IRSAD
Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage
Score 1,080
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
Scarborough (wa)
Western Australia · Census 2021
Median house price not tracked for this suburb
Perth's iconic coastal suburb of Scarborough, within the City of Stirling, features famous white sand beaches, extensive oceanfront foreshore parks, and a distinct Portuguese-speaking community.
Household income
$2,107/wk75th pctile
of 1,587 WA suburbs
Amenity score
88/10094th pctile
of 743 rated WA suburbs
Median house price
No median price series for Scarborough (WA) yet.
Valuer-General pricing is unavailable for this suburb.
From current listings
$860kmedian sold · 15 sales$1.00Mmedian asking · 183 listed
Aggregated from residential listings we track in Scarborough (wa), not from Valuer-General settled transfers. It is a different measure on a much smaller sample, so it is not comparable with the median house prices shown for NSW, Victoria and South Australia suburbs, and Scarborough (wa) is not ranked on it.
How it compares
Household income / wk75th 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
17,605
Median age
36 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,231
Household income / wk
$2,107
▲ 22% vs WA
Median rent / wk
$405
Mortgage / month
$2,167
Socio-economic profile
IRSD
Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage
Score 1,072
Measures relative socio-economic disadvantage only; a higher score means less disadvantage.
Within AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 9 of 10
IER
Economic Resources
Score 1,006
Measures access to economic resources, including income, housing costs and assets.
Within AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
Within Western AustraliaDecile 4 of 10
IEO
Education and Occupation
Score 1,097
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
19 m
range 0–57 m
Land below 5 m
4.5%
3.7% 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
2
Supermarkets
4
Pubs & bars
5
Parks
13
Libraries
1
GP clinics
2
Pharmacies
4
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.3 km
Nearest train
3.8 km
Nearest hospital
3.8 km
Distance to coast
1.1 km
NBN
FIXED LINE
Grocery mix: 1 Coles. 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 · 52%
- Top language at home
- Portuguese · 1%
- No religion
- 52%
- Born overseas
- 34%
- English only at home
- 86%
Schools by sector
- Government / Catholic / Indep.
- 1 / 1 / 0
- Primary / Secondary
- 2 / 0
- Nearest secondary
- 1.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Stirling
- Population / area
- 228,123 · 105 km²
- Density
- 2,179/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.63M/yr · $42/resident
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Curtin
- Federal MP
- Kate Chaney (IND)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 52% 2PP
- State electorate
- Scarborough
- State MP
- Stuart Aubrey (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); © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); 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.