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Suburb profile ·Wagin LGA · WA ·6315

Minding WA 6315

Minding is in Wagin LGA, WA, postcode 6315, with population 32.

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

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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,841
2K via Wagin LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
415
14 added 12mo · 2MW

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$300

Affordability

11%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable
Household income · yr
$143K
Median rent · wk
$300

Household income

$143K household · yr+67.1% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$81K
Family
$169K
Household
$143K

Full data detail

Minding WA — Property Data and Demographics

Minding is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Wagin local government area (postcode 6315). With a population of 32, the suburb has an established family demographic with a median age of 38. Households earn a median income of $143K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.6% 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 managers, labourers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021).

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.6% 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+0.6%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Wagin LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,841
5-year growth+0.7% CAGR
YoY change+0.6%
20012025
Development · Wagin LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)6
Houses6
YoY change+0%
Employment · Wagin LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.7%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6315ATO
Negatively geared60 (4.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$5,811/yr
Landlords (rental income)136
Reported capital gains101
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population32
Median age38
Household size2.7
HH income · wk$2,749
Personal income · wk$1,562
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)9/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)9/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Minding 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.

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 · 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 Minding 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.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Minding feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Minding FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Minding in?

    Minding is in the Wagin Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6315. Council-level context for Wagin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Minding?

    The median weekly rent in Minding is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Minding a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Minding 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 Minding?

    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 Minding 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.