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Suburb profile ·Karratha LGA · WA ·6714

Karratha Industrial Estate WA 6714

Karratha Industrial Estate is in Karratha LGA, WA, postcode 6714, with population 163.

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Thin-context

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Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality 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.

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Median house
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No local house series
Median rent
$450/wk
Market rent signal
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
—
Need rent + price
Population
25,429
25K via Karratha LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
—
No matched school data
Drive to city
—
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,124
44 added 12mo · 12MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$867
Median rent · wk$450
Investor profile

Who invests in Karratha Industrial Estate

Owner-occupied 43%Rented 57%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared14.4%
1,548 of 2,622 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,921/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,622
Reported capital gains898
The read

Renter-heavy market

37% of homes here are owner-occupied and 49% rented, with 14% of landlords negatively geared.

What to check

49% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

Buying & renting · ABS Census + state data
22%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $867/mo, while renters pay about $1,950/mo — renting runs $1,083/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$105K
Median rent · wk
$450
Owner mortgage · mo
$867

Household income

ABS Census · ATO
$105K household · yr+23.3% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$82K
Family
$127K
Household
$105K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
5
$300-649
0
$650-999
5
$1,000-1,499
7
$1,500-1,999
5
$2,000-2,999
8
$3,000-3,999
10
$4,000+
5

At the median asking rent, about 38% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,500/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

ABS Census 2021
Tenure (43 households)
Owned outright
26%
Owned with mortgage
12%
Rented
49%
Dwelling structure
Separate house
19%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
12%

Getting to work: 47% drive, 3% public transport, 33% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

Code baseline only

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

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SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

ABS projection · Karratha SA2 area · 2022 base
18,239 people · 202218,962 by 2032 (+4.0%)

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

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Karratha Industrial Estate WA — Property Data and Demographics

Karratha Industrial Estate (postcode 6714) is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Karratha local government area. With a population of 163, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $105K per year, with an average household size of 1.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% 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, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward construction and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $450 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $867.

On the investment side, Population growth of +2.2% 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+2.2%↑ Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$867
Rent · wk(Census)$450
Population growth · Karratha LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)25,429
5-year growth+1.8% CAGR
YoY change+2.2%
20012025
Development · Karratha LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)199
Houses 56%Units 44%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Karratha LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.4%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6714ATO
Negatively geared14.4%
1,548 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,921/yr
Landlords (rental income)2,622
Reported capital gains898
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population163
Median age39
Household size1.6
HH income · wk$2,028
Personal income · wk$1,577
Persons / bedroom1.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)2/10
Economic (IER)3/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,687 → $2,028
Change+20.2%
vs WA median+6.5 pp
Median rent+350%
stablevs WA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Technicians & Trades29Labourers15Machinery Operators & Drivers14Clerical & Administrative13Managers7
Top industriesCensus
Construction25Accommodation & Food22Transport & Logistics9Mining8Education7
Top ancestryCensus
English58Australian30Irish18Scottish11Chinese11
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Karratha LGAAIHW
Public2
Private0
Karratha Health Campuspublic
Roebourne Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Karratha LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places30
Yaandina Aged Care30 places
Yaandina Community ServicesNational Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Aged Care Program
Childcare · Karratha LGAACECQA
Services15
Approved places771
Exceeding NQS0
YMCA Tambrey Early Learning Centre120 places
One Tree Millars Well Children's Service105 places
MONTESSORI EARLY YEARS LEARNING AND CARE CENTRE DAMPIER79 places
MONTESSORI EARLY YEARS LEARNING AND CARE CENTRE KARRATHA61 places
One Tree Gurlu Gurlu Maya Children's Service60 places
Karratha Early Learning58 places
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Nearby in Karratha LGA12
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Karratha Industrial Estate 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 Karratha Industrial Estate 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.

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.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

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

Point Samson better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +100 · adds house price coverage · rent +$50/wk

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

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

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Dampier better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1100 · adds house price coverage · rent +$30/wk

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

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Karratha Industrial Estate FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Karratha Industrial Estate in?

    Karratha Industrial Estate is in the Karratha Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6714. Council-level context for Karratha LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Karratha Industrial Estate?

    The median weekly rent in Karratha Industrial Estate is $450/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Karratha Industrial Estate a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Karratha Industrial Estate 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 Karratha Industrial Estate?

    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 Karratha Industrial Estate 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.