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Suburb profile ·Koorda LGA · WA ·6475

Lake Margarette WA 6475

Lake Margarette is in Koorda LGA, WA, postcode 6475, with population 16.

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

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
16
16 local footprint
D1 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
78
0 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,200
Median rent · wk

Household income

$72K household · yr-16.4% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$61K
Family
$143K
Household
$72K

Population outlook

3,914 people · 20223,585 by 2032 (-8.4%)

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

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

Lake Margarette is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Koorda local government area (postcode 6475). It is home to about 16 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% 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, labourers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,200.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% 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+1.1%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,200
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Koorda LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)377
5-year growth-0.3% CAGR
YoY change+1.1%
20012025
Development · Koorda LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)0
YoY change+0%
Employment · Koorda LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.8%
YoY change+0.1pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6475ATO
Negatively geared3%
7 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,753/yr
Landlords (rental income)25
Reported capital gains18
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population16
Median age45
Household size2
HH income · wk$1,375
Personal income · wk$1,166
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$725 → $1,375
Change+89.7%
vs WA median+76 pp
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Top ancestryCensus
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Lake Margarette is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 Lake Margarette 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist decision.

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

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Lake Margarette FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Lake Margarette in?

    Lake Margarette is in the Koorda Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6475. Council-level context for Koorda LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Lake Margarette a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Lake Margarette?

    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.

  4. How often is the Lake Margarette 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.