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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Churchlands is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 3,638, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 7 km from the Perth CBD, Churchlands is a middle ring area in Western Australia. The median household income is $120,328 per year.
Churchlands benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. Its proximity to the CBD adds a strong location premium.
Official Australia Post postcode for Churchlands. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Churchlands on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Churchlands is a smaller community of 3,638 — about 65% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $120,328/year runs 21% above the Western Australia suburb median of $99,736, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Median rent of $365/week (~$1,582/month) covers only 61% of the median mortgage of $2,600/month — the remaining $1,018/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. At 7 km from the Perth CBD, Churchlands sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 58% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 79% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
This suburb suits long-term investors looking for a balance of rental yield and capital growth. Schools and transport underpin family demand. Local rents consume roughly 16% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Churchlands stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Churchlands sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Churchlands | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,638 | 5,605 | -35% |
| Median household income | $120,328/yr | $99,736/yr | +21% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $365 | $350 | +4% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,600 | $1,902 | +37% |
| Distance to CBD | 7 km | 20 km | -65% |
| Separate houses | 58% | 79% | -21pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Churchlands — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Strong buy-and-hold fundamentals: household incomes run 21% above the Western Australia suburb median ($120,328 vs $99,736), and the 7 km CBD distance keeps this suburb in the primary demand zone. In Western Australia, suburbs with this profile have historically clustered in the upper tercile of 10-year capital growth.
Weak cash flow: $365/week rent covers only 61% of the $2,600/month median mortgage — a $1,018/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
Only 58% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 79% WA median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Churchlands enters 2026 with a demographic tailwind — household incomes 21% above the Western Australia suburb median of $99,736 and a population of 3,638 give it the depth and purchasing power to outperform the wider WA market over the next 12–18 months. Rental coverage runs at ~61% of the typical mortgage ($1,582/month rent vs $2,600/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 79/100 places Churchlands in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is constructive heading into the second half of 2026.
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Churchlands scores 79/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 3,638, median household income of $120,328/year and median weekly rent of $365. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Churchlands are proximity to Perth (7 km), an above-state-median household income of $120,328/year, a dwelling mix that is 58% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Churchlands has a usual resident population of approximately 3,638, compared with a Western Australia suburb median of 5,605 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Churchlands sits 7 km straight-line from the Perth CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Perth employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $365 in Churchlands, equating to approximately $18,980/year in gross rental income (state median $350/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Churchlands is $2,600, or approximately $31,200/year (vs $1,902/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
A median weekly rent of $365 works out to $1,582/month, covering 61% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,600/month. That leaves a $1,018/month shortfall (around $12,216/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (3,638 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,600 median mortgage, the broader Western Australia market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.