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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Shenton Park is an inner-city suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 4,638, making it a boutique locality. Located 5 km from the Perth CBD, Shenton Park is a inner city area in Western Australia. The median household income is $120,276 per year.
Above-average earnings in Shenton Park support sustained property values. Its proximity to the CBD adds a strong location premium.
Official Australia Post postcode for Shenton Park. 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 Shenton Park on My School →Estimated 2 parks 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.
4,638 residents places Shenton Park squarely in the middle of the Western Australia suburb size distribution (state median 5,605), with market depth comparable to most WA localities. Median household income of $120,276/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 $420/week (~$1,820/month) covers only 61% of the median mortgage of $2,980/month — the remaining $1,160/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. At 5 km from the Perth CBD, Shenton Park sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 62% 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 investors prioritising tenant demand over capital-cost efficiency. Rents are supported by proximity to amenities, but strata fees and entry prices can eat into yield. Local rents consume roughly 18% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Shenton Park stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Shenton Park sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Shenton Park | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 4,638 | 5,605 | -17% |
| Median household income | $120,276/yr | $99,736/yr | +21% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $420 | $350 | +20% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,980 | $1,902 | +57% |
| Distance to CBD | 5 km | 20 km | -75% |
| Separate houses | 62% | 79% | -17pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Shenton Park — 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 ($120,276 vs $99,736), and the 5 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: $420/week rent covers only 61% of the $2,980/month median mortgage — a $1,160/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
Only 62% 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 →Shenton Park enters 2026 with a demographic tailwind — household incomes 21% above the Western Australia suburb median of $99,736 and a population of 4,638 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 ($1,820/month rent vs $2,980/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 85/100 places Shenton Park in the top tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is constructive heading into the second half of 2026.
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Shenton Park scores 85/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a strong rating. That score is driven by a population of 4,638, median household income of $120,276/year and median weekly rent of $420. 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 Shenton Park are proximity to Perth (5 km), an above-state-median household income of $120,276/year, a dwelling mix that is 62% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 2 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.
Shenton Park has a usual resident population of approximately 4,638, 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.
Shenton Park sits 5 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 $420 in Shenton Park, equating to approximately $21,840/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 Shenton Park is $2,980, or approximately $35,760/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 $420 works out to $1,820/month, covering 61% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,980/month. That leaves a $1,160/month shortfall (around $13,920/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 (4,638 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,980 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.