Median price trend for houses
Based on 10 sales in the preceding 12 months
$835,000
Up 16.4% over 12 months
- 3 bed
- $725k
- 4 bed
- $880k
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The quick read on
Upper Swan
WA 6069 · Swan
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $835,000
- Population
- 549
- Postcode
- 6069
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Upper Swan, Western Australia
Property market insights for Upper Swan
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Upper Swan WA
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 6 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$750 per week
Up 7.1% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Upper Swan, WA is currently $835,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Upper Swan has a 12-month growth rate of 16.4% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $725,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $880,000 in Upper Swan.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Upper Swan is $750 per week. The median house rent has increased 7.1% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Upper Swan safe?
The overall rate for Upper Swan is 18,151 offences per 100,000 residents — 132% above the Greater Perth benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Upper Swan.
Overall crime rate
18,151
offences per 100,000 residents
132% aboveGreater Perth
Upper SwanGreater Perth: 7,809
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Upper Swan?
Upper Swan WA 6069 is in Western Australia, within Greater Perth.
549 people call Upper Swan home, with an average of 2.5 people per household and a median household income of $1,482 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 549
- Median age
- 52 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,885 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $300 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Perth benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1512.0%Below
15–3416.8%Below
35–5424.4%Below
55–7435.3%Above
75 and over10.0%Above
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses100.5%Above
Townhouses0.0%Below
Apartments1.4%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright49.8%Above
Paying a mortgage39.9%Below
Renting10.3%Below
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car1.9%Below
One car17.2%Below
Two cars34.9%Below
Three or more42.6%Above
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home10.2%Above
Drove to work66.3%Above
Train, tram or bus1.1%Below
Walked or cycled3.4%Above
What stands out in Upper Swan
10.2% of workers in Upper Swan worked from home on Census day.
7.8% of Upper Swan residents were born in England.
49.7% of people in Upper Swan described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Upper Swan
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Upper Swan WA 6069.
Is Upper Swan family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
12.0% of Upper Swan's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
157 family households lived in Upper Swan; 32.5% were couple families and 16.6% were one-parent families.
22.3% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Upper Swan?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Upper Swan had 549 residents at the 2021 Census.
14.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
45.4% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Upper Swan?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 100.5% of occupied private dwellings in Upper Swan.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 1.4% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Upper Swan?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
49.8% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
39.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.
10.3% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Upper Swan?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Upper Swan had 2.5 people.
One-person households made up 24.8% of occupied homes. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.
Two-person households represented 43.2%, while 19.4% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Upper Swan?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
10.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.
66.3% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.
1.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 3.4% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Upper Swan?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
1.9% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
One-car households formed 17.2% of the total.
77.5% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Upper Swan, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
76.1% were at the same address five years earlier, while 23.9% reported a different address.
19.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Upper Swan?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
93.3% of residents used only English at home.
2.7% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Upper Swan residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
19.1% of Upper Swan's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 80.9% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.1%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Upper Swan?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 47.7% of ancestry responses in Upper Swan.
Australian ancestry made up 36.1% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Upper Swan?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
14.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Managers accounted for 13.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 14.8%.
Health care and social assistance employed 9.1% of workers, and education and training employed 12.1%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Upper Swan?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 58.2%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.
31.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.1% worked part time.
Unemployment was 6.1%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Upper Swan show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
52.3% reported no selected long-term health condition.
11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.4% reported asthma, 12.0% arthritis and 5.1% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Upper Swan?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
14.2% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.6% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.9%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 46.0%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Upper Swan?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,482 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,885.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Upper Swan compare with Greater Perth?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 10.2% in Upper Swan, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.
Outright ownership was 49.8% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Renting accounted for 10.3% in Upper Swan, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Upper Swan
Is Upper Swan expensive?
The median house price is $835,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Upper Swan good for families?
The Census counted 157 local families, and 12.0% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Upper Swan?
4-bedroom houses have a median around $880,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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Streets and suburbs around Upper Swan
45 streets in Upper Swan
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Almeria Pde
- Apple St
- Cathedral Ave
- Citrus St
- Clementine Boulevard
- Cloudberry Crescent
- Coconut Road
- Coondaree Pde
- Copley Rd
- Cranberry Street
- Custard Street
- Date Way
- Glen Rd
- Grape Way
- Great Northern Hwy
- Guava
- Hallatt
- Huckleberry Drive
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- Kumquat Street
- Lemon St
- Lexia Ave
- Loquat Way
- Lychee Road
- Mandarin Road
- Mango Ln
- Melon Road
- Nectarine Street
- Noack Rd
- Nolan Ave
- Orange Ave
- Orchard St
- Peartree Gr
- Persimmon Road
- Prune Ln
- Pulp
- Railway Pde
- Raspberry Road
- Rose St
- Semillon Ln
- St Albans Rd
- Starapple Ch
- Station St
- Tangelo Way
- Wann Ct
- Youngberry Way
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