Located in Western Australia within the Carnarvon local government area, Brown Range is a small, quiet locality (postcode 6701). With a population of 125, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $69K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
Median house prices in Brown Range stand at $465,000, having posted strong gains by 5.7% over the last twelve months. The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,311.
Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.8%, which reads as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($465K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 6.7x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +5.7% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.