IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,092
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Western Australia economy.
Housing
Alfred Cove
Western Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Alfred Cove is a coastal suburb of Melville.
Household income
$2,262/wk84th pctile
of 1,587 WA suburbs
Amenity score
9/10037th pctile
of 743 rated WA suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Alfred Cove yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk84th percentile
<$450ABS Census 2021$3,750+
Percentiles rank this suburb against Western Australia suburbs that carry the metric — never across states, and never against suburbs where it is missing. The state and national figures are the average of the latest suburb medians in that area, not a transaction-weighted median.
People & housing
Population
2,830
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$993
Household income / wk
$2,262
▲ 30% vs WA
Median rent / wk
$430
Mortgage / month
$2,400
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,082
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,067
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 8 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,096
Measures relative education and occupation characteristics.
Within AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 10 of 10
Scores are standardised across Australia to a mean of 1,000 and a standard deviation of 100. Deciles run from 1 (most disadvantaged) to 10 (least disadvantaged).
Source: ABS SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0).
Terrain & hazard exposure
Median elevation
9 m
range 1–30 m
Land below 5 m
16%
2.9% below 2 m
Shares are the proportion of the suburb's land area. Land where Landsat saw water in at least 1% of clear passes since 1987, excluding permanent water and filtered by DEA's confidence layer. Satellites miss flood peaks, so this is a floor, not a risk estimate; dense high-rise cores can still register tower shadow as water. Elevation is orthometric height from a 30 m model; no hydrology or drainage is modelled. No open statutory flood or bushfire layer is published for Western Australia yet.
Local amenities
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
3
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.7 km
Nearest train
3.9 km
Nearest hospital
0.7 km
Distance to coast
0.5 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 41%
- Top language at home
- Italian · 1%
- No religion
- 41%
- Born overseas
- 30%
- English only at home
- 86%
Schools by sector
- Nearest secondary
- 1.0 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Melville
- Population / area
- 106,123 · 53 km²
- Density
- 2,006/km²
- Federal grants
- $4.35M/yr · $41/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Tangney
- Federal MP
- Sam Lim (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 57% 2PP
- State electorate
- Bateman
- State MP
- Kim Giddens (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); Australian Electoral Commission (CC BY 4.0); Geoscience Australia 1 Second DEM-S (CC BY 4.0); DEA Water Observations Statistics, Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0); Wikipedia state-member tables (CC BY-SA 4.0). Not financial advice.