Orange Grove WA 6109

Located in Western Australia, Orange Grove sits 22 km from Perth CBD, around 31 minutes by car. The suburb has 726 residents, a median age of 52, and a median household income of $66,872 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The suburb fell 2.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $250 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,860. Orange Grove is characterised by high bushfire risk and high crime risk. All 1 school within the suburb boundary rank above the state average, and walkability is low.

Is Orange Grove a good suburb?

Orange Grove scores a D (30/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on safety.

Schools

Mixed results

1 school · 1 above peer schools

Transit

Some car dependence

Walkability 0/100 · 22.1 km · 31 min drive to Perth

Prices

Median available

Median $1.75M

Safety

High bushfire risk

Fire 78/100 · Crime 61/100 · Flood 0/100

Community

Below-average income

SEIFA decile 4/10 · median age 52 · 726 residents

D

Liveability Rating

30 / 100 · Ranked #446 in WA

Each bar is Orange Grove'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.

Schools quality no data
too few schools to rate
Safety
25
Bushfire High · Crime Moderate · Flood None
Socio-economic
32
Mid-range
Walkability
10
Very car-dependent
CBD access
71
22.1 km · 31 min drive to Perth
How it's calculated: Safety rank 25 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 32 × 25% + Walkability rank 10 × 15% + CBD access rank 71 × 10% = 30 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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30 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Orange Grove's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.75 million, roughly 26% above where it sat a year earlier.

$1,750,000

143% above its 4 neighbours (median $720,000)

↑ +25.9% year-on-year

Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 76 days — median across 4 sales that recorded a listing period

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
All rentals
$385/wk
11 bonds
+51% 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 2025

102 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6109.

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.

Short-Stay Rentals

1 active Airbnb listing: 1 whole home and 0 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

One school serve Orange Grove, and the cohort skews above peer-suburb performance. Orange Grove Primary School leads the pack.

62
out of 100
Average
1 school in this suburb
1 above similar
  • • 158 students in one school (avg 158)

Primary

Government · K-6 · 158 students
ICSEA 973 (higher than 35% of Australian schools) · 7% top-SEA students
Above similar

Walkability

Orange Grove is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 20% in WA
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

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 Orange Grove.

78
connectivity score / 100
Top 9% in WA
Most common
Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
47%
Premises covered
372
Technology mix
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 47%
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 33%
Fibre to the curb (FTTC) 20%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 0%

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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
1 in suburb
Beaches
None
Waterways
9 in suburb
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Gosnells: council population

The whole council area, not just Orange Grove · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
144,475
+1.9% in a year
Change
+2,700
people since 2024
Density
1,135
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+906
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
-767
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+2,561
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
4/10
3/10 within WA
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
4/10
3/10 within WA
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
3/10 within WA
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Orange Grove is home to 726 residents, with a median age of 52 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $67,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.2%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

726

2.8% since 2016

Median Age

52

4.0% since 2016

Median Household Income

$66,872/yr

10.5% since 2016
Bottom 24% in WA

Census Median Rent

$250/wk

11.1% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,860/mo

32.0% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.2

4.3% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$40,820/yr

15.8% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

4.2%

39.1% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.9%

21.5% since 2016

Total Dwellings

303

3.8% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

69.9%

6.4% since 2016

Houses

58.1%

5.7% since 2016

Rental Stress

19.4%

0.5% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

51.3%

19.3% since 2016

Work From Home

11.4%

13.0% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 176 (58.1%)
Flats / Apartments 127 (41.9%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 124 (43.4%)
Renting 86 (30.1%)
Mortgage 76 (26.6%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
72.9%
English Spoken at Home
86.8%
Employment Rate
56.6%
4.2% since 2016
Completed Year 12
36.0%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 72 (20.0%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 58 (16.1%)
Professionals 55 (15.3%)
Clerical & Administrative 49 (13.6%)
Managers 40 (11.1%)
Labourers 36 (10.0%)
Community & Personal Service 20 (5.6%)
Sales 17 (4.7%)

Religion

Christianity 333 (45.9%)
No Religion 301 (41.5%)
Islam 9 (1.2%)
Buddhism 4 (0.6%)
Other Religions 3 (0.4%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 37 (5.1%)
New Zealand 26 (3.6%)
South Africa 6 (0.8%)
Malaysia 6 (0.8%)
India 5 (0.7%)
Indonesia 5 (0.7%)
Scotland 4 (0.6%)
Netherlands 4 (0.6%)

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.

2016-2021 12 (1.7%)
2011-2015 12 (1.7%)
2001-2010 28 (3.9%)
1991-2000 13 (1.8%)
1981-1990 21 (2.9%)
Before 1981 63 (8.7%)

12 residents (1.7%) 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.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Italian 3 (0.4%)

Age Distribution

0-4 28 (3.9%)
5-14 57 (7.9%)
15-19 34 (4.7%)
20-24 36 (5.0%)
25-34 80 (11.0%)
35-44 70 (9.6%)
45-54 107 (14.7%)
55-64 179 (24.7%)
65-74 98 (13.5%)
75-84 40 (5.5%)
85+ 8 (1.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 131 (57.5%)
Couple Families 72 (31.6%)
One Parent Families 17 (7.5%)
Group Household 5 (2.2%)
Other Families 3 (1.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 231 (79.7%)
Worked from Home 33 (11.4%)
Car (passenger) 10 (3.4%)
Walked Only 6 (2.1%)
Bus 4 (1.4%)
Train 3 (1.0%)
Bicycle 3 (1.0%)

8% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (27 of 360).

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

Certificate III & IV 134 (18.5%)
Bachelor Degree 62 (8.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 45 (6.2%)
Postgraduate Degree 15 (2.1%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 13 (1.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 21 (7.1%)
1 car 109 (36.9%)
2 cars 61 (20.7%)
3 cars 46 (15.6%)
4+ cars 63 (21.4%)

Council Rates

Gosnells
FY 2023-24

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,067 a year through Gosnells based on 2023 figures.

Avg residential rate
$2,067/yr
Valuation basis
Gross Rental Value / Unimproved Value
GRV for urban, UV for rural/mining

Building Approvals: Gosnells

The whole council area, not just Orange Grove · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 660 new dwellings were approved across Gosnells. That mix is 520 houses and 140 units. Approvals are up 16.9% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
660dwellings
+16.9% YoY
Houses
520
detached dwellings
Units
140
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Bickley, 10.8 km

High rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
110 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
26.2 km
Near high-voltage lines
6.1% of addresses
27 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Annual rainfall
1,068 mm
86 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
30.2°C
19 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
7.9°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

4 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.6%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.04% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 6109, 86 of 14,884 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 4.3% (640 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.9%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.04%
2022
0.05%
2023
0.22%
2024
0.35%
2025
0.58%

Rooftop solar

64
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.0 kW each

In postcode 6109, 3,151 rooftop-solar systems totalling 18.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,966 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 115 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
256
2020
244
2021
287
2022
193
2023
164
2024
144
2025
123
2026
84

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.

Verify eligibility with Department of Finance WA

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$9,127
Loan amount
$1,400,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,885,703

2 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 6109.

Deposit
$350,000
Stamp duty
$81,240
Cash needed at settlement
$431,240

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.

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

Division of Bullwinkel

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

Thornlie District

Currently held by Colleen Egan WA Labor

Next state election: 10 March 2029.

Year Winner Won with
2025 Colleen Egan ALP 64.0%
2021 Chris Tallentire ALP 80.9%
2017 Chris Tallentire ALP 65.8%

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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Common questions about Orange Grove

Is Orange Grove a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Orange Grove is moderate (61/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Orange Grove?

Orange Grove has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100, 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 Orange Grove a good place to live?

Orange Grove has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (30/100), 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 Orange Grove?

Orange Grove, WA had a population of 726 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Orange Grove, WA?

The postcode for Orange Grove, WA is 6109.

How far is Orange Grove from Perth?

Orange Grove is 22 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 Orange Grove?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Orange Grove was $66,872 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 Orange Grove?

There are too few current rental listings in Orange Grove for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $250, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Orange Grove?

The median age of residents in Orange Grove was 52 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Orange Grove at risk of bushfire?

Orange Grove has a high recorded bushfire history (78/100). 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 Orange Grove?

There is 1 school inside the Orange Grove boundary: 1 above similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

What is the weather like in Orange Grove?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Orange Grove, Bickley (10.8 km away), summer days average 30.2°C, winter nights 7.9°C, 1,068 mm of rain a year over 86 rainy days, and 19 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Orange Grove?

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 Orange Grove belong to?

Orange Grove sits within the Gosnells local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Orange Grove?

The average residential rates bill through Gosnells is $2,067 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Orange Grove?

Across Gosnells, 660 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 16.9% 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 Orange Grove in?

Orange Grove sits within the federal Division of Bullwinkel, currently held by Trish Cook (Australian Labor Party).

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