Mount Pleasant bushfire risk
Of Mount Pleasant’s 4,637 mapped properties, 2.9% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.
For context, Mount Pleasant’s bushfire exposure is below the WA average of 21.7%.
Where the hazards are in Mount Pleasant
Flood and bushfire areas across Mount Pleasant. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant sits in the Fremantle police district, which recorded 25,624 reported offences in the 12 months to Mar 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 25,624 total. Figures are for the whole Fremantle police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Mount Pleasant
Mount Pleasant is mostly residential. The most common zones:
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.
Zone: Residential
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Public purposes
Who lives in Mount Pleasant
At the 2021 Census, 37.8% of Mount Pleasant’s 7,456 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Mount Pleasant
Melville council approved 590 new dwellings in the 12 months to May 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Melville council area (not just Mount Pleasant). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
- 7 Hawkins Street, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
- 5 Stoke Street, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
- 77 Glenelg Street, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
- 10 Regent Way, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
- 6A Emerald Avenue, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
- 29/21 The Esplanade, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
- 3A Springside Avenue, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
- 7/50 Parkside Avenue, Mount Pleasant WA 6153
Nearby suburbs
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.