Is Padbury a nice place to live?

Padbury is a residential suburb with tree-lined streets, a small shopping strip, public transport links to larger retail centres and the nearby Indian Ocean. The community is made up of owner-occupiers, with couples with children making up 45.8% of families. Green spaces, sporting ovals and suburban walking routes shape local routines, and local shops and community facilities supply daily conveniences, while the Hepburn Avenue upgrade was completed with a dual-lane roundabout at the Walter Padbury Boulevard intersection.

Is it expensive to live in Padbury?

A typical local household in Padbury earned about $2,065 a week at the most recent Census. At $750 a week, house rent would take about 36% of that weekly income, which is a sizeable share. The median house price of $1,273,000 works out to about 11.9 times a typical local annual household income. That means renting here would use a sizeable portion of a typical local household's income, while buying sits well above local incomes. Whether that feels expensive will depend on your own income and circumstances. Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Is Padbury a good place to invest?

What stands out for Padbury is the large lift in house values: median house values climbed 25.0% in the last twelve months. House rents rose a modest 3.7%, so for houses capital growth outpaced rental income, while unit values recorded a solid 9.7% rise. 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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Padbury suburb profile

Padbury is a residential suburb in Perth's northern suburbs, characterised by tree-lined streets and an established mix of single-storey and low-set brick homes. Parks, sporting ovals and suburban walking routes thread the area and shape local routines.

A small shopping strip and community facilities supply daily conveniences, while larger retail centres and rail and bus links are a short drive away and connect to the wider metropolitan network. The Indian Ocean coastline is nearby for coastal recreation, and quiet residential streets give the suburb a relaxed, low-key character.

Padbury property market performance

Property growth+17.3%Past 12 months

Padbury's median house price is $1,273,000 and house values rose sharply by 25.0% over the last 12 months. Over the last 3 months 25 houses sold and one unit sold, so it's primarily a house market and there are too few recent unit sales for a reliable unit median.

In Padbury, house rents average $750 a week and rose modestly by 3.7% over the last 12 months, while house values increased more strongly over the same period, so values ran ahead of rents.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	$1.27M	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	25.0%	9.7%
Sold Past 3 months	25	1
Median days on market Past 12 months	11	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$750	N/A
Change in rent Past 12 months	3.7%	N/A

5 year median price trend for houses and units

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Padbury demographics

Padbury is a community of owner-occupiers.

Couples with children make up 45.8% of families, and 50.5% of homes are owned with a mortgage. At the 2021 Census, 8,626 people lived in Padbury.

Padbury and Western Australia

	Suburb	WA
Median age years	38	38
Median household income weekly	$2,065	$1,815
Couples with children share of families	45.8%	44.6%
Couples without children share of families	36.7%	38.8%
One-parent families share of families	15.8%	15.1%
Homes owned outright share of homes	32.8%	30.2%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	50.5%	41.4%
Homes rented share of homes	16.7%	28.3%

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

Padbury infrastructure, key developments and investment opportunities

Padbury's Hepburn Avenue upgrade between Lilburne Avenue and Walter Padbury Boulevard was completed in 2025, with a dual-lane roundabout constructed at the Walter Padbury Boulevard intersection. The City of Joondalup also secured a Club Night Lights Program forward-planning grant for an upgrade of floodlighting at Forrest Park in 2023/24; designs from 2022 proposed four 28-metre LED sports floodlight poles to meet relevant standards.

Suburbs near Padbury

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How does Padbury compare to nearby suburbs?

Median house prices: Padbury’s median house price is 2.4% higher than Kingsley’s.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Padbury have grown 6.1% higher than in Sorrento.
Unit price growth: Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Padbury have grown 20.3% higher than in Kingsley.
Selling speed for houses: Properties in Padbury are selling 35.3% faster than in Sorrento.
House price growth: Over the past 12 months, house prices in Padbury have grown 12.3% higher than the average rate of growth across Perth.
Unit price growth:Over the past 12 months, unit prices in Padbury have grown 21.4% higher than the average rate of growth for units across Perth.

Common questions about Padbury

Is Padbury a nice place to live?
Padbury is a residential suburb with tree-lined streets, a small shopping strip, public transport links to larger retail centres and the nearby Indian Ocean.

The community is made up of owner-occupiers, with couples with children making up 45.8% of families. Green spaces, sporting ovals and suburban walking routes shape local routines, and local shops and community facilities supply daily conveniences, while the Hepburn Avenue upgrade was completed with a dual-lane roundabout at the Walter Padbury Boulevard intersection.
Is it expensive to live in Padbury?
A typical local household in Padbury earned about $2,065 a week at the most recent Census. At $750 a week, house rent would take about 36% of that weekly income, which is a sizeable share. The median house price of $1,273,000 works out to about 11.9 times a typical local annual household income.

That means renting here would use a sizeable portion of a typical local household's income, while buying sits well above local incomes. Whether that feels expensive will depend on your own income and circumstances.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.
Is Padbury a good place to invest?
What stands out for Padbury is the large lift in house values: median house values climbed 25.0% in the last twelve months.

House rents rose a modest 3.7%, so for houses capital growth outpaced rental income, while unit values recorded a solid 9.7% rise.

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 Padbury

Currently, there are 46 real estate agents working in Padbury—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 46 agents sold 66.4% of all properties in Padbury 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 Padbury typically charge a commission of 1.5% to 2.79%. 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.