Melville - North vs South Perth

Melville - North and South Perth are neighbouring areas with a few distinct differences in local access and demographics. Melville - North is far better for school access, with 92.1% of homes within a 15-minute walk of a school compared to 77.4% in South Perth. First Nations residents in Melville - North also have higher outcomes; the typical household income is $2,217 and personal income is $691, both well higher than the figures in South Perth. This is consistent with a higher rate of Year 12 completion in Melville - North, where 52.0% of First Nations residents finished school.

Both areas sit near the national figure for the typical age of First Nations residents, with Melville - North at 25 and South Perth at 22. They are also very similar in their layout, with both being very walkable and having nearly all homes within a 15-minute walk of a park. While South Perth has a larger First Nations population and more street intersections per square kilometre, the two areas share an identical 14.7% unemployment rate for First Nations people.