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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Wembley is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 12,061, making it a smaller community. Located 4 km from the Perth CBD, Wembley is a middle ring area in Western Australia. The median household income is $104,260 per year.
Strong household incomes in Wembley underpin solid property demand. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Wembley. 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 3 schools within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Wembley on My School →Estimated 5 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.
With 12,061 residents, Wembley is one of Western Australia's more populous suburbs — roughly 2.2× the state median of 5,605 — giving it a deep buyer and tenant pool that typically supports higher transaction volumes and shorter average days on market. Households here earn $104,260/year on average — 5% above the WA suburb median of $99,736 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Median rent of $290/week (~$1,257/month) covers only 51% of the median mortgage of $2,458/month — the remaining $1,201/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. At 4 km from the Perth CBD, Wembley sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 44% 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 14% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Wembley stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Wembley sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Wembley | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 12,061 | 5,605 | +115% |
| Median household income | $104,260/yr | $99,736/yr | +5% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $290 | $350 | -17% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,458 | $1,902 | +29% |
| Distance to CBD | 4 km | 20 km | -80% |
| Separate houses | 44% | 79% | -35pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Wembley — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Solid buy-and-hold profile: a population of 12,061 and household income close to the WA median ($104,260 vs $99,736) give the market enough depth for patient capital growth without the premium entry price of inner suburbs.
Weak cash flow: $290/week rent covers only 51% of the $2,458/month median mortgage — a $1,201/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
Only 44% 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 →Property values in Wembley should track the wider Western Australia market through 2026, with the $104,260/year median household income (5% above the $99,736 state median) keeping the suburb firmly mid-pack. Rental coverage runs at ~51% of the typical mortgage ($1,257/month rent vs $2,458/month repayment), meaning investors will rely on capital growth rather than yield. The EquitySight investment score of 77/100 places Wembley 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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Wembley scores 77/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 12,061, median household income of $104,260/year and median weekly rent of $290. 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 Wembley are proximity to Perth (4 km), an above-state-median household income of $104,260/year, a dwelling mix that is 44% separate houses, roughly 3 schools and 5 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.
Wembley has a usual resident population of approximately 12,061, compared with a Western Australia suburb median of 5,605 — placing it in the upper 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.
Wembley sits 4 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 $290 in Wembley, equating to approximately $15,080/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 Wembley is $2,458, or approximately $29,496/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 $290 works out to $1,257/month, covering 51% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,458/month. That leaves a $1,201/month shortfall (around $14,412/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 interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,458 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.