Denham WA 6537
Denham is a rural locality in Western Australia, 823 km from Perth CBD, around 9 hours by car. Population is 849; the median age is 48 and the median household income is $53,092 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 12.6% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $220 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,387. The area shows high coastal erosion risk and no recorded flood exposure. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Denham a good place to live?
Denham scores a B (52/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety.
Mixed results
1 school
Some car dependence
Walkability 52/100 · 822.6 km · 539 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $482K
Low all-round risk
Fire 18/100 · Crime 10/100 · Flood 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 48 · 849 residents
Liveability Rating
52 / 100 · Ranked #227 in WAEach bar is Denham'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Denham?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
52 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
…
Median House Price
Public listings dataDenham's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $482,000, roughly 33% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$481,655
Based on 27 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 137 days — median across 5 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 13 sales $400K
Land
$175,000
Based on only 9 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Typically sold in 193 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Short-Stay Rentals
15 active Airbnb listings: 11 whole homes and 4 rooms. Whole homes are about 2.4% of the locality'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
- 635 m
- Rate
- -0.36 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -19.2 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
One school serve Denham, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 85 students in one school (avg 85)
Combined
Walkability
Denham is somewhat walkable on foot — at 52/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the locality there are 2 supermarkets, 9 parks and 4 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Denham.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 568
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
Shark Bay: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Denham is home to 849 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $53,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.8%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
849
Median Age
48
Median Household Income
$53,092/yr
Census Median Rent
$220/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,387/mo
Avg Household Size
2.0
Median Personal Income
$39,208/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.8%
Unoccupied Dwellings
45.3%
Total Dwellings
318
Owner-Occupier Rate
58.2%
Houses
71.1%
Rental Stress
21.5%
Mortgage Stress
31.3%
Work From Home
8.0%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
25 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 10 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 122 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 61.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 73.6%
- Employment Rate
- 52.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 32.9%
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.
57 residents (6.7%) 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.
13.9% of residents (112) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth (100).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 808 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (3 of 386).
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 locality against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 436 people work here; 386 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.1 per resident). At least 1% 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 $1,097 a year through Shark Bay based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Shark Bay
In the year to August 2026, 29 new dwellings were approved across Shark Bay. That mix is 26 houses and 3 units.
Climate & Setting
from Denham, 1.1 kmDry climate — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 17 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 641 m
- Annual rainfall
- 194 mm
- 23 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 30.9°C
- 26 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 13.8°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the locality 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- 1.5 kmFossil Fuel Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 6537, 3 of 754 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 0.4% (3 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 0.8%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6537, 141 rooftop-solar systems totalling 1.3 MW have been installed since 2001, against 499 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 2 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
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 $481,655 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 2026-10-27 — 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 Melissa Price Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Melissa Price | 39.9% | 60.1% | -5.5 |
| 2022 | Melissa Price | 45.7% | 54.3% | -9.2 |
| 2019 | Melissa Price | 35.2% | 64.8% | +3.7 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Shane Love The Nationals WA
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Shane Love NP | 63.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
Looking at a specific address in Denham?
Every figure above is a locality 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 849 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
Free to look up. Subscribers see every section in full — $29/month.
Compare Denham to another suburb
Side-by-side stats for any other WA suburb — type a name and pick one.
Common questions about Denham
Is Denham a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Denham is low (10/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Denham?
Denham has a low recorded bushfire history (18/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Denham a good place to live?
Denham has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (52/100), 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 Denham?
Denham, WA had a population of 849 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Denham, WA?
The postcode for Denham, WA is 6537.
How far is Denham from Perth?
Denham is 823 km from Perth CBD by road, about 539 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Denham?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Denham was $53,092 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 Denham?
There are too few current rental listings in Denham for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $220, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Denham?
The median age of residents in Denham was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Denham at risk of bushfire?
Denham has a low recorded bushfire history (18/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality 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 Denham?
There is 1 school inside the Denham boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Denham walkable?
Denham scores 52/100 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 Denham?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Denham, Denham (1.1 km away), summer days average 30.9°C, winter nights 13.8°C, 194 mm of rain a year over 23 rainy days, and 26 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Denham?
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 Denham belong to?
Denham sits within the Shark Bay local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Denham?
The average residential rates bill through Shark Bay is $1,097 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Denham?
Across Shark Bay, 29 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Denham in?
Denham sits within the federal Division of Durack, currently held by Melissa Price (Liberal).
Search another suburb or address
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
- 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
Vintages show when each source's data is from. See all data sources.
Was the information on this page useful to you?
Thanks! Anything we could improve?
We hate spam as much as you do — we'll never use your email for marketing, and we might not be able to reply to everyone.
Thanks for your feedback! 🙏
Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
Always verify with the relevant authority before making property decisions.
See Data Sources and How We Calculate for details.