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Suburb profile ·Kwinana LGA · WA ·6167

Mandogalup WA 6167

Mandogalup is in Kwinana LGA, WA, postcode 6167, with population 128.

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$750/wk
Rising
+9.5% YoY
Jun 2023 → May 2026 · 13 periods
WA rental bonds · suburb grain · May 2026
$940
$550
Jun 2023May 2026
Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. 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
$940K
House median, latest period
4.1%YoY D6 vs AU
Median rent
$750/wk
Rent context available
9.5%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
4.1%
Moderate yield band
D10 vs AU
Population
57,422
57K via Kwinana LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
7,248
523 added 12mo · 37MW
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

Price growth (compound)% per year
3-yr
+11.4%
5-yr
+9.2%
Yield trend4.7% → 5.2% (+0.5pp · rent outgrowing price)
Indicative cashflow-$363/wk (-$18,878/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Value vs advantage-25% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 10)

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 Mandogalup

Owner-occupied 100%Rented 0%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared4.5%
803 of 1,228 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,175/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,228
Reported capital gains825
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

88% of homes here are owner-occupied and 0% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

88% 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

47%
of household income to service a new loan
10.6 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Severe
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $4,606/mo vs median rent $3,250/mo (+42% · +$313/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $3,677/mo (-928) · at 6.2% (current): $4,606/mo · at 8.2%: $5,623/mo (+1,017)

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

Stronger 5-yr growth

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
7.9x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Moderate
Renting
33%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Stretched

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,939/mo, while renters pay about $3,250/mo — renting runs $1,311/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$940K
Household income · yr
$118K
Median rent · wk
$750
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,939
Gross yield
4.1%

Household income

$118K household · yr+38.4% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$62K
Family
$133K
Household
$118K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)17% could service the median house
Under $300
0
$300-649
0
$650-999
7
$1,000-1,499
9
$1,500-1,999
4
$2,000-2,999
16
$3,000-3,999
10
$4,000+
4

Serviceability line: a household needs about $3,543/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 58% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $2,500/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (51 households)
Owned outright
22%
Owned with mortgage
67%
Rented
0%
Dwelling structure12.5% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 88% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 5% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

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

10,260 people · 202214,569 by 2032 (+42.0%)

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

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

Mandogalup is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Kwinana local government area (postcode 6167). The area has roughly 128 residents and a younger, working-age population, with a median age of 31. Households earn a median income of $118K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +4.6% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median house price in Mandogalup is $940,000, having risen by 4.1% over the past year. The current median weekly rent is $750. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 4.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,939.

Looking at the investment signals, Mandogalup shows a gross rental yield of approximately 4.1%, rated as moderate yield. Property prices are near the state median ($940K/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 7.9x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +4.1% year-on-year. Population growth of +4.6% 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
Rental Yield4.1%· Moderate Yield
Price vs State$940K/$1.0M· Near Median
Affordability7.9x· Moderate
Price Momentum+4.1%· Stable
Pop. Growth+4.6% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,939
Rent · wk(Census)$265
Market rent · wk(Feb 2026)$750
Gross yield1.5%
Price / income7.9x
Population growth · Kwinana LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)57,422
5-year growth+4.4% CAGR
YoY change+4.6%
20012025
Development · Kwinana LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)986
Houses 92%Units 8%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kwinana LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)7.5%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6167ATO
Negatively geared4.5%
803 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,175/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,228
Reported capital gains825
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population128
Median age31
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$2,277
Personal income · wk$1,183
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)6/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,624 → $2,277
Change+40.2%
vs WA median+26.5 pp
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · Kwinana LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places123
Aegis Banksia Park123 places
Childcare · Kwinana LGAACECQA
Services29
Approved places2,214
Exceeding NQS1
Great Beginnings Parmelia106 places
St Vincent's OSHClub105 places
Busy Bees at Wellard104 places
Buttercups Childcare and Early Learning Centre Wandi102 places
Big Childcare - Wellard Village Primary School OSHC100 places
The Family Tree Out of School Hours Care100 places
+23 more in Kwinana LGA
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Sources & freshness
Usable evidence

Mandogalup is usable as a read, though it 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.

REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series

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
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
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 · 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 Mandogalup 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Anketell most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +200 · house -$124.5K · rent -$351/wk

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

Wandi most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +4200 · house -$5K · rent -$340/wk

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

Parmelia most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +6100 · house -$220K · rent -$470/wk

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

Mandogalup FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mandogalup in?

    Mandogalup is in the Kwinana Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6167. Council-level context for Kwinana LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Mandogalup?

    The current median house price in Mandogalup, WA is $940K, 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 Mandogalup?

    The median weekly rent in Mandogalup is $750/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Mandogalup?

    Rent context available: Mandogalup 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.

  5. Is Mandogalup a good investment?

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

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mandogalup?

    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.

  7. How often is the Mandogalup 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.