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Suburb profile ·East Pilbara LGA · WA ·0872

Gibson Desert North WA 0872

Gibson Desert North is in East Pilbara LGA, WA, postcode 0872, with population 262.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$50/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
10,663
11K via East Pilbara LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
319
15 added 12mo · 5MW

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$50

Affordability

4%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$67K
Median rent · wk
$50

Household income

$67K household · yr-21.5% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$12K
Family
$34K
Household
$67K

Full data detail

Gibson Desert North WA — Property Data and Demographics

Gibson Desert North is a sparsely populated locality in Western Australia within the East Pilbara local government area (postcode 0872). It is home to about 262 residents, with a young professional demographic and a median age of 30. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% 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, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward arts & recreation and education. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Scottish, English.

The median weekly rent is $50 (Census 2021).

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+1.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$50
Population growth · East Pilbara LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,663
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.3%
20012025
Development · East Pilbara LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)20
Houses17
Units3
YoY change+0%
Employment · East Pilbara LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.6pp
Mar-20Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population262
Median age30
Household size5
HH income · wk$1,292
Personal income · wk$236
Persons / bedroom1.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Gibson Desert North depends 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 Gibson Desert North 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Jigalong most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$30/wk

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

Telfer most similar
similar rent profile

pop +400 · rent same $

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

Newman better covered
better market coverage

pop +6200 · adds house price coverage · rent +$60/wk

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

Gibson Desert North FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Gibson Desert North in?

    Gibson Desert North is in the East Pilbara Local Government Area, WA, postcode 0872. Council-level context for East Pilbara LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Gibson Desert North?

    The median weekly rent in Gibson Desert North is $50/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Gibson Desert North a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Gibson Desert North?

    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 Gibson Desert North 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.