Applecross WA 6153
Applecross is a suburb in Western Australia, 10 km from Perth CBD, around 14 minutes by car. Population is 7,228; the median age is 44 and the median household income is $127,556 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 5.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $475 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,800. Applecross is characterised by high flood risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Applecross a good suburb?
Applecross scores a A (75/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community.
Mixed results
1 school · 1 above peer schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 82/100 · 10.1 km · 14 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $2.4M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 57/100 · Flood 65/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 44 · 7,228 residents
Liveability Rating
75 / 100 · Ranked #79 in WAEach bar is Applecross'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
75 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataApplecross's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $2.4 million, roughly 30% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$2,400,000
16% above its 3 neighbours (median $2,075,000)
Based on 99 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 33 days — median across 75 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 39 sales $1.5M
- 4 bed 38 sales $2.98M
- 5 bed 14 sales $4.01M
Units
$1,000,000
Based on 85 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 40 days — median across 49 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 16 sales $594K
- 2 bed 43 sales $888K
- 3 bed 25 sales $1.79M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Applecross are currently listed at around $2 million on average, with the typical listing on the market for 1 days. Based on 33 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$2M
33 houses listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 1 days.
Units
$1M
31 units listed in the last 6 months.
64 of the suburb's 2,790 dwellings (2.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Applecross rent for around $975 a week on average, based on 43 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$975/wk
3% below its 3 neighbours (median $1,000/wk)
43 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$800/wk
24 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
67 rentals advertised against an estimated 792 rented homes (8.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $850/wk
- 87 bonds
- +35% 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 202580 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 38% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6153.
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$975/week ($51,000 a year) on a $2 million median
$800/week ($42,000 a year) on a $1 million 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
22 active Airbnb listings: 20 whole homes and 2 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.6% 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 Applecross, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Applecross Primary School leads the pack.
- • 571 students in one school (avg 571)
Primary
Universities nearby
- 3.5 kmThe University of Western AustraliaThe University of Western Australia · 315 courses
- 6.2 kmMurdoch University (Murdoch)Murdoch University · 257 courses
- 6.7 kmCurtin University of TechnologyCurtin University · 354 courses
4.1% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Applecross is very walkable on foot — at 82/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 8 parks and 11 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Applecross.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 224.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 99.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 72.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.4 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 0 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 Applecross.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 96%
- Premises covered
- 4,226
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
Melville: 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 16 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Applecross is home to about 7,200 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $128,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,228
Median Age
44
Median Household Income
$127,556/yr
Census Median Rent
$475/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,800/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$60,684/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.8%
Total Dwellings
2,790
Owner-Occupier Rate
71.6%
Houses
61.9%
Rental Stress
19.4%
Mortgage Stress
26.3%
Work From Home
14.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
5 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 6 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 772 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 57.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 73.8%
- Employment Rate
- 59.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 62.7%
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.
388 residents (5.4%) 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 6,929 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
27% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (966 of 3,594).
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 3,462 people work here; 3,594 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident). At least 3% 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 $2,396 a year through Melville based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Melville
In the year to August 2026, 727 new dwellings were approved across Melville. That mix is 287 houses and 440 units. Approvals are up 268.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Subiaco Treatment Plant, 7.7 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 13 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 8.0 km
- 4.6 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 650 mm
- 75 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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
2 facilities within 5 km- 2.8 km
- 4.1 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
EV adoption
In postcode 6153, 577 of 18,116 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.6% (825 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6153, 4,098 rooftop-solar systems totalling 25.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 9,165 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 297 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
11 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 22 across postcode 6153.
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 $2,400,000 this is $1,600,000 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Sam Lim Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sam Lim | 57.0% | 43.0% | +4.1 |
| 2022 | Sam Lim | 52.4% | 47.6% | -11.9 |
| 2019 | Ben Morton | 38.5% | 61.5% | +0.4 |
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 Kim Giddens WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kim Giddens ALP | 53.3% |
| 2021 | Kim Giddens ALP | 56.7% |
| 2017 | Dean Nalder LP | 59.5% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Applecross?
Every figure above is a suburb average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 7,228 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Applecross
Is Applecross a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Applecross is moderate (57/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Applecross?
Applecross has no recorded bushfire history. Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (65/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Applecross a good place to live?
Applecross has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (75/100), 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 Applecross?
Applecross, WA had a population of 7,228 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Applecross, WA?
The postcode for Applecross, WA is 6153.
How far is Applecross from Perth?
Applecross is 10 km from Perth CBD by road, about 14 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Applecross?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Applecross was $127,556 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 Applecross?
The median advertised rent in Applecross is $975 a week for houses (43 listings) and $800 a week for units (24 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Applecross?
The median age of residents in Applecross was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Applecross?
There is 1 school inside the Applecross boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Applecross walkable?
Applecross scores 82/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 Applecross?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Applecross, Subiaco Treatment Plant (7.7 km away), 650 mm of rain a year over 75 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Applecross?
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 Applecross belong to?
Applecross sits within the Melville local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Applecross?
The average residential rates bill through Melville is $2,396 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Applecross?
Across Melville, 727 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 268.0% 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 Applecross in?
Applecross sits within the federal Division of Tangney, currently held by Sam Lim (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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