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WA

Property data for WA. Rent signals, largest suburbs, lower-price entries, the macro coverage picture, and a desk for ranking, comparing, and modelling without leaving the state.

WA sits inside the Australian section of QuickProperty, but its data does not behave uniformly. Price and rent coverage are stronger in metro markets, thinner in regional ones, and the state's median is only ever as honest as that coverage. This bulletin opens with the suburbs that anchor most decisions — the largest by population and the most affordable with real scale — before handing off to the full state browse view below.

Treat the medians as starting reads. Treat the suburb pages as where the work actually happens. Treat compare and the calculator as the stages where the shortlist gets stress-tested before listings.

State of the bulletin

Five readings from WA.

Suburbs indexed
1,594
Browsable from this bulletin.
Population indexed
2.7M
Across WA suburbs.
Median house
$795K
717 suburbs with price data.
D5 vs AU
Median rent /wk
$271
1,248 suburbs with rent data.
D5 vs AU
Median income
$847
Personal income, ABS Census base.
D7 vs AU
National positioning

Where WA sits among the states.

Median houseWA · 5th of 8
SA$1.10M
ACT$1.02M
NSW$975K
QLD$866K
WA$795K
VIC$725K
TAS$605K
NT$590K
Median rentWA · 4th of 8
ACT$447/wk
NSW$325/wk
QLD$280/wk
WA$271/wk
VIC$260/wk
SA$250/wk
TAS$250/wk
NT$202/wk
Gross yieldWA · 6th of 8
NT3.0%
TAS2.6%
VIC2.5%
QLD2.3%
ACT2.3%
WA2.1%
NSW1.9%
SA1.6%

Median house price, median weekly rent, and median gross yield across QuickProperty's eight state datasets. Coverage differs by state, so treat these as screening positions, not valuations.

Investor profile

Investor profile · WA

Owner-occupied 72%Rented 28%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared50.278425278425274%
108,710 of 216,216 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,842/yr
Landlords (rental income)216,216
Reported capital gains159,885
The read

Negatively-geared growth belt

69% of homes here are owner-occupied and 27% rented, with 50% of landlords negatively geared.

What to check

50% of local landlords are negatively geared — investors here are betting on capital growth over rental income.

ABS Census 2021 tenure aggregated across the state's suburbs and ATO postcode rental statistics summed to state level. No state-level new-lending split is published; see the national page for lending flows.

State rent signals

WA rent pressure, stress, and investor screens.

Areas
517
Median rent
$670/wk
Latest period
Feb 2026
Confidence
517 strong · 0 usable

PER price trend

Median house · Perth
$1.00M
+22.0% YoY · +4.2% QoQ
Median unit · Perth
$735K
+27.8% YoY · +5.0% QoQ

PER rent trend

Median weekly rent · Perth
$700
+7.7% YoY · +25.2% 3M
Source: WA rental bond lodgements · suburb grain · Latest: May 2026
Population projection

WA projected to grow 13.5% by 2032.

ABS SA2-level projections rolled up to WA, sum of 257 SA2 areas (male + female across all age brackets, base year 2022).

Base · 2022
2,789,148

Projected total population, WA

+5y · 2027
3,002,188

+7.6% vs base

+10y · 2032
3,166,649

+13.5% vs base

Projected trajectory
2022–2032
Solar adoption

WA postcodes leading on rooftop solar.

Top postcodes ranked by Clean Energy Regulator small-scale installs per 1,000 residents. WA cumulative: 573,118 installs across 443 postcodes, 3.26GW capacity, 31,444 added in the last 12 months.

See all WA solar rankings → · Battery adoption →

Council areas

Browse WA by LGA.

137 local government areas in WA. Open an LGA for area-level rent, prices, and suburb roll-up.

Suburb directory

Every WA suburb, A to Z.

1,594 WA suburbs indexed. Jump to a letter, then open a suburb for prices, rent, schools, demographics, and investment signals.

A 40 suburbs
B 175 suburbs
C 132 suburbs
D 75 suburbs
E 48 suburbs
F 20 suburbs
G 73 suburbs
H 59 suburbs
I 13 suburbs
J 29 suburbs
K 98 suburbs
L 59 suburbs
M 184 suburbs
N 98 suburbs
O 19 suburbs
P 73 suburbs
Q 11 suburbs
R 37 suburbs
S 97 suburbs
T 48 suburbs
U 10 suburbs
V 6 suburbs
W 154 suburbs
X 1 suburb
Y 35 suburbs
FAQ

Four questions about WA.

  1. How many WA suburbs does QuickProperty cover?

    QuickProperty indexes 1,594 WA suburb pages, with 717 suburbs carrying house price coverage and 1,248 suburbs carrying rent coverage in the current processed dataset.

  2. What is the median house price in WA?

    Across WA suburbs with available house price data, the median house price shown on this hub is $795K. Treat it as a suburb-screening benchmark, not a property valuation.

  3. What is the median weekly rent in WA?

    Across WA suburbs with available rent data, the median weekly rent shown on this hub is $271/wk. Individual suburb pages may differ materially from the state-level benchmark.

  4. What should I do after browsing the WA hub?

    Start with the WA rent signal cards when rent pressure matters, open a large suburb for context, use rankings if the state still feels too broad, or move two to three candidates into compare once you have a realistic shortlist.