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Suburb profile ·Mukinbudin LGA · WA ·6479

Dandanning WA 6479

Dandanning is in Mukinbudin LGA, WA, postcode 6479, with population 26.

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
$225/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
26
26 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
125
3 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$716
Median rent · wk$225

Affordability

9%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $716/mo, while renters pay about $975/mo — renting runs $259/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$136K
Median rent · wk
$225
Owner mortgage · mo
$716

Household income

$136K household · yr+59.5% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$72K
Family
$137K
Household
$136K

Full data detail

Dandanning WA — Property Data and Demographics

Dandanning (postcode 6479) is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Mukinbudin local government area. With a population of 26, the suburb has a young professional demographic with a median age of 27. Households earn a median income of $136K per year, with an average household size of 3.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.2% 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, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $225 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $716.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of -1.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth-1.2% Declining
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$716
Rent · wk(Census)$225
Population growth · Mukinbudin LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)594
5-year growth+0.5% CAGR
YoY change-1.2%
20012025
Development · Mukinbudin LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mukinbudin LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.7pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6479ATO
Negatively geared5 (1.3% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,020/yr
Landlords (rental income)41
Reported capital gains44
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population26
Median age27
Household size3.1
HH income · wk$2,624
Personal income · wk$1,375
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Dandanning 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 · 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 Dandanning 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, 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 Dandanning feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Karloning most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$33/wk

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

Wattoning most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Mukinbudin better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +300 · adds house price coverage · rent -$75/wk

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

Dandanning FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Dandanning in?

    Dandanning is in the Mukinbudin Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6479. Council-level context for Mukinbudin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Dandanning?

    The median weekly rent in Dandanning is $225/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Dandanning a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Dandanning?

    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 Dandanning 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.