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Suburb profile ·Nannup LGA · WA ·6258

Donnelly River WA 6258

Donnelly River is in Nannup LGA, WA, postcode 6258, with population 5.

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

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

What to check

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,743
2K via Nannup LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
972
26 added 12mo · 7MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth
Median rent · wk

Household income

$88K household · yr+3.3% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$68K
Family
$143K
Household
$88K

Population outlook

5,377 people · 20225,521 by 2032 (+2.7%)

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

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

Located in Western Australia within the Nannup local government area, Donnelly River is a quiet locality (postcode 6258). It is home to about 5 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 60. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 1.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +2.4% 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.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.5% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.5% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Nannup LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,743
5-year growth+2.4% CAGR
YoY change+2.5%
20012025
Development · Nannup LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)5
Houses5
YoY change+0%
Employment · Nannup LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.9%
YoY change+0.1pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6258ATO
Negatively geared3.9%
165 of filers
Avg rental loss$4,892/yr
Landlords (rental income)510
Reported capital gains308
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population5
Median age60
Household size1.5
HH income · wk$1,699
Personal income · wk$1,312
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)6/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Nannup LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Nannup Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Nannup LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places9
Nannup Multi-Purpose Service9 places
Childcare · Nannup LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places19
Exceeding NQS0
Regional Early Education & Development Inc - Nannup19 places
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Donnelly River is a thin local read, not a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Donnelly River 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Lean on nearby suburbs, rankings, and the state hub for stronger comparables before treating this as a shortlist call.

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

Nannup better covered
better market coverage

pop +1000 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

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

Peerabeelup better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Jalbarragup better covered
better market coverage

pop +200 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Donnelly River FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Donnelly River in?

    Donnelly River is in the Nannup Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6258. Council-level context for Nannup LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Donnelly River a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Donnelly River?

    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.

  4. How often is the Donnelly River 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.