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Suburb profile ·Beverley LGA · WA ·6304

Kokeby WA 6304

Kokeby is in Beverley LGA, WA, postcode 6304, with population 90.

Limited data

Thin-context

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$185K
+66.7% YoY
2021 → 2026 · 3 periods
ABS + state medians
$185K
$63K
2021 2026
Why it fits

Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Recent price movement shows visible market momentum.

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
$185K
House median, latest period
66.7%YoY D1 vs AU
Median rent
$138/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
3.9%
Below investor band
D10 vs AU
Population
1,815
2K via Beverley LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
558
20 added 12mo · 3MW
Price cycleAt its peak
LowPeak

At / near its all-time high

See trend depth →

Price history

Trend & investor depth

Cycle positionAt its peak
Low · 2021Peak · 2026

At / near its all-time high

Indicative cashflow-$73/wk (-$3,794/yr) · interest-only @ 6.2%, 80% LVR
Value vs advantage-75% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 6)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Investor profile

Who invests in Kokeby

Owner-occupied 91%Rented 9%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.1%
50 of 130 landlords
Avg rental loss$5,549/yr
Landlords (rental income)130
Reported capital gains104
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

94% of homes here are owner-occupied and 9% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

94% 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.

Mortgage affordability

12%
of household income to service a new loan
2.8 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Comfortable
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $887/mo vs median rent $598/mo (+48% · +$67/wk)

If rates move

At 4.0%: $707/mo (-181) · at 6.0% (current): $887/mo · at 8.0%: $1,086/mo (+199)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

Higher yield

similar price · cross-LGA

More affordable

lower price-to-income

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

Buying
2.1x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Affordable
Renting
8%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,343/mo, while renters pay about $598/mo — owning runs $745/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$185K
Household income · yr
$88K
Median rent · wk
$138
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,343
Gross yield
3.9%

Household income

$88K household · yr+2.6% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$40K
Family
$107K
Household
$88K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)88% could service the median house
Under $300
0
$300-649
3
$650-999
4
$1,000-1,499
5
$1,500-1,999
7
$2,000-2,999
6
$3,000-3,999
5
$4,000+
3

Serviceability line: a household needs about $683/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).

At the median asking rent, about 6% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $460/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (33 households)
Owned outright
64%
Owned with mortgage
30%
Rented
9%
Dwelling structure25.6% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
106%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 44% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 27% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Population outlook

5,305 people · 20225,331 by 2032 (+0.5%)

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

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

Kokeby is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Beverley local government area (postcode 6304). With a population of 90, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $88K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 managers, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

Kokeby has a median house price of $185,000, which has surged by 66.7% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $138 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.9%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,343.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops.

On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.9% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($185K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 2.1x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +66.7% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.6% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield3.9%· Moderate Yield
Price vs State$185K/$1.0M Below Median
Affordability2.1x Affordable
Price Momentum+66.7% Rising
Pop. Growth+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,343
Rent · wk(Census)$138
Gross yield3.9%
Price / income2.1x
Population growth · Beverley LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,815
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Beverley LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)10
Houses10
YoY change+0%
Employment · Beverley LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.2%
YoY change+0.5pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6304ATO
Negatively geared5.1%
50 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,549/yr
Landlords (rental income)130
Reported capital gains104
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population90
Median age57
Household size2.1
HH income · wk$1,687
Personal income · wk$774
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)5/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,124 → $1,687
Change+50.1%
vs WA median+36.4 pp
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
Hospitals · Beverley LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Beverley Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Beverley LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places17
Beverley Multi-Purpose Service17 places
Childcare · Beverley LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places15
Exceeding NQS0
Beverley District High School TheirCare15 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Kokeby rests 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 · 2026 · REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 · 2 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 Kokeby 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, and crime coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, 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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Westdale most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$31/wk

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

Beverley most similar
similar rent profile

pop +1000 · house +$252.5K · rent +$62/wk

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

Dale most similar
similar rent profile

pop +100 · rent +$77/wk

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

Kokeby FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Kokeby in?

    Kokeby is in the Beverley Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6304. Council-level context for Beverley LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Kokeby?

    The current median house price in Kokeby, WA is $185K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Kokeby?

    The median weekly rent in Kokeby is $138/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  4. Is Kokeby a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Kokeby show: Moderate Yield, Below Median, Affordable. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Kokeby?

    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 Kokeby 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.