East Augusta (postcode 6290) is a sparsely populated locality in Western Australia within the Augusta Margaret River local government area. With a population of 41, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $44K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.5% 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 labourers, professionals, technicians & trades. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.
Median house prices in East Augusta stand at $900,000, having climbed sharply by 20% over the last twelve months. The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.9%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,154.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 0.9%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($900K/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 20.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +20.0% year-on-year. Population growth of +3.5% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.