Is Beckenham a nice place to live?

Beckenham sits beside the Canning River and is notable for its tree-lined streets, local shopping strips and riverside reserves. It is a young suburb of families, with couple families with children making up 47.1% of families and most homes owner-occupied. Everyday life revolves around parks, sporting grounds, pocket parks, walking and cycling routes along the river, and local rail links. Beckenham Station was rebuilt as an elevated station under METRONET and reopened with a forecourt and a plaza beneath the rail.

Is it expensive to live in Beckenham?

Against the typical local household income of $1,667 a week at the most recent Census, Beckenham's median house price of $850,000 works out to about 9.8 times a typical local annual household income, so buying sits well above local incomes on these figures. Renting is also a substantial cost here: a house rent of $750 a week would take about 45% of that weekly household income, and a unit rent of $650 a week about 39%. Both rent shares are above the commonly cited 30% marker for housing taking a large share of income, so for renters those percentages are the most relevant measures. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Beckenham a good place to invest?

What stands out in Beckenham is that values and rents both rose over the past 12 months: median house values climbed 18.5% and median unit values rose 20.2%, while house rents increased 10.3% and unit rents went up 13.0%. Capital growth outpaced rental growth for both property types — value increases were larger than rent increases for houses (18.5% versus 10.3%) and for units (20.2% versus 13.0%), and units moved slightly more than houses on both value and rent. This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

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Beckenham suburb profile

Beckenham is an inner-south-eastern suburb of Perth that sits near the Canning River. It has an established suburban character, with tree-lined streets, single-storey brick and weatherboard homes and pockets of more recent infill housing. Gardens and mature trees give many streets a settled, domestic feel.

Daily life centres on small shopping strips, parks, sporting grounds and riverside reserves that offer walking and cycling routes along the river. Beckenham railway station provides rail links and local roads connect the suburb to surrounding centres, while scattered community spaces and pocket parks are part of the neighbourhood fabric.

Beckenham property market performance

Current median dwelling price$705,000Past 3 months

Property growth+19.3%Past 12 months

Beckenham's median house price is $850,000, and house values rose 18.5% over the last 12 months, a sharp rise. There is no reliable median for units because too few units have sold here recently to publish one. Over the last 12 months units sold more quickly than houses, taking 8 days compared with 14 for houses.

In Beckenham, house rents rose 10.3% over the last 12 months, a strong rise, and house values ran ahead of rents.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$850K	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	18.5%	20.2%
Sold Past 3 months	26	7
Median days on market Past 12 months	14	8
Average rent Past 12 months	$750	$650
Change in rent Past 12 months	10.3%	13.0%

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Beckenham demographics

Beckenham is a young community.

Couples with children are the largest family group, at 47.1% of families, and most homes are owner-occupied. At the 2021 Census the population was 9,092.

Beckenham and Western Australia

	Suburb	WA
Median age years	34	38
Median household income weekly	$1,667	$1,815
Couples with children share of families	47.1%	44.6%
Couples without children share of families	34.5%	38.8%
One-parent families share of families	15.7%	15.1%
Homes owned outright share of homes	23.5%	30.2%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	39.8%	41.4%
Homes rented share of homes	36.7%	28.3%

Source: ABS 2021 Census. Shares of homes exclude other and not-stated tenure.

Beckenham infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Beckenham's Beckenham Station (Djarlgarra) was rebuilt as an elevated station under the METRONET Victoria Park Canning level crossing removal project and reopened for services on 8 June 2025, with a forecourt opening onto a new plaza precinct beneath the rail.

The Mills Park Centre in Beckenham opened in 2016 and provides a large community centre with a function hall. Wilpon Park was expanded and upgraded in 2025, including a new path linking Wilpon Street to Sevenoaks Street. In 2025 the Western Australian Planning Commission approved structure plans for Central Beckenham and Yule Brook Precinct 1.

Suburbs near Beckenham

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How does Beckenham compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Beckenham’s median house price is 1.2% higher than Cannington’s.
Median unit prices: Beckenham’s median unit price is 9.7% lower than Cannington’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Beckenham have grown 6.6% higher than in Wattle Grove.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Beckenham have grown 9.2% higher than in East Cannington.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in nearby East Cannington are selling 35.7% faster than in Beckenham.
Selling speed for units: Properties in Beckenham are selling 52.9% faster than in Cannington.
Investment considerations: In Beckenham, the rental yield for house is 3.4% lower than the Perth average, while the rental yield for units is 3.1% lower.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Beckenham have grown 24.5% lower than the average rate of growth across Perth.
Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Beckenham have grown 16.6% lower than the average rate of growth for units across Perth.

Common questions about Beckenham

Is Beckenham a nice place to live?
Beckenham sits beside the Canning River and is notable for its tree-lined streets, local shopping strips and riverside reserves.

It is a young suburb of families, with couple families with children making up 47.1% of families and most homes owner-occupied. Everyday life revolves around parks, sporting grounds, pocket parks, walking and cycling routes along the river, and local rail links. Beckenham Station was rebuilt as an elevated station under METRONET and reopened with a forecourt and a plaza beneath the rail.
Is it expensive to live in Beckenham?
Against the typical local household income of $1,667 a week at the most recent Census, Beckenham's median house price of $850,000 works out to about 9.8 times a typical local annual household income, so buying sits well above local incomes on these figures.

Renting is also a substantial cost here: a house rent of $750 a week would take about 45% of that weekly household income, and a unit rent of $650 a week about 39%. Both rent shares are above the commonly cited 30% marker for housing taking a large share of income, so for renters those percentages are the most relevant measures.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Beckenham a good place to invest?
What stands out in Beckenham is that values and rents both rose over the past 12 months: median house values climbed 18.5% and median unit values rose 20.2%, while house rents increased 10.3% and unit rents went up 13.0%.

Capital growth outpaced rental growth for both property types — value increases were larger than rent increases for houses (18.5% versus 10.3%) and for units (20.2% versus 13.0%), and units moved slightly more than houses on both value and rent.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

Choose the right real estate agents in Beckenham

Currently, there are 65 real estate agents working in Beckenham—but not all agents deliver the same results. The right agent could make a huge difference to your final sale price.

Only 5 out of these 65 agents sold 38.6% of all properties in Beckenham over the past year. Choosing one of these top-performing agents means tapping into proven expertise for a better sale outcome.

Real estate agents in Beckenham typically charge a commission of 2.15% to 3.25%. Negotiating a fair commission rate and the right structure can motivate your agent to work even harder, helping you sell for more and potentially saving you thousands of dollars.