Alexander Heights WA 6064
Located in Western Australia, Alexander Heights sits 24 km from Perth CBD, around 26 minutes by car. The suburb has 7,772 residents, a median age of 39, and a median household income of $88,868 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population fell 1.9% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows no recorded flood exposure. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Alexander Heights a good suburb?
Alexander Heights scores a B (56/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 66/100 · 23.7 km · 26 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $920K
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 46/100 · Crime 44/100 · Flood 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 39 · 7,772 residents
Liveability Rating
56 / 100 · Ranked #197 in WAEach bar is Alexander Heights's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
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Our score
56 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataAlexander Heights's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $920,000, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$920,000
5% above its 6 neighbours (median $875,000)
Based on 83 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 19 days — median across 32 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 30 sales $820K
- 4 bed 45 sales $980K
- 5 bed 7 sales $1.13M
Units
$840,000
Based on only 4 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Alexander Heights are currently listed at around $949,000 on average. Based on 17 houses listed in the past six months.
$949K
17 houses listed in the last 6 months.
17 of the suburb's 2,649 dwellings (0.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Alexander Heights rent for around $800 a week on average, based on 22 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$800/wk
In line with its 6 neighbours (median $800/wk)
22 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
22 rentals advertised against an estimated 429 rented homes (5.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $795/wk
- 21 bonds
- +24% since 2023
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. WA's bond data does not record bedrooms or dwelling type, so it covers all rentals together.Change since 2023 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202598 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6064.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$800/week ($42,000 a year) on a $949,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
4 active Airbnb listings: 0 whole homes and 4 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.0% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Schools
One school serve Alexander Heights, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Alinjarra Primary School leads the pack.
- • 339 students in one school (avg 339)
Primary
Walkability
Alexander Heights is somewhat walkable on foot — at 66/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Alexander Heights.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 307.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 217.3 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 133.7 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.4 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 1 min wait
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Alexander Heights.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 7%
- Premises covered
- 2,906
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Wanneroo: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 18 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Alexander Heights is home to about 7,800 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $89,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,772
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$88,868/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$36,556/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
4.2%
Total Dwellings
2,649
Owner-Occupier Rate
83.8%
Houses
90.9%
Rental Stress
21.1%
Mortgage Stress
23.4%
Work From Home
6.3%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
85 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 421 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 57.6%
- English Spoken at Home
- 59.9%
- Employment Rate
- 62.2%
- Completed Year 12
- 43.5%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
239 residents (3.1%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 7,315 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
16% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (628 of 3,922).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 831 people work here; 3,922 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 79% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,060 a year through Wanneroo based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Wanneroo
In the year to August 2026, 4,125 new dwellings were approved across Wanneroo. That mix is 3,870 houses and 255 units. Approvals are up 17.4% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Perth Airport, 15.3 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 73 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 10.9 km
- Annual rainfall
- 663 mm
- 77 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.3°C
- 38 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.5°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
9 facilities within 5 km- 1.3 km
- 3.4 kmMetal Coating and FinishingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.5 kmWaste Remediation and Materials Recovery ServicesTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.1 km
- 4.1 km
EV adoption
In postcode 6064, 119 of 23,662 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.7% (648 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6064, 6,135 rooftop-solar systems totalling 29.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 11,402 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 246 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $800,000.
Cap is $800,000 SOUTH of the 26th parallel (which includes all of metropolitan Perth) and $1,000,000 NORTH of it. We store the southern figure because that is where almost every buyer is; the northern cap is higher, so the stored value never overstates eligibility. The southern cap rose from $750,000 on 7 May 2026 in the 2026-27 Housing Taxation Package. The same package moved the first home owner RATE OF DUTY thresholds, which is a different scheme and lives in the web repo's app/stamp_duty.py.
Mortgage repayments
2 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 4 across postcode 6064.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueWA
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $800,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Department of Finance WA.
At $920,000 this is $120,000 above the $800,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Department of Finance WA.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-26 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Anne Aly Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Anne Aly | 63.6% | 36.4% | +3.7 |
| 2022 | Anne Aly | 60.8% | 39.2% | -10.0 |
| 2019 | Anne Aly | 50.8% | 49.2% | -0.1 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Meredith Hammat WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Meredith Hammat ALP | 71.3% |
| 2017 | Margaret Quirk ALP | 66.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Alexander Heights
Is Alexander Heights a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Alexander Heights is moderate (44/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Alexander Heights?
Alexander Heights has a moderate recorded bushfire history (46/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Alexander Heights a good place to live?
Alexander Heights has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (56/100), ranked against other WA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Alexander Heights?
Alexander Heights, WA had a population of 7,772 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Alexander Heights, WA?
The postcode for Alexander Heights, WA is 6064.
How far is Alexander Heights from Perth?
Alexander Heights is 24 km from Perth CBD by road, about 26 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Alexander Heights?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Alexander Heights was $88,868 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Alexander Heights?
The median advertised rent in Alexander Heights is $800 a week for houses (22 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Alexander Heights?
The median age of residents in Alexander Heights was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Alexander Heights at risk of bushfire?
Alexander Heights has a moderate recorded bushfire history (46/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Alexander Heights?
There is 1 school inside the Alexander Heights boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Alexander Heights walkable?
Alexander Heights scores 66/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Alexander Heights?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Alexander Heights, Perth Airport (15.3 km away), summer days average 32.3°C, winter nights 8.5°C, 663 mm of rain a year over 77 rainy days, and 38 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Alexander Heights?
First-home buyers in WA may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $800,000. The grant is administered by Department of Finance WA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Alexander Heights belong to?
Alexander Heights sits within the Wanneroo local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Alexander Heights?
The average residential rates bill through Wanneroo is $2,060 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Alexander Heights?
Across Wanneroo, 4,125 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 17.4% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Alexander Heights in?
Alexander Heights sits within the federal Division of Cowan, currently held by Anne Aly (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2023–24
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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