Garden Island is in Cockburn LGA, WA, postcode 6168, with population 772.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Garden Island is a small locality in Western Australia within the Cockburn local government area (postcode 6168). With a population of 772, the suburb has a younger resident base with a median age of 24. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.8% 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 community & personal service, technicians & trades, managers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.8% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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This page stays indexable because Garden Island 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.
That means the read leans more on Census basics and whatever local services were matched, instead of a fuller market picture.
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pop +600 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage
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pop +500 · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage
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Garden Island is in the Cockburn Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6168. Council-level context for Cockburn LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Garden Island show: Strong Growth, 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.