Fortescue is in Ashburton LGA, WA, postcode 6716, with population 190.
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Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
This suburb 6% · WA median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 97% of AU suburbs
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Ashburton (WA) SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Located in Western Australia within the Ashburton local government area, Fortescue is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 6716). It is home to about 190 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $47K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median weekly rent is $50 (Census 2021).
On the investment side, Population growth of +1.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
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Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
Fortescue is in the Ashburton Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6716. Council-level context for Ashburton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Fortescue is $50/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Fortescue show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.