Whitby
WA 6123 · Serpentine-Jarrahdale
1,005 (2021) → 1,128 est. (2025) · High Growth
Based on transport, liveability & education. Safety is scored separately below.
Whitby is a high growth suburb in Serpentine-Jarrahdale, WA 6123, about 38km from Perth CBD. Recent property sales in Whitby are too limited to report a reliable median price. The suburb has no schools recorded, a transport score of 40/100, and is about 24km inland. Whitby has an overall score of 32/100, based on transport, liveability and education, plus a separate residential safety score of 69/100.
Demographics
Age distribution
Housing tenure
- Owned
- Mortgage
- Rented
Commute to work
- Car
- Public transport
- Walk/cycle
- Work from home
Top countries of birth: England (7.26%), New Zealand (3.88%), Zimbabwe (1.69%), India (1.49%), Scotland (1.29%)
Top languages: Punjabi (0.9%), Mandarin (0.6%), Filipino (0.4%), Tagalog (0.4%), German (0.3%)
Source: ABS Census 2021
Residential Safety
Small population (under 3,000) — crime rates may be volatile due to low sample size.
WAdoesn't publish crime data at the suburb level. The rates shown are the police-region average applied to this suburb, so other suburbs in the same region share the same figures.
Recorded residential incidents (latest year), with rate per 100,000 residents:
Residential incidents over time
Sum of the five residential categories above — not all recorded crime.
Area crime context
An independent score — crime data quality varies by state, so safety is shown separately and is not part of the overall score.
Source: WA Police (regional aggregate) · Updated 2025
Schools
Average ICSEA of schools within 10km 993 (below the national average of 1000).
No schools inside the suburb boundary — the schools below are in adjoining suburbs (counted within 10km for the education score).
Nearby (within 10km)
- Court Grammar SchoolCombined · Independent · 1.9kmICSEA 1004
- Mundijong Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 3.2kmICSEA 960
- Beenyup Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 4.9kmICSEA 967
- Byford John Calvin SchoolPrimary · Independent · 5.3kmICSEA 1035
- Byford Secondary CollegeSecondary · Government · 5.5kmICSEA 983
- Salvado Catholic CollegeCombined · Catholic · 5.6kmICSEA 1033
- Woodland Grove Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.6kmICSEA 998
- Byford Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 5.8kmICSEA 973
- Marri Grove Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 6.7kmICSEA 972
- West Byford Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 7.1kmICSEA 1004
- Eton Farm Primary SchoolPrimary · Independent · 8.7kmICSEA 1014
- Jarrahdale Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · 8.8kmICSEA 974
Source: ACARA 2023
Transport
Source: TfNSW GTFS
Liveability
Amenities within 2–3km
Counted within a short distance of the suburb centre (so nearby facilities count), with the in-boundary count shown beneath.
Source: Bureau of Meteorology · OpenStreetMap
Population & Growth
High GrowthSource: ABS ERP & NSW DPHI
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Frequently asked questions about Whitby
Is Whitby safe?
Whitby has a residential safety score of 69/100, based on residential crime (break-ins, theft from dwellings, vehicle theft, domestic assault and robbery) per resident relative to the NSW median. Its total recorded incident rate is 6,424 per 100,000 across all categories.
How far is Whitby from Perth CBD?
Whitby is about 38.5 km from Perth CBD, an estimated 127 minutes by public transport.
What schools are in Whitby?
Whitby has 0 schools. Schools are listed factually, not ranked.
What is public transport like in Whitby?
Whitby has a transport score of 40/100 and 1 bus stops.