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Suburb profile ·Greater Geraldton LGA · WA ·6530

Karloo WA 6530

Karloo is in Greater Geraldton LGA, WA, postcode 6530, with population 495.

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.

$450/wk
Nov 2023 → Feb 2026 · 8 periods
WA rental bonds · suburb grain · Feb 2026 · sparse signal
$465
$252
Nov 2023Feb 2026
Why it fits

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

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
$450/wk
Rent context available
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
42,882
43K via Greater Geraldton LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
6,522
242 added 12mo · 36MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,000
Median rent · wk$220

Affordability

36%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,000/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $950/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$64K
Median rent · wk
$450
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,000

Household income

$64K household · yr-25% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$74K
Household
$64K

Full data detail

Karloo WA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Western Australia within the Greater Geraldton local government area, Karloo is a small, quiet locality (postcode 6530). The area has roughly 495 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 33. Households earn a median income of $64K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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 labourers, machinery operators & drivers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Aboriginal Australian.

The current median weekly rent is $450. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,000.

Public transport access includes 5 bus stops.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,000
Rent · wk(Census)$220
Market rent · wk(Feb 2026)$450
Population growth · Greater Geraldton LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)42,882
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Greater Geraldton LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)156
Houses142
Units14
YoY change+0%
Employment · Greater Geraldton LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6530ATO
Negatively geared1,239 (6% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,036/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,287
Reported capital gains1,526
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population495
Median age33
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$1,233
Personal income · wk$558
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops5
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Karloo works as a starting read but 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 · 5 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Karloo 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.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, 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.

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

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

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

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Karloo FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Karloo in?

    Karloo is in the Greater Geraldton Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6530. Council-level context for Greater Geraldton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Karloo?

    The median weekly rent in Karloo is $450/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Karloo?

    Rent context available: Karloo 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 Karloo a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Karloo 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 Karloo?

    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 Karloo 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.