Bentley WA 6102
Bentley sits 10 km from Perth CBD in Western Australia, around 16 minutes by car. Census data records 9,051 residents with a median age of 32 and a median household income of $63,024 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 3.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,555. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 4 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Bentley a good suburb?
Bentley scores a B (49/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools and safety.
Below the state average
4 schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 77/100 · 9.5 km · 16 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $791K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 89/100 · Flood 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 32 · 9,051 residents
Liveability Rating
49 / 100 · Ranked #266 in WAEach bar is Bentley's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
49 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBentley's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $791,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$790,756
16% below its 10 neighbours (median $942,500)
Based on 120 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 38 days — median across 74 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 13 sales $555K
- 3 bed 46 sales $785K
- 4 bed 47 sales $836K
- 5 bed 8 sales $918K
Units
$582,000
3% below its 6 neighbours (median $600,000)
Based on 32 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 17 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 12 sales $552K
- 3 bed 14 sales $620K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Bentley are currently listed at around $850,000 on average. Based on 43 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$850K
43 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$599K
10 units listed in the last 6 months.
53 of the suburb's 3,252 dwellings (1.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Bentley rent for around $805 a week on average, based on 60 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$805/wk
In line with its 7 neighbours (median $800/wk)
60 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$698/wk
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $700/wk)
12 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
72 rentals advertised against an estimated 2,114 rented homes (3.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $650/wk
- 126 bonds
- +58% 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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$805/week ($42,000 a year) on a $850,000 median
$698/week ($36,000 a year) on a $599,000 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
26 active Airbnb listings: 11 whole homes and 15 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.3% 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
Four schools serve Bentley, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 781 students across 3 schools (avg 260)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 974-1073, median 1055 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Bentley Primary School (336 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Universities nearby
- 0.0 kmCurtin University of TechnologyCurtin University · 354 courses
- 7.4 kmECU City CampusEdith Cowan University · 73 courses
- 7.4 kmSCU PerthSouthern Cross University · 92 courses
9.4% 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
Bentley is very walkable on foot — at 77/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 34 parks and 16 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Bentley.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 622.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 449.0 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 256.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.2 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 Bentley.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 34%
- Premises covered
- 4,981
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
Canning: 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 19 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Bentley is home to about 9,100 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 32 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $63,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
9,051
Median Age
32
Median Household Income
$63,024/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,555/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$32,136/yr
Unemployment Rate
8.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.0%
Total Dwellings
3,252
Owner-Occupier Rate
35.0%
Houses
37.3%
Rental Stress
26.4%
Mortgage Stress
29.6%
Work From Home
5.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
209 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 176 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,850 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 36.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 45.1%
- Employment Rate
- 50.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 57.9%
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.
1,987 residents (22.0%) 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 8,712 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
19% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (781 of 4,131).
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 11,461 people work here; 4,131 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 2.8 jobs for every working resident. At least 63% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
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 $1,833 a year through Canning based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Canning
In the year to August 2026, 423 new dwellings were approved across Canning. That mix is 345 houses and 78 units. Approvals are down 2.9% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Jandakot Aero, 10.9 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 18 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 14.7 km
- 3.3 km to a named beach
- Near high-voltage lines
- 1.0% of addresses
- 64 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 745 mm
- 80 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 31.4°C
- 30 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 7.6°C
- 2 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
14 facilities within 5 km- 0.4 km
- 1.2 kmHigher EducationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 1.7 kmHuman Pharmaceutical and Medicinal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 2.0 kmMilk and Cream ProcessingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤2.5 µm (PM2.5)
- 2.1 km
EV adoption
In postcode 6102, 168 of 12,936 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.9% (504 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6102, 1,583 rooftop-solar systems totalling 9.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,850 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 97 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
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb.
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 $790,756 this is under 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 Zaneta Mascarenhas Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Zaneta Mascarenhas | 64.0% | 36.0% | +4.6 |
| 2022 | Zaneta Mascarenhas | 58.8% | 41.2% | -12.0 |
| 2019 | Steve Irons | 47.3% | 52.7% | -0.9 |
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 Hannah Beazley WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Hannah Beazley ALP | 66.7% |
| 2021 | Hannah Beazley ALP | 77.8% |
| 2017 | Ben Wyatt ALP | 66.5% |
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.
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 9,051 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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Checking the whole city?
Suburbs to avoid in Perth There is no list of bad suburbs, but there are hazards the state measures and publishes — recorded crime, bushfire exposure, flood overlays and aircraft noise. Perth suburbs ranked on them, with what the numbers do and don't mean.Nearby suburbs
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Common questions about Bentley
Is Bentley a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Bentley is high (89/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Bentley?
Bentley has no recorded bushfire history. No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Bentley a good place to live?
Bentley has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (49/100), 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 Bentley?
Bentley, WA had a population of 9,051 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Bentley, WA?
The postcode for Bentley, WA is 6102.
How far is Bentley from Perth?
Bentley is 10 km from Perth CBD by road, about 16 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Bentley?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Bentley was $63,024 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 Bentley?
The median advertised rent in Bentley is $805 a week for houses (60 listings) and $698 a week for units (12 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Bentley?
The median age of residents in Bentley was 32 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Bentley?
There are 4 schools inside the Bentley boundary: 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Bentley walkable?
Bentley scores 77/100 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 Bentley?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Bentley, Jandakot Aero (10.9 km away), summer days average 31.4°C, winter nights 7.6°C, 745 mm of rain a year over 80 rainy days, and 30 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Bentley?
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 Bentley belong to?
Bentley sits within the Canning local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Bentley?
The average residential rates bill through Canning is $1,833 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Bentley?
Across Canning, 423 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 2.9% 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 Bentley in?
Bentley sits within the federal Division of Swan, currently held by Zaneta Mascarenhas (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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