Suburb profile

Highgate WA 6003

Highgate is located in the Inner Perth region of Western Australia, postcode 6003. It has 1,843 properties across 22 streets. Explore every street in Highgate, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Highgate

Highgate, WA 6003, sits in Inner Perth and neighbours Mount Lawley and Perth. Its 22 streets hold 1,843 properties, 646 of them houses and 1,197 units.

Census figures are for the area Perth (North) - Highgate, which has 11,414 residents, a median age of 33 and an average household of 1.9 people. Median household income is $1,893 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,900 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 5,362 dwellings, 1,021 were separate houses, 1,320 semi-detached, 3,003 flats and 9 other; 809 were owned outright, 1,276 owned with a mortgage and 3,160 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Highgate

  • 11,414Peoplelive in the area
  • 33Median ageyears
  • $1,893Median household incomea week
  • $380Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,021
  • Townhouses and semis1,320
  • Flats and apartments3,003
  • Other9

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,900a month
  • Household size1.9people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 809Owned with a mortgage 1,276Rented 3,160Other 117

For sale and rent in Highgate

Dan SharpDan Sharp

Mid $600's

18/46 Smith Street, Highgate WA

3 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space Apartment

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Natalie HoyeNatalie Hoye
Under Offer

Under Offer

21 / 60 Smith Street, Highgate WA 6003

2 bedrooms 1 bathroom 1 car space 91 m² land Townhouse

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Properties in Highgate

Schools in Highgate

  • Highgate Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Sacred Heart Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Agencies that specialise in Highgate

Streets in Highgate

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.