Gooseberry Hill WA 6076
Located in Western Australia, Gooseberry Hill sits 26 km from Perth CBD, around 31 minutes by car. The suburb has 3,323 residents, a median age of 49, and a median household income of $112,788 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 1.3% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $400 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,253. Gooseberry Hill is characterised by high bushfire risk and no recorded flood exposure. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Gooseberry Hill a good suburb?
Gooseberry Hill scores a B (65/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Somewhat walkable
Walkability 37/100 · 25.7 km · 31 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $1.26M
High bushfire risk
Fire 83/100 · Crime 22/100 · Flood 0/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 49 · 3,323 residents
Liveability Rating
65 / 100 · Ranked #139 in WAEach bar is Gooseberry Hill'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
65 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataGooseberry Hill's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.26 million, roughly 31% below where it sat a year earlier.
$1,261,500
3% above its 4 neighbours (median $1,220,000)
Based on 48 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 27 days — median across 27 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 14 sales $1.19M
- 4 bed 18 sales $1.24M
- 5 bed 7 sales $1.8M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Gooseberry Hill are currently listed at around $1.47 million on average. Based on 14 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.47M
14 houses listed in the last 6 months.
15 of the suburb's 1,248 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Gooseberry Hill rent for around $860 a week on average, based on 8 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$860/wk
8 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
8 rentals advertised against an estimated 90 rented homes (8.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025102 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6076.
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$860/week ($45,000 a year) on a $1.47 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
13 active Airbnb listings: 13 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.0% 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
Two schools serve Gooseberry Hill, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 625 students across 2 schools (avg 312)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1069-1075, median 1072 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Gooseberry Hill Primary School (429 students)
Primary
Walkability
Gooseberry Hill is car-dependent on foot — at 37/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Gooseberry Hill.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 106.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 48.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 23.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 18.1 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 Gooseberry Hill.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 1,429
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
Kalamunda: 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 8 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Gooseberry Hill is home to about 3,300 residents, with a median age of 49, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $113,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
3,323
Median Age
49
Median Household Income
$112,788/yr
Census Median Rent
$400/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,253/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$47,736/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
6.5%
Total Dwellings
1,248
Owner-Occupier Rate
92.8%
Houses
96.7%
Rental Stress
18.4%
Mortgage Stress
24.0%
Work From Home
15.4%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 65.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.0%
- Employment Rate
- 58.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 53.7%
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.
33 residents (1.0%) 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 3,209 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
16% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (253 of 1,617).
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 411 people work here; 1,617 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 75% 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 $1,977 a year through Kalamunda based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Kalamunda
In the year to August 2026, 214 new dwellings were approved across Kalamunda. That mix is 194 houses and 20 units. Approvals are up 124.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Perth Airport, 7.2 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 184 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 27.8 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 10.9% of addresses
- 168 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 663 mm
- 77 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 32.3°C
- 38 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 8.5°C
- 0 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.
EV adoption
In postcode 6076, 279 of 20,652 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.2% (669 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6076, 5,583 rooftop-solar systems totalling 31.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 8,602 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 307 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 6 across postcode 6076.
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 $1,261,500 this is $461,500 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Trish Cook Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Trish Cook | 50.5% | 49.5% | -2.8 |
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 Stephen Price WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Stephen Price ALP | 54.1% |
| 2021 | Stephen Price ALP | 75.5% |
| 2017 | Stephen Price ALP | 59.4% |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Gooseberry Hill
Is Gooseberry Hill a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Gooseberry Hill is low (22/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Gooseberry Hill?
Gooseberry Hill has a high recorded bushfire history (83/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Gooseberry Hill a good place to live?
Gooseberry Hill has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (65/100), 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 Gooseberry Hill?
Gooseberry Hill, WA had a population of 3,323 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Gooseberry Hill, WA?
The postcode for Gooseberry Hill, WA is 6076.
How far is Gooseberry Hill from Perth?
Gooseberry Hill is 26 km from Perth CBD by road, about 31 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Gooseberry Hill?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Gooseberry Hill was $112,788 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 Gooseberry Hill?
The median advertised rent in Gooseberry Hill is $860 a week for houses (8 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Gooseberry Hill?
The median age of residents in Gooseberry Hill was 49 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Gooseberry Hill at risk of bushfire?
Gooseberry Hill has a high recorded bushfire history (83/100). 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 Gooseberry Hill?
There are 2 schools inside the Gooseberry Hill boundary: 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Gooseberry Hill walkable?
Gooseberry Hill scores 37/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. 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 Gooseberry Hill?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Gooseberry Hill, Perth Airport (7.2 km away), summer days average 32.3°C, winter nights 8.5°C, 663 mm of rain a year over 77 rainy days, and 38 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Gooseberry Hill?
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 Gooseberry Hill belong to?
Gooseberry Hill sits within the Kalamunda local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Gooseberry Hill?
The average residential rates bill through Kalamunda is $1,977 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Gooseberry Hill?
Across Kalamunda, 214 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 124.0% 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 Gooseberry Hill in?
Gooseberry Hill sits within the federal Division of Bullwinkel, currently held by Trish Cook (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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