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Suburb profile ·Boyup Brook LGA · WA ·6255

Benjinup WA 6255

Benjinup is in Boyup Brook LGA, WA, postcode 6255, with population 143.

Limited data

Thin-context

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What to check

Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$233/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
2,000
2K via Boyup Brook LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,053
45 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,733
Median rent · wk$233
Investor profile

Who invests in Benjinup

Owner-occupied 91%Rented 9%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.7%
159 of 419 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,448/yr
Landlords (rental income)419
Reported capital gains293
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

74% of homes here are owner-occupied and 8% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

74% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,733/mo, while renters pay about $1,010/mo — owning runs $723/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$73K
Median rent · wk
$233
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,733

Household income

$73K household · yr-15.2% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$43K
Family
$89K
Household
$73K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
5
$650-999
9
$1,000-1,499
6
$1,500-1,999
9
$2,000-2,999
11
$3,000-3,999
6
$4,000+
3

At the median asking rent, about 15% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $777/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (53 households)
Owned outright
43%
Owned with mortgage
30%
Rented
8%
Dwelling structure14.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 45% drive, 0% public transport, 4% walk or cycle, 39% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

7,464 people · 20228,202 by 2032 (+9.9%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Bridgetown - Boyup Brook SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Benjinup WA — Property Data and Demographics

Benjinup is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Boyup Brook local government area (postcode 6255). With a population of 143, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $73K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.9% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 24 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 12 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $233 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,733.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,733
Rent · wk(Census)$233
Population growth · Boyup Brook LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)2,000
5-year growth+1.8% CAGR
YoY change+1.7%
20012025
Development · Boyup Brook LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)9
Houses9
YoY change+0%
Employment · Boyup Brook LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.4%
YoY change-0.3pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6255ATO
Negatively geared5.7%
159 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,448/yr
Landlords (rental income)419
Reported capital gains293
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population143
Median age43
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,395
Personal income · wk$825
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,218 → $1,395
Change+14.5%
vs WA median+0.8 pp
stablevs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Boyup Brook LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Boyup Brook Soldiers Memorial Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Boyup Brook LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places16
Boyup Brook Multi-Purpose Service16 places
Childcare · Boyup Brook LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places19
Exceeding NQS0
Regional Early Education & Development - Boyup Brook19 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Benjinup leans on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
REIWA · REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Benjinup is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Benjinup feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Dinninup better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$23/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Mayanup most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$7/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Wilga better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop -100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$33/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Benjinup FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Benjinup in?

    Benjinup is in the Boyup Brook Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6255. Council-level context for Boyup Brook LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Benjinup?

    The median weekly rent in Benjinup is $233/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Benjinup a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Benjinup show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Benjinup?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  5. How often is the Benjinup data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.