Dalkeith topped the million dollar list with an annual median house price of $3,400,000. Its most expensive house sale* in the 12 months to February 2023 was 26 Hobbs Avenue, Dalkeith, which sold for $8,255,000 in October 2022.
Bounded on three sides by the Swan River, Dalkeith is home to many of Perth's most notable and wealthy residents, ranging from mining tycoons to A-list celebrities – those who happily reside in some of the city's most impressive mansions, lapping up the luxury that befits its prestigious postcode.
Using data collected during the 2021 to 2022 financial year and 2022 to March 2023 financial year, PerthNow can exclusively reveal that the Joondalup policing district was overwhelmingly the safest place to live in WA.
The official Chinatown of Perth, Western Australia is bounded by Roe Street and James Street in the inner city suburb of Northbridge.
What are the richest suburbs in Australia? The highest-earning suburbs in Australia are Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove in Western Australia, based on the ATO's latest taxation figures.
Perth's most expensive home 2021
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Living north of the river gives you the best of both worlds being close to the coast and Perth's vibrant city life. Generally speaking, the northern suburbs are considered livelier with more attractions and a larger density of people.
Sydney's eastern suburbs have raced to the top as the favoured place to live by Australia's highest earning residents. According to the latest report by the Australian Tax Office, residents of the premium suburbs of Darling Point, Edgecliff and Point Piper earned the highest mean income of $177,514 during 2012-13.
No suburb in the country features a greater concentration of members of The List – Australia's Richest 250 than Toorak, where Melbourne's wealthiest families have gathered for decades. Think historic looking mansions guarded by large hedges set back from the street to ensure privacy.
On the City Wealth Index, which assesses where the wealthy prefer to live, spend time and invest, Perth was ranked 67, which was the last of all the cities in Australia, but an improvement from 2021 when it was ranked 74.
Not only is Broome one of the top tourist destinations in WA, but it's also a fantastic place to live if you enjoy a laidback, tropical lifestyle. This charming town of less than 15,000 people moves at a pace of its own, so you can enjoy a balance between study, work and life.
In Perth's eastern metropolitan region, the area saw an increase of 3.4 per cent annually between 2019 to 2022, with a total of 161,000 residents calling it home by December. Wanneroo and Armadale both followed Swan as some of WA's fastest-growing regions, marking an 11,700 and 9,900 increase respectively.
And it turns out Perth has the wealthiest neighbourhoods in the country. Residents of Cottesloe and Peppermint Grove in the Western Australian capital boast an average taxable income of $325,343 apiece.
Five of the country's top 10 richest towns are located in Western Australia, according to the latest census data, with Dampier taking the top spot with 22% of its residents earning more than $4,000 per week.
Mindarie is 7.5 per cent South African, Wellard is 7 per cent Filipino, Ballajura is 4.7 per cent Vietnamese, and Dianella remains Perth's top suburb for Italians (2.9 per cent).
Point Cook has emerged as the country's most multicultural suburb based on the birthplaces of its population. An analysis of the latest 2021 census data released last week by population consultancy . id showed Point Cook's population hail from 86 countries — with at least 20 residents from each of those countries.
Inland, the City of Swan is the largest metropolitan local government area and has some of the fastest growing suburbs in WA, with significant population increases since 2011 in Brabham-Henley Brook (322.7 per cent), Aveley (170.4 per cent) and The Vines (130.6 per cent).
Perth's top street is riverfront Jutland Parade in Dalkeith. Last year it recorded a $16.5 million sale – the highest since 2007 when a house at the other end of the street was bought for $18 million by Kerry Stokes' Australian Capital Equity, which also snapped up the house next door in 2021 for $14 million.
Hope Welker: $3.14 billion. Hope Welker is the third child of Australian mining billionaire Gina Rinehart. Together with her three other siblings, she is the beneficiary of a trust that owns a large stake in the Perth-based mining giant Hancock Prospecting.
1. Gina Rinehart. Mining magnate Gina Rinehart is Australia's richest woman with an estimated $36.7 billion fortune.