Suburb profile

Kensington WA 6151

Kensington is located in the Perth South East region of Western Australia, postcode 6151. It has 1,980 properties across 51 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Kensington, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Kensington

Kensington, WA 6151, sits in the Perth South East region and neighbours Como, Bentley, East Victoria Park and South Perth. Its 51 streets hold 1,980 properties, 1,633 of them houses and 347 units.

Census figures are for the South Perth - Kensington area, which had 17,226 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $2,113 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,388 a month and the median rent $375 a week. Of 7,254 dwellings, 3,238 were separate houses, 2,261 semi-detached and 1,746 flats, with 4 other. In the same area 2,324 dwellings were owned outright, 1,888 owned with a mortgage and 2,811 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Kensington

  • 17,226Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $2,113Median household incomea week
  • $375Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,238
  • Townhouses and semis2,261
  • Flats and apartments1,746
  • Other4

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,388a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,324Owned with a mortgage 1,888Rented 2,811Other 231

Properties in Kensington

Schools in Kensington

  • Kensington Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Local agents in Kensington

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Agencies that specialise in Kensington

Streets in Kensington

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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.

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