 11.5%
Train 8.0% / 3.4%
Winthrop — Train: 8.0% Myaree — Train: 3.4%
Car (passenger) 5.6% / 3.7%
Winthrop — Car (passenger): 5.6% Myaree — Car (passenger): 3.7%
Bus 2.1% / 4.3%
Winthrop — Bus: 2.1% Myaree — Bus: 4.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (74.1%).

Setting

Winthrop Myaree
Elevation 30 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 14 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean 7.8 km 6.5 km
3.8 km to a named beach

NBN connectivity

Winthrop Myaree
Connectivity score 75/100 64/100
Most common technology Hybrid fibre-coaxial Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
2,210 premises
 35%
1,530 premises

Climate

Winthrop Myaree
Annual rainfall 745 mm
same for both
Summer max (Jan) 31.4°C
same for both
Winter min (Jul) 7.6°C
same for both

Council rates

Winthrop Myaree
Average residential rate $2,396/yr
same for both
Council Melville
same for both

Federal electorate

Winthrop Myaree
Division Tangney
same for both
Member Sam Lim
same for both
Party Australian Labor Party
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Winthrop Myaree
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Winthrop

Easy Commute Large Blocks Middle-Ring Parks Premium Professionals Quiet Transport Hub

Myaree

Easy Commute Middle-Ring Parks Premium Retirees Townhouses Transport Hub

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