Huntingdale is in Gosnells LGA, WA, postcode 6110, with population 9,021.
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Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.
Houses to 2026 · Units to 2024 — house and unit medians are released on separate cycles, so their latest period can differ.
At / near its all-time high
Growth in median price vs median household income — broadly stable vs incomes.
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Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer · stability drivers signed (+ = steadier)
Relative grade across Australian suburbs, combining qp's capital-growth (multi-year CAGR + cycle timing), rental-yield, and stability (price volatility + cycle + affordability) metrics via a three-pillar property-scoring method with an imbalance penalty. Within-Australia relative, indicative only — not financial advice.
78% of homes here are owner-occupied and 19% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.
78% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
New-loan repayment $3,950/mo vs median rent $2,990/mo (+32% · +$222/wk)
At 4.2%: $3,154/mo (-796) · at 6.2% (current): $3,950/mo · at 8.2%: $4,823/mo (+873)
Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.
Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.
This suburb 8.7x · WA median 9.5x — more affordable than the WA typical
Nationally · more affordable to buy than 67% of AU suburbs
This suburb 39% · WA median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 1% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,670/mo, while renters pay about $2,990/mo — renting runs $1,320/mo higher on these medians.
Serviceability line: a household needs about $3,039/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).
At the median asking rent, about 65% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $2,300/wk income).
Getting to work: 85% drive, 3% public transport, 1% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 28% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer
Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.
Development screen
R-Codes Volume 1 apply across WA and are administered by local government; compliant ancillary dwellings can be proposed on residential zoned land including grouped/multiple dwellings and strata lots.
Rental use: Same-title ancillary dwellings can be relevant to hosted accommodation rules; check STRA registration and local government requirements where used short-term.
Open official policy sourceSuburb share of occupied private dwellings recorded as separate houses.
16.6 pp above the state median
State median 78.0% · 438 valid suburbs
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Near the state median
State median 24.1% · 438 valid suburbs
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Approval pathway
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Building due diligence
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May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation
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NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions
Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Huntingdale - Southern River SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
Huntingdale (postcode 6110) is a medium-sized suburb in Western Australia within the Gosnells local government area. It is home to about 9,021 residents, with a blend of families and working-age professionals and a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $93K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.9% 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 technicians & trades, clerical & administrative, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Huntingdale is $806,000, having risen steeply by 13.5% over the past year. Units have a median price of $508,000 (+43% YoY). The current median weekly rent is $690. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,670.
Huntingdale is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 956, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 45 bus stops.
Looking at the investment signals, Huntingdale shows a gross rental yield of approximately 4.5%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($806K/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 8.7x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +13.5% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Huntingdale is in the Gosnells Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6110. Council-level context for Gosnells LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The current median house price in Huntingdale, WA is $806K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
The median weekly rent in Huntingdale is $690/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is income-stretched rent market.
Income-stretched rent market: Weekly rent screens at about 57% of annual income. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Huntingdale show: Moderate Yield, Near Median, Moderate. 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.