IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,068
Measures relative socio-economic advantage and disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
For state-level context, explore the Western Australia economy.
Housing
Highgate (wa)
Western Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Highgate (WA) is a coastal suburb of Vincent.
Household income
$1,852/wk60th pctile
of 1,587 WA suburbs
Amenity score
27/10066th pctile
of 743 rated WA suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Highgate (WA) yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
How it compares
Household income / wk60th 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
2,326
Median age
34 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,194
Household income / wk
$1,852
▲ 7% vs WA
Median rent / wk
$365
Mortgage / month
$1,752
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,040
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 7 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 6 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 917
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 1 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,117
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
23 m
range 13–31 m
Land below 5 m
0%
0% 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
5
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
0.8 km
Nearest hospital
0.7 km
Distance to coast
1.2 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 · 53%
- Top language at home
- Cantonese · 1%
- No religion
- 53%
- Born overseas
- 40%
- English only at home
- 76%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 0 / 1 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 1 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 1.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Vincent
- Population / area
- 23,818 · 11 km²
- Density
- 2,089/km²
- Federal grants
- $1.54M/yr · $65/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Perth
- Federal MP
- Patrick Gorman (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 67% 2PP
- State electorate
- Perth
- State MP
- John Carey (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.
Sources: ABS ASGS boundaries (CC BY 4.0); ABS Census 2021 (CC BY 4.0); ACARA School Locations (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.