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Suburb profile ·Kalamunda LGA · WA ·6076

Carmel WA 6076

Carmel is in Kalamunda LGA, WA, postcode 6076, with population 754.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
$345/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
754
754 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
5,460
264 added 12mo · 30MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,162
Median rent · wk$345

Affordability

15%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,162/mo, while renters pay about $1,495/mo — owning runs $667/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$122K
Median rent · wk
$345
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,162

Household income

$122K household · yr+42.6% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$44K
Family
$129K
Household
$122K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA1039
Students200
Independent1
  • Carmel Adventist CollegeSecondary · Independent · ICSEA 1039

Full data detail

Carmel WA — Property Data and Demographics

Carmel (postcode 6076) is a close-knit residential community in Western Australia within the Kalamunda local government area. The area has roughly 754 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $122K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, managers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $345 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,162.

Carmel is served by 1 school, including 1 secondary. The average ICSEA score is 1039, which is around the national average of 1,000.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.5% 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+1.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$2,162
Rent · wk(Census)$345
Population growth · Kalamunda LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)65,007
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+1.5%
20012025
Development · Kalamunda LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)129
Houses124
Units5
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kalamunda LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.5%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6076ATO
Negatively geared983 (6.8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,201/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,184
Reported capital gains1,717
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population754
Median age46
Household size3
HH income · wk$2,345
Personal income · wk$850
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations0
Cafes & dining3
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Carmel 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.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

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
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 Carmel 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

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

The lighter areas here are hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Bickley most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$5/wk

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

Walliston most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +300 · rent +$5/wk

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

Pickering Brook most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -200 · rent +$5/wk

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

Carmel FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Carmel in?

    Carmel is in the Kalamunda Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6076. Council-level context for Kalamunda LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Carmel?

    The median weekly rent in Carmel is $345/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Carmel a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Carmel 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 Carmel?

    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 Carmel 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.