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Suburb profile ·Bridgetown-Greenbushes LGA · WA ·6255

Kangaroo Gully WA 6255

Kangaroo Gully is in Bridgetown-Greenbushes LGA, WA, postcode 6255, with population 512.

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. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

What to check

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
$750/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
512
512 local footprint
D7 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
1,048
47 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$1,929
Median rent · wk$340

Affordability

47%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,929/mo, while renters pay about $3,250/mo — renting runs $1,321/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$83K
Median rent · wk
$750
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,929

Household income

$83K household · yr-2.5% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$39K
Family
$108K
Household
$83K

Full data detail

Kangaroo Gully WA — Property Data and Demographics

Kangaroo Gully is a close-knit residential community in Western Australia within the Bridgetown-Greenbushes local government area (postcode 6255). The area has roughly 512 residents and a mature demographic, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $83K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.0% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $750. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,929.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.0% 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+2.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,929
Rent · wk(Census)$340
Market rent · wk(Feb 2026)$750
Population growth · Bridgetown-Greenbushes LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)5,931
5-year growth+2.7% CAGR
YoY change+2%
20012025
Development · Bridgetown-Greenbushes LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)29
Houses25
Units4
YoY change+0%
Employment · Bridgetown-Greenbushes LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.4%
YoY change-0.3pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6255ATO
Negatively geared159 (5.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,448/yr
Landlords (rental income)419
Reported capital gains293
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population512
Median age53
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,604
Personal income · wk$748
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Kangaroo Gully is usable, but it still needs cross-checking.

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 using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

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
WA rental bonds · Feb 2026 · State market dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 Kangaroo Gully 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.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Greenbushes most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop -100 · rent -$550/wk

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

Bridgetown better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +2700 · adds house price coverage · rent -$450/wk

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

Catterick most similar
similar rent profile

pop -300 · rent -$450/wk

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

Kangaroo Gully FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kangaroo Gully in?

    Kangaroo Gully is in the Bridgetown-Greenbushes Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6255. Council-level context for Bridgetown-Greenbushes LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Kangaroo Gully?

    The median weekly rent in Kangaroo Gully is $750/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Kangaroo Gully?

    Rent context available: Kangaroo Gully has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Kangaroo Gully a good investment?

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

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Kangaroo Gully?

    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.

  6. How often is the Kangaroo Gully 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.