Lakelands WA 6180
Lakelands is a suburb in Western Australia, 64 km from Perth CBD, around 52 minutes by car. Population is 6,171; the median age is 32 and the median household income is $93,808 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 27.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $350 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,750. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 3 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Lakelands a good suburb?
Lakelands scores a B (58/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools.
Above the state average
3 schools · 1 above peer schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 42/100 · 64 km · 52 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $780K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 69/100 · Flood 0/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 32 · 6,171 residents
Liveability Rating
58 / 100 · Ranked #187 in WAEach bar is Lakelands's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
58 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataLakelands's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $780,000, roughly 18% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$780,000
4% below its 4 neighbours (median $810,000)
Based on 187 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 23 days — median across 108 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 58 sales $712K
- 4 bed 119 sales $820K
- 5 bed 8 sales $867K
Land
$651,000
Based on 15 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 26 days — median across 9 sales that recorded a listing period
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Lakelands are currently listed at around $825,000 on average. Based on 121 houses listed in the past six months.
$825K
121 houses listed in the last 6 months.
121 of the suburb's 2,119 dwellings (5.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Lakelands rent for around $680 a week on average, based on 170 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$680/wk
3% below its 4 neighbours (median $700/wk)
170 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
171 rentals advertised against an estimated 500 rented homes (34.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $650/wk
- 143 bonds
- +18% 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 2025105 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6180.
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$680/week ($35,000 a year) on a $825,000 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
4 active Airbnb listings: 3 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.1% 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
Three schools serve Lakelands, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Lakelands Primary School leads the pack.
- • 3,174 students across 3 schools (avg 1,058)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 970-1049, median 975 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Mandurah Baptist College (1,383 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Lakelands is car-dependent on foot — at 42/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Lakelands.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 126.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 83.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 42.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 21.1 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 10 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 Lakelands.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 69%
- Premises covered
- 2,422
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.
Lakelands is home to about 6,200 residents, and skews young, with a median age of 32 against the national 38. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,171
Median Age
32
Median Household Income
$93,808/yr
Census Median Rent
$350/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,750/mo
Avg Household Size
2.8
Median Personal Income
$40,976/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.4%
Total Dwellings
2,119
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.4%
Houses
99.2%
Rental Stress
19.4%
Mortgage Stress
22.4%
Work From Home
6.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
29 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 48 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 490 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 64.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 84.0%
- Employment Rate
- 61.9%
- Completed Year 12
- 36.7%
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.
191 residents (3.1%) 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 5,651 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
6% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (162 of 2,822).
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.
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, 10.3 km- Elevation
- 3 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 2.4 km
- 2.4 km to a named beach
- Near high-voltage lines
- 2.7% of addresses
- 115 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
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- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
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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- 4.7 km
EV adoption
In postcode 6180, 37 of 5,877 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.5% (146 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6180, 2,319 rooftop-solar systems totalling 12.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,474 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 212 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.
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 $780,000 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 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 Luke Herdegen One Nation — elected at the Aug 2026 by-election, after the results below
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Paul Papalia ALP | 61.5% |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Lakelands
Is Lakelands a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Lakelands is moderate (69/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Lakelands?
Lakelands 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 Lakelands a good place to live?
Lakelands has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (58/100), 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 Lakelands?
Lakelands, WA had a population of 6,171 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Lakelands, WA?
The postcode for Lakelands, WA is 6180.
How far is Lakelands from Perth?
Lakelands is 64 km from Perth CBD by road, about 52 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Lakelands?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Lakelands was $93,808 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 Lakelands?
The median advertised rent in Lakelands is $680 a week for houses (170 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Lakelands?
The median age of residents in Lakelands was 32 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Lakelands?
There are 3 schools inside the Lakelands boundary: 1 above and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Lakelands walkable?
Lakelands scores 42/100 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.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Lakelands?
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 Lakelands belong to?
Lakelands sits within the Mandurah local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Lakelands?
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 Lakelands?
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 Lakelands in?
Lakelands 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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