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Suburb profile ·Irwin LGA · WA ·6525

Milo WA 6525

Milo is in Irwin LGA, WA, postcode 6525, 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.

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
$150/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
3,899
4K via Irwin LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,025
49 added 12mo · 6MW

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$150

Affordability

8%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$104K
Median rent · wk
$150

Household income

$104K household · yr+21.5% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$55K
Family
$111K
Household
$104K

Population outlook

3,794 people · 20223,961 by 2032 (+4.4%)

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

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

Milo (postcode 6525) is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Irwin local government area. With a population of 16, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 40. Households earn a median income of $104K per year, with an average household size of 3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% 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 Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $150 (Census 2021).

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.5% 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+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$150
Population growth · Irwin LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)3,899
5-year growth+0.9% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Irwin LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)32
Houses 97%Units 3%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Irwin LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6525ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
120 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,225/yr
Landlords (rental income)292
Reported capital gains257
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population16
Median age40
Household size3
HH income · wk$1,999
Personal income · wk$1,062
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$2,166 → $1,999
Change-7.7%
vs WA median-21.4 pp
softeningvs WA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Irwin LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Dongara Eneabba Mingenew Health Servicepublic
Aged care · Irwin LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places12
Dongara/Mingenew/Eneabba Multi-Purpose Service12 places
Childcare · Irwin LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places43
Exceeding NQS0
Ready Set Grow Child Care Centre - Dongara43 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Milo 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 · 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 · 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 · 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 Milo 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 lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

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

Allanooka most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$100/wk

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

Port Denison better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +1400 · adds house price coverage · rent +$100/wk

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

Arrowsmith most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Milo FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Milo in?

    Milo is in the Irwin Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6525. Council-level context for Irwin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Milo?

    The median weekly rent in Milo is $150/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Milo a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Milo 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 Milo?

    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 Milo 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.