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Suburb profile ·East Pilbara LGA · WA ·6760

Marble Bar WA 6760

Marble Bar is in East Pilbara LGA, WA, postcode 6760, with population 927.

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.

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
No local house series
Median rent
$100/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
927
927 local footprint
D8 vs AU
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
43
2 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
Median rent · wk$100

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$54K
Median rent · wk
$100

Household income

$54K household · yr-37.1% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$75K
Family
$40K
Household
$54K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA630
Students23
Government1
  • Marble Bar Primary SchoolCombined · Government · ICSEA 630

Full data detail

Marble Bar WA — Property Data and Demographics

Marble Bar is a small community in Western Australia within the East Pilbara local government area (postcode 6760). With a population of 927, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $54K 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 +1.3% 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 technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and construction. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.

The median weekly rent is $100 (Census 2021).

Marble Bar is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 630, which is well below the national average of 1,000.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.3% 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+1.3%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$100
Population growth · East Pilbara LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)10,663
5-year growth+0.2% CAGR
YoY change+1.3%
20012025
Development · East Pilbara LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)20
Houses17
Units3
YoY change+0%
Employment · East Pilbara LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.6pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6760ATO
Negatively geared10 (8.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$8,382/yr
Landlords (rental income)21
Reported capital gains5
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population927
Median age38
Household size2.6
HH income · wk$1,035
Personal income · wk$1,433
Persons / bedroom1.1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics1
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining3
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Marble Bar depends 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.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

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
ABS Data by Region · Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · release-based
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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 Marble Bar 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The main gaps on this page are 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market 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

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

Telfer most similar
similar suburb scale

pop -300 · rent -$50/wk

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

Newman better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +5500 · adds house price coverage · rent +$10/wk

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

Nullagine most similar
similar suburb scale

pop +200

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

Marble Bar FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Marble Bar in?

    Marble Bar is in the East Pilbara Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6760. Council-level context for East Pilbara LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Marble Bar?

    The median weekly rent in Marble Bar is $100/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Marble Bar a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Marble Bar?

    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 Marble Bar 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.