The quick read on
WA 6011 · Peppermint Grove
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Peppermint Grove, Western Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Peppermint Grove WA
Based on 16 sales in the preceding 12 months
$6,850,000
Up 77.9% over 12 months
Based on 10 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$1,750 per week
Down 2.8% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Peppermint Grove, WA is currently $6,850,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Peppermint Grove has a 12-month growth rate of 77.9% for houses and 52.6% for units.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $2,910,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $6,300,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $8,150,000 in Peppermint Grove.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Peppermint Grove is $1,750 per week. The median house rent has decreased 2.8% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Peppermint Grove is $1,480,000, which has increased 52.6% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $530,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $1,570,000 in Peppermint Grove. The median rent for units and apartments in Peppermint Grove is $625 per week and has increased 19.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Peppermint Grove is 8,202 offences per 100,000 residents — 5% 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 Peppermint Grove.
Overall crime rate
8,202
offences per 100,000 residents
5% aboveGreater Perth
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Peppermint Grove WA 6011 is in Western Australia, within Greater Perth.
1,597 people call Peppermint Grove home, with an average of 2.7 people per household and a median household income of $4,565 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
16.1% of workers in Peppermint Grove worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Greater Perth.
7.9% of Peppermint Grove residents were born in England.
37.3% of people in Peppermint Grove described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Peppermint Grove WA 6011.
16.5% of Peppermint Grove's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
408 family households lived in Peppermint Grove; 48.3% were couple families and 9.6% were one-parent families.
29.9% 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.
Peppermint Grove had 1,597 residents at the 2021 Census.
14.5% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
34.9% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 77.4% of occupied private dwellings in Peppermint Grove.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 10.3% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 11.7% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
51.0% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
28.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.
20.7% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Peppermint Grove had 2.7 people.
One-person households made up 22.0% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.
Two-person households represented 33.1%, while 28.7% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
16.1% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.
56.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.
4.7% used only a train, tram or bus, while 5.7% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
3.1% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
One-car households formed 26.5% of the total.
71.0% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
56.2% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.8% reported a different address.
27.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
86.2% of residents used only English at home.
10.2% used a language other than English at home.
2.1% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
27.1% of Peppermint Grove's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 72.9% was born in Australia.
1.8% of residents were born in China.
0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 89.4%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 44.1% of ancestry responses in Peppermint Grove.
Australian ancestry made up 34.0% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 4.3% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
38.0% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Managers accounted for 25.0% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.8%.
Health care and social assistance employed 18.0% of workers, and education and training employed 8.7%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 58.4%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.
29.2% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.1% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
65.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.
5.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.1% reported asthma, 5.8% arthritis and 1.9% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
49.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 18.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 11.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 7.7%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $4,565 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $4,167.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $440 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 16.1% in Peppermint Grove, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.
Outright ownership was 51.0% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Renting accounted for 20.7% in Peppermint Grove, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $6,850,000, while units and apartments sit at $1,480,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 408 local families, and 16.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
3-bedroom houses have a median around $2,910,000, 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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