Melville Suburb Profile

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Melville is a small suburb 11 kilometres south of Perth City. Its two square kilometre land area is bound to the north by Canning Highway and Leach Highway in the south. Melville's most substantial development took place in the 1950s.

Life in Melville

Though very close to many commercial sectors just outside of its boundaries, Melville is largely removed from urbanisation. Home to a number of parks and reserves, the suburb provides locals with numerous native public spaces to explore and enjoy. There are also two local schools, Melville Primary School and Melville Senior High School, and a recreation centre.

Melville facts

KEY FACTS

Distance to Perth (km) 11
Postcode 6156
Local Government Melville
Primary schools Melville Primary School, Caralee Community School, Fremantle Language Development Centre, Our Lady Of Fatima School, Palmyra Primary School, Bicton Primary School, Mel Maria Catholic Primary School, Attadale Primary School, Booragoon Primary School, Santa Maria College
Secondary schools Melville Senior High School, Santa Maria College, Seton Catholic College, North Lake Senior Campus, Applecross Senior High School, Fremantle College, John Curtin College Of The Arts, Corpus Christi College, Kennedy Baptist College, Christian Brothers' College
Shops Garden City
Train stations Fremantle
Bus services Bus Service to Fremantle Train Station
 

Property ownership types

Melville property types

Melville by age

Melville households

 
2016 Census Summary Melville Perth
Population - usually resident 5,695 1,943,858
Median age of residents (years) 40 36
Average household size (persons) 3.00 3.00
Number of occupied dwellings * 2,112 690,280
Number of unoccupied dwellings 196 85,730
Median weekly household income $1,876 $1,643
Median monthly mortgage repayment $2,339 $2,000
Total private dwellings 2,310 776,015
Area (sqkm) 2 6,416
* Excludes visitor only households