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Suburb profile ·Toodyay LGA · WA ·6566

Hoddys Well WA 6566

Hoddys Well is in Toodyay LGA, WA, postcode 6566, with population 140.

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

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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
5,251
5K via Toodyay LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,214
49 added 12mo · 6MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,524
Median rent · wk$300

Affordability

19%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,524/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — owning runs $224/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$81K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,524

Household income

$81K household · yr-5% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$108K
Household
$81K

Full data detail

Hoddys Well WA — Property Data and Demographics

Hoddys Well (postcode 6566) is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Toodyay local government area. The area has roughly 140 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 54. Households earn a median income of $81K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.0% 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 managers, clerical & administrative, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward construction and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,524.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.0% 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+3.0% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,524
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Toodyay LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,251
5-year growth+2.6% CAGR
YoY change+3%
20012025
Development · Toodyay LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)27
Houses27
YoY change+0%
Employment · Toodyay LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6566ATO
Negatively geared111 (5% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,805/yr
Landlords (rental income)292
Reported capital gains166
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population140
Median age54
Household size2.3
HH income · wk$1,562
Personal income · wk$735
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Hoddys Well rests 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 Hoddys Well 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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Hoddys Well FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Hoddys Well in?

    Hoddys Well is in the Toodyay Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6566. Council-level context for Toodyay LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Hoddys Well?

    The median weekly rent in Hoddys Well is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Hoddys Well a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Hoddys Well?

    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 Hoddys Well 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.