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Suburb profile ·Cockburn LGA · WA ·6166

Munster WA 6166

Munster is in Cockburn LGA, WA, postcode 6166, with population 199.

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

Population movement supports a growth-led read. 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
$330/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
139,499
139K via Cockburn LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
2,517
141 added 12mo · 16MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$2,798
Median rent · wk$330

Affordability

18%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,798/mo, while renters pay about $1,430/mo — owning runs $1,368/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$96K
Median rent · wk
$330
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,798

Household income

$96K household · yr+12% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$108K
Household
$96K

Full data detail

Munster WA — Property Data and Demographics

Munster is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Cockburn local government area (postcode 6166). The area has roughly 199 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 49. Households earn a median income of $96K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.8% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $330 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,798.

Public transport access includes 2 bus stops.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +2.8% 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
Pop. Growth+2.8% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$2,798
Rent · wk(Census)$330
Population growth · Cockburn LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)139,499
5-year growth+3.2% CAGR
YoY change+2.8%
20012025
Development · Cockburn LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,101
Houses626
Units475
YoY change+0%
Employment · Cockburn LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6166ATO
Negatively geared579 (8% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,975/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,114
Reported capital gains739
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population199
Median age49
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,843
Personal income · wk$736
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)8/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops2
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Munster 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 · 2 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Munster 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, and crime coverage.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Hamilton Hill better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +11100 · adds house price coverage · rent -$10/wk

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

Spearwood better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +10700 · adds house price coverage · rent +$20/wk

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

Yangebup better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +7400 · adds house price coverage · rent +$20/wk

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

Munster FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Munster in?

    Munster is in the Cockburn Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6166. Council-level context for Cockburn LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Munster?

    The median weekly rent in Munster is $330/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Munster a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Munster?

    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 Munster 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.