Jurien Bay (postcode 6516) is a small locality in Western Australia within the Dandaragan local government area. It is home to about 1,985 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.9% 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 technicians & trades, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median house price in Jurien Bay is $770,000, having jumped by 32.8% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $675. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.6%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,625.
Jurien Bay is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 956, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 4.6%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($770K/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 12.5x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +32.8% year-on-year. Population growth of +3.9% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.