Lake Argyle is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Wyndham-East Kimberley local government area (postcode 6743). It is home to about 205 residents, with a mix of families and early-career residents and a median age of 32. Households earn a median income of $48K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% 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, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and agriculture. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.
The median weekly rent is $85 (Census 2021).
On the investment side, Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.