Morley WA 6062
Morley is a suburb in Western Australia, 9 km from Perth CBD, around 17 minutes by car. Population is 22,539; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $82,316 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 4.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $360 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Of 6 schools within the suburb boundary, 4 rank above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Morley a good suburb?
Morley scores a A (73/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on schools and transit, weaker on safety.
Above the state average
6 schools · 4 above peer schools · Top 8% in WA
Close to the CBD
Walkability 58/100 · 9.2 km · 17 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $900K
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 71/100 · Flood 0/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 39 · 22,539 residents
Liveability Rating
73 / 100 · Ranked #89 in WAEach bar is Morley's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
73 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMorley's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $900,000, roughly 21% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$900,000
18% below its 9 neighbours (median $1,092,500)
Based on 426 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 33 days — median across 291 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 28 sales $732K
- 3 bed 231 sales $850K
- 4 bed 140 sales $980K
- 5 bed 23 sales $1.03M
Units
$590,000
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $601,250)
Based on 18 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 11 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 9 sales $570K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Morley are currently listed at around $962,000 on average. Based on 104 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$962K
104 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$649K
3 units listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 1 days.
107 of the suburb's 8,693 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Morley rent for around $790 a week on average, based on 139 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$790/wk
In line with its 8 neighbours (median $790/wk)
139 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$692/wk
8 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
147 rentals advertised against an estimated 2,504 rented homes (5.9%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $750/wk
- 161 bonds
- +25% 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 202591 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6062.
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$790/week ($41,000 a year) on a $962,000 median
$692/week ($36,000 a year) on a $649,000 median
Based on a small sample (3 listings) — indicative only.
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
52 active Airbnb listings: 25 whole homes and 27 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.3% 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
Six schools serve Morley, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Hampton Park Primary School and Hampton Senior High School lead the pack.
- • 3,414 students across 6 schools (avg 569)
- • Sectors: 5 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 983-1083, median 1026 (above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: John Forrest Secondary College (1,122 students)
Primary
Secondary
Universities nearby
- 8.9 kmECU City CampusEdith Cowan University · 73 courses
- 8.9 kmSCU PerthSouthern Cross University · 92 courses
2.2% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
Morley is somewhat walkable on foot — at 58/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the suburb there are 8 supermarkets, 33 parks and 6 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Morley.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 854.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 635.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 505.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 21.2 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 1 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 Morley.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 47%
- Premises covered
- 11,442
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
Bayswater: 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 44 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.
Morley is home to about 22,500 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $82,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
22,539
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$82,316/yr
Census Median Rent
$360/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$38,324/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.9%
Total Dwellings
8,693
Owner-Occupier Rate
71.2%
Houses
83.5%
Rental Stress
22.7%
Mortgage Stress
25.3%
Work From Home
6.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
94 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 35 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 2,434 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 53.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 59.9%
- Employment Rate
- 59.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 48.3%
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.
1,312 residents (5.8%) 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 21,211 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
22% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (2,509 of 11,179).
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 7,847 people work here; 11,179 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.7 per resident). At least 30% 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 $1,871 a year through Bayswater based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Bayswater
In the year to August 2026, 251 new dwellings were approved across Bayswater. That mix is 208 houses and 43 units. Approvals are down 44.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Perth Airport, 7.7 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 30 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 14.7 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 3.9% of addresses
- 472 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
10 facilities within 5 km- 0.9 km
- 2.9 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
- 3.3 kmReady-Mixed Concrete ManufacturingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.5 kmOther Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing n.e.c.Top reported: Chromium (III) compounds · Manganese & compounds
- 3.6 km
EV adoption
In postcode 6062, 277 of 28,493 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.6% (1,037 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.6%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6062, 6,583 rooftop-solar systems totalling 36.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 13,993 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 357 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
16 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 19 across postcode 6062.
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 $900,000 this is $100,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Tania Lawrence Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Tania Lawrence | 66.0% | 34.0% | +5.9 |
| 2022 | Tania Lawrence | 56.0% | 44.0% | -11.9 |
| 2019 | Ken Wyatt | 44.6% | 55.4% | +3.3 |
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 Amber-Jade Sanderson WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Amber-Jade Sanderson ALP | 62.0% |
| 2021 | Amber-Jade Sanderson ALP | 78.6% |
| 2017 | Amber-Jade Sanderson ALP | 61.4% |
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
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Checking the whole city?
Suburbs to avoid in Perth There is no list of bad suburbs, but there are hazards the state measures and publishes — recorded crime, bushfire exposure, flood overlays and aircraft noise. Perth suburbs ranked on them, with what the numbers do and don't mean.Nearby suburbs
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Common questions about Morley
Is Morley a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Morley is high (71/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Morley?
Morley 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 Morley a good place to live?
Morley has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A (73/100), 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 Morley?
Morley, WA had a population of 22,539 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Morley, WA?
The postcode for Morley, WA is 6062.
How far is Morley from Perth?
Morley is 9 km from Perth CBD by road, about 17 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Morley?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Morley was $82,316 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 Morley?
The median advertised rent in Morley is $790 a week for houses (139 listings) and $692 a week for units (8 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Morley?
The median age of residents in Morley was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Morley?
There are 6 schools inside the Morley boundary: 4 above and 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Morley walkable?
Morley scores 58/100 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 Morley?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Morley, Perth Airport (7.7 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 Morley?
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 Morley belong to?
Morley sits within the Bayswater local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Morley?
The average residential rates bill through Bayswater is $1,871 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Morley?
Across Bayswater, 251 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 44.0% 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 Morley in?
Morley sits within the federal Division of Hasluck, currently held by Tania Lawrence (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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