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Suburb profile ·West Arthur LGA · WA ·6393

Moodiarrup WA 6393

Moodiarrup is in West Arthur LGA, WA, postcode 6393, with population 63.

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
$83/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
63
63 local footprint
D3 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
26
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$743
Median rent · wk$83

Affordability

8%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $743/mo, while renters pay about $360/mo — owning runs $383/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$54K
Median rent · wk
$83
Owner mortgage · mo
$743

Household income

$54K household · yr-36.7% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$54K
Household
$54K

Population outlook

5,010 people · 20224,910 by 2032 (-2.0%)

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

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

Moodiarrup is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the West Arthur local government area (postcode 6393). It is home to about 63 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $54K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 labourers, managers, technicians & trades. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.

The median weekly rent is $83 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $743.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.0% 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+1.0%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$743
Rent · wk(Census)$83
Population growth · West Arthur LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)801
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+1%
20012025
Development · West Arthur LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)2
Houses2
YoY change+0%
Employment · West Arthur LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.8%
YoY change+0.1pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6393ATO
Negatively geared0%
0 of filers
Landlords (rental income)2
Reported capital gains3
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population63
Median age43
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,042
Personal income · wk$530
Persons / bedroom1
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$900 → $1,042
Change+15.8%
vs WA median+2.1 pp
Median rent+176.7%
stablevs WA 2016–21
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Childcare · West Arthur LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places19
Exceeding NQS0
Regional Early Education and Development - Darkan19 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

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

Arthur River most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$9/wk

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

Bokal most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$67/wk

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

Trigwell most similar
similar rent profile

pop same · rent +$17/wk

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

Moodiarrup FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Moodiarrup in?

    Moodiarrup is in the West Arthur Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6393. Council-level context for West Arthur LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Moodiarrup?

    The median weekly rent in Moodiarrup is $83/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Moodiarrup a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Moodiarrup 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 Moodiarrup?

    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 Moodiarrup 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.