FREMANTLE WA 6160
Bushfire Risk:None
Crime Risk:High(93/100)
Erosion Risk:Moderate(47/100)
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Population
9,251
12.7% since 2016
Median Age
41
no change since 2016
Median Household Income
$94,744/yr
17.7% since 2016
Median Weekly Rent
$380/wk
5.6% since 2016
Median Monthly Mortgage
$2,167/mo
no change since 2016
Avg Household Size
2.0
4.8% since 2016
Median Personal Income
$53,092/yr
25.0% since 2016
Unemployment Rate
5.2%
Unoccupied Dwellings
16.7%
Dwelling Types
Houses1,622 (39.9%)
Townhouses1,306 (32.1%)
Flats / Apartments1,140 (28.0%)
Property Ownership
Renting1,689 (42.7%)
Owned Outright1,153 (29.2%)
Mortgage1,111 (28.1%)
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 61.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 79.9%
- Employment Rate
- 61.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 61.4%
10.5% since 2016
Occupations
Professionals1,980 (39.2%)
Managers740 (14.7%)
Community & Personal Service588 (11.6%)
Technicians & Trades505 (10.0%)
Clerical & Administrative449 (8.9%)
Sales288 (5.7%)
Labourers286 (5.7%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers141 (2.8%)
Religion
No Religion5,203 (56.2%)
Christianity2,755 (29.8%)
Buddhism125 (1.4%)
Islam52 (0.6%)
Judaism42 (0.5%)
Other Religions40 (0.4%)
Hinduism33 (0.4%)
Age Distribution
25-341,690 (18.3%)
35-441,293 (14.0%)
45-541,293 (14.0%)
55-641,278 (13.8%)
65-741,040 (11.2%)
5-14637 (6.9%)
20-24633 (6.8%)
75-84499 (5.4%)
15-19367 (4.0%)
0-4349 (3.8%)
85+166 (1.8%)
Family & Household Composition
Lone Person1,650 (55.5%)
Couple Families681 (22.9%)
One Parent Families331 (11.1%)
Group Household277 (9.3%)
Other Families32 (1.1%)
Commute to Work
Car (driver)2,468 (57.4%)
Worked from Home605 (14.1%)
Walked Only376 (8.7%)
Train332 (7.7%)
Bus219 (5.1%)
Car (passenger)161 (3.7%)
Bicycle141 (3.3%)
Education
Bachelor Degree2,115 (22.9%)
Postgraduate Degree990 (10.7%)
Certificate III & IV877 (9.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma756 (8.2%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate337 (3.6%)
Cars per Dwelling
1 car1,898 (47.3%)
2 cars1,237 (30.9%)
0 cars477 (11.9%)
3 cars278 (6.9%)
4+ cars122 (3.0%)
Coastal Erosion
28
monitoring points
within 5 km
25
actively eroding
> 0.1 m/yr retreat
-3.71
worst rate (m/yr)
Significant
1.7 km
nearest coastline
monitoring point
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2022Stable or accreting5 (18%)
Moderate erosion (0.1–0.3 m/yr)13 (46%)
Significant erosion (> 0.3 m/yr)10 (36%)
Average rate: -0.52 m/yr across 28 points. Negative values indicate the shoreline is retreating (eroding).
Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 1.7 km
- Rate
- -0.28 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -11.4 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
High certainty: 25 of 28 points (89%)
Based on DEA Coastlines satellite observations (1988–2022). Points marked "likely rocky coastline" may have lower measurement accuracy.