Dawesville WA 6211
Dawesville is a suburb in Western Australia, 87 km from Perth CBD, around 1 hour 15 minutes by car. Population is 7,143; the median age is 43 and the median household income is $76,388 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 22.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $350 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,842. The area shows high crime risk. Of 2 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Dawesville a good suburb?
Dawesville scores a C (40/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit.
Mixed results
2 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 61/100 · 86.8 km · 73 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $870K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 20/100 · Crime 60/100 · Flood 50/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 43 · 7,143 residents
Liveability Rating
40 / 100 · Ranked #354 in WAEach bar is Dawesville'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
40 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataDawesville's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $870,000, roughly 16% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$870,000
12% above its 3 neighbours (median $775,000)
Based on 233 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 28 days — median across 113 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $902K
- 3 bed 62 sales $778K
- 4 bed 138 sales $882K
- 5 bed 21 sales $935K
Land
$640,000
Based on 34 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 47 days — median across 17 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Dawesville are currently listed at around $949,000 on average. Based on 139 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$949K
139 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$1.1M
11 units listed in the last 6 months.
150 of the suburb's 2,546 dwellings (5.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Dawesville rent for around $650 a week on average, based on 102 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$650/wk
102 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
102 rentals advertised against an estimated 387 rented homes (26.4%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $615/wk
- 91 bonds
- +9% 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 2025103 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6211.
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$650/week ($34,000 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
31 active Airbnb listings: 31 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.9% 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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.8 km
- Rate
- -0.12 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -0.5 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Two schools serve Dawesville, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. St Damien's Catholic Primary School leads the pack.
- • 1,040 students across 2 schools (avg 520)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 964-1028, median 996 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Ocean Road Primary School (624 students)
Primary
Walkability
Dawesville is somewhat walkable on foot — at 61/100, 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 Dawesville.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 108.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 53.9 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 39.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 16.5 hours
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 Dawesville.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 44%
- Premises covered
- 4,066
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
Mandurah: 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 13 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 6 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Dawesville is home to about 7,100 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $76,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
7,143
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$76,388/yr
Census Median Rent
$350/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,842/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$33,436/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
28.8%
Total Dwellings
2,546
Owner-Occupier Rate
84.8%
Houses
94.1%
Rental Stress
23.8%
Mortgage Stress
28.9%
Work From Home
10.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
12 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 13 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 381 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 69.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.4%
- Employment Rate
- 50.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 34.2%
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.
117 residents (1.6%) 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 6,755 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
4% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (128 of 2,897).
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 593 people work here; 2,897 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.2 jobs per working resident. At least 78% 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 $2,186 a year through Mandurah based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Mandurah
In the year to August 2026, 1,482 new dwellings were approved across Mandurah. That mix is 1,399 houses and 83 units. Approvals are up 19.6% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Halls Head, 11.9 km- Elevation
- 12 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.8 km
- 1.8 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- —
- 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
1 facility within 5 km- 1.8 km
EV adoption
In postcode 6211, 52 of 8,374 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (169 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6211, 3,014 rooftop-solar systems totalling 16.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,004 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 188 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.
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 $870,000 this is $70,000 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 Andrew Hastie Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Andrew Hastie | 43.5% | 56.5% | -5.3 |
| 2022 | Andrew Hastie | 46.4% | 53.6% | -8.0 |
| 2019 | Andrew Hastie | 38.5% | 61.5% | +4.8 |
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 Lisa Munday WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Lisa Munday ALP | 51.3% |
| 2021 | Lisa Munday ALP | 64.0% |
| 2017 | Zak Kirkup LP | 50.7% |
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.
Looking at a specific address in Dawesville?
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 7,143 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 Dawesville
Is Dawesville a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Dawesville is moderate (60/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Dawesville?
Dawesville has a low recorded bushfire history (20/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (50/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Dawesville a good place to live?
Dawesville has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (40/100), 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 Dawesville?
Dawesville, WA had a population of 7,143 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Dawesville, WA?
The postcode for Dawesville, WA is 6211.
How far is Dawesville from Perth?
Dawesville is 87 km from Perth CBD by road, about 73 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Dawesville?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Dawesville was $76,388 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 Dawesville?
The median advertised rent in Dawesville is $650 a week for houses (102 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Dawesville?
The median age of residents in Dawesville was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Dawesville at risk of bushfire?
Dawesville has a low recorded bushfire history (20/100). 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 Dawesville?
There are 2 schools inside the Dawesville boundary: 1 above and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Dawesville walkable?
Dawesville scores 61/100 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.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Dawesville?
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 Dawesville belong to?
Dawesville sits within the Mandurah local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Dawesville?
The average residential rates bill through Mandurah is $2,186 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Dawesville?
Across Mandurah, 1,482 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 19.6% 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 Dawesville in?
Dawesville sits within the federal Division of Canning, currently held by Andrew Hastie (Liberal).
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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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