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Suburb profile ·Nannup LGA · WA ·6275

Jalbarragup WA 6275

Jalbarragup is in Nannup LGA, WA, postcode 6275, with population 163.

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
$270/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,743
2K via Nannup LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
442
19 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$2,000
Median rent · wk$270
Investor profile

Who invests in Jalbarragup

Owner-occupied 94%Rented 6%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.3%
52 of 145 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,593/yr
Landlords (rental income)145
Reported capital gains86
Investor exposure index(low vs national)38.2/100
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

85% of homes here are owner-occupied and 6% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

85% 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.

Affordability

31%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,000/mo, while renters pay about $1,170/mo — owning runs $830/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$46K
Median rent · wk
$270
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,000

Household income

$46K household · yr-46.5% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$25K
Family
$67K
Household
$46K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
4
$300-649
7
$650-999
17
$1,000-1,499
10
$1,500-1,999
3
$2,000-2,999
3
$3,000-3,999
3
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 54% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $900/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (68 households)
Owned outright
63%
Owned with mortgage
22%
Rented
6%
Dwelling structure43.9% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
88%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 56% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 14% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Short-term rentals

12
active listings
100%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
92%
run by multi-listing operators
Investment view Estimated
$190
median nightly (entire home)
32%
estimated occupancy
$17,783
estimated annual revenue (gross)

Estimated short-let income is 1.3× the $14,040/yr a long-term let would earn at the median rent — before management fees, cleaning, vacancy beyond the occupancy model, and short-stay regulation.

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.

Population outlook

5,377 people · 20225,521 by 2032 (+2.7%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Pemberton SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Jalbarragup WA — Property Data and Demographics

Jalbarragup is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Nannup local government area (postcode 6275). It is home to about 163 residents, with a predominantly older resident base and a median age of 61. Households earn a median income of $46K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.5% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward professional services and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $270 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.5% 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+2.5% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$2,000
Rent · wk(Census)$270
Population growth · Nannup LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,743
5-year growth+2.4% CAGR
YoY change+2.5%
20012025
Development · Nannup LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)5
Houses5
YoY change+0%
Employment · Nannup LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.9%
YoY change+0.1pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6275ATO
Negatively geared5.3%
52 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,593/yr
Landlords (rental income)145
Reported capital gains86
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population163
Median age61
Household size2
HH income · wk$880
Personal income · wk$474
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$871 → $880
Change+1%
vs WA median-12.7 pp
Median rent-4.6%
softeningvs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Nannup LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Nannup Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Nannup LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places9
Nannup Multi-Purpose Service9 places
Childcare · Nannup LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places19
Exceeding NQS0
Regional Early Education & Development Inc - Nannup19 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Jalbarragup leans 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.

REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series

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
REIWA · REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
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 Jalbarragup 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.

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

Carlotta most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent +$30/wk

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

Scott River East most similar
similar rent profile

pop -100 · rent +$30/wk

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

Nannup better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +800 · adds house price coverage · rent -$17/wk

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

Jalbarragup FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Jalbarragup in?

    Jalbarragup is in the Nannup Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6275. Council-level context for Nannup LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Jalbarragup?

    The median weekly rent in Jalbarragup is $270/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Jalbarragup a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Jalbarragup 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 Jalbarragup?

    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 Jalbarragup 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.