Newlands is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Donnybrook-Balingup local government area (postcode 6251). With a population of 112, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.4% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.9% 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, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.
Median house prices in Newlands stand at $210,000, having declined steeply by 26.3% over the last twelve months. The median weekly rent is $275 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 6.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,384.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 6.8% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($210K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 2.8x is considered affordable. House prices have moved -26.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.