Scarborough WA 6019
Scarborough sits 14 km from Perth CBD in Western Australia, around 20 minutes by car. Census data records 17,605 residents with a median age of 36 and a median household income of $109,564 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. The suburb grew 13.8% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $405 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. Scarborough is characterised by high coastal erosion risk and high crime risk. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Scarborough a good suburb?
Scarborough scores a A+ (89/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community.
Mixed results
2 schools
Walkable and central
Walkability 86/100 · 14.5 km · 20 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $1.34M
Moderate crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 61/100 · Flood 0/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 36 · 17,605 residents
Liveability Rating
89 / 100 · Ranked #14 in WAEach bar is Scarborough'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
89 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataScarborough's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.34 million, roughly 19% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,340,000
18% below its 5 neighbours (median $1,633,000)
Based on 258 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 19 days — median across 173 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 38 sales $836K
- 3 bed 137 sales $1.28M
- 4 bed 63 sales $1.6M
- 5 bed 7 sales $1.75M
Units
$723,750
Based on 192 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 21 days — median across 84 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 29 sales $565K
- 2 bed 128 sales $721K
- 3 bed 30 sales $1.13M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Scarborough are currently listed at around $1 million on average. Based on 87 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$1M
87 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$800K
54 units listed in the last 6 months.
141 of the suburb's 7,639 dwellings (1.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Scarborough rent for around $850 a week on average, based on 134 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$850/wk
29% below its 5 neighbours (median $1,200/wk)
134 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$750/wk
118 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
252 rentals advertised against an estimated 3,079 rented homes (8.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $825/wk
- 269 bonds
- +35% 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 202586 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 35% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6019.
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$850/week ($44,000 a year) on a $1 million median
$750/week ($39,000 a year) on a $800,000 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
336 active Airbnb listings: 313 whole homes and 23 rooms. Whole homes are about 3.6% 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.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 988 m
- Rate
- -0.76 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -30.1 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Two schools serve Scarborough, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 442 students across 2 schools (avg 221)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 1101-1102, median 1102 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Scarborough Primary School (278 students)
Primary
Walkability
Scarborough is very walkable on foot — at 86/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 4 supermarkets, 6 parks and 16 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Scarborough.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 337.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 248.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 201.1 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 20.1 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 Scarborough.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 29%
- Premises covered
- 10,010
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
Stirling: 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 33 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Scarborough is home to about 17,600 residents, with a median age of 36, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $110,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
17,605
Median Age
36
Median Household Income
$109,564/yr
Census Median Rent
$405/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.1
Median Personal Income
$64,012/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
14.7%
Total Dwellings
7,639
Owner-Occupier Rate
59.7%
Houses
36.2%
Rental Stress
19.2%
Mortgage Stress
23.7%
Work From Home
11.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
114 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 16 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 3,008 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 62.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 80.7%
- Employment Rate
- 70.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 60.5%
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.
1,106 residents (6.3%) 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 16,591 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
29% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (3,069 of 10,619).
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 3,049 people work here; 10,619 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 71% 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 $1,615 a year through Stirling based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Stirling
In the year to August 2026, 1,557 new dwellings were approved across Stirling. That mix is 748 houses and 809 units. Approvals are up 22.7% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Swanbourne, 6.6 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 11 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 995 m
- 990 m to a named beach
- Near high-voltage lines
- 15.6% of addresses
- 1,746 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
- Annual rainfall
- 716 mm
- 80 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 29.8°C
- 22 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 10.4°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
1 facility within 5 km- 4.0 km
EV adoption
In postcode 6019, 350 of 18,695 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.1% (572 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6019, 3,052 rooftop-solar systems totalling 17.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 11,244 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 204 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
8 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 11 across postcode 6019.
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 $1,340,000 this is $540,000 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 Kate Chaney Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Kate Chaney | 47.8% | 52.2% | +3.5 |
| 2022 | Kate Chaney | 44.4% | 55.6% | -8.3 |
| 2019 | Celia Hammond | 35.7% | 64.3% | -6.4 |
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 Stuart Aubrey WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Stuart Aubrey ALP | 55.0% |
| 2021 | Stuart Aubrey ALP | 60.4% |
| 2017 | Liza Harvey LP | 55.6% |
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 Scarborough
Is Scarborough a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Scarborough is moderate (61/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Scarborough?
Scarborough 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 Scarborough a good place to live?
Scarborough has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of A+ (89/100), 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 Scarborough?
Scarborough, WA had a population of 17,605 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Scarborough, WA?
The postcode for Scarborough, WA is 6019.
How far is Scarborough from Perth?
Scarborough is 14 km from Perth CBD by road, about 20 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Scarborough?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Scarborough was $109,564 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 Scarborough?
The median advertised rent in Scarborough is $850 a week for houses (134 listings) and $750 a week for units (118 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Scarborough?
The median age of residents in Scarborough was 36 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in Scarborough?
There are 2 schools inside the Scarborough boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Scarborough walkable?
Scarborough scores 86/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 Scarborough?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Scarborough, Swanbourne (6.6 km away), summer days average 29.8°C, winter nights 10.4°C, 716 mm of rain a year over 80 rainy days, and 22 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Scarborough?
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 Scarborough belong to?
Scarborough sits within the Stirling local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Scarborough?
The average residential rates bill through Stirling is $1,615 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Scarborough?
Across Stirling, 1,557 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 22.7% 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 Scarborough in?
Scarborough sits within the federal Division of Curtin, currently held by Kate Chaney (Independent).
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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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