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Suburb profile ·Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGA · WA ·6434

Parkeston WA 6434

Parkeston is in Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGA, WA, postcode 6434, with population 5.

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

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
No market rent dataset
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
31,268
31K via Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
16
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
Median rent · wk

Household income

$73K household · yr-15% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$130K
Household
$73K

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

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SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

4,597 people · 20225,340 by 2032 (+16.2%)

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

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

Located in Western Australia within the Kalgoorlie-Boulder local government area, Parkeston is a small, quiet locality (postcode 6434). The area has roughly 5 residents and an older demographic, with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $73K per year, with an average household size of 1 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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.

Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth
Rent · wk(Census)
Population growth · Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)31,268
5-year growth+0.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)39
Houses 33%Units 67%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change+0.6pp
Dec-10Dec-25
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population5
Median age62
Household size1
HH income · wk$1,399
Personal income · wk$2,500
Persons / bedroom0.7
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$899 → $1,399
Change+55.6%
vs WA median+41.9 pp
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Bus stops1
Hospitals · Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Kalgoorlie Health Campuspublic
Aged care · Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGAGEN
Facilities2
Residential places106
Edward Collick Home55 places
Victoria Park House51 places
Childcare · Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGAACECQA
Services13
Approved places852
Exceeding NQS0
Bright Beginnings Out of School Hours Care100 places
Goldfields Child Care Centre - Kalgoorlie98 places
Goodstart Early Learning Somerville94 places
YMCA Kalgoorlie Early Learning Centre92 places
Kids on Dugan Childcare84 places
Kuddly Panda Early Learning Centre82 places
+7 more in Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGA
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

Parkeston is a thin local read rather than a complete suburb verdict.

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
No local rent source is linked yet.

Treat the rent field as missing until a market or plausible Census rent value is linked.

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 · No market rent source linked
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Missing
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 · 1 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 Parkeston 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.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Use nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings to find stronger comparables before turning this locality into a shortlist 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 Parkeston feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Binduli most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Kurnalpi most similar
similar suburb scale

pop same

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

Feysville better covered
similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds rent coverage · stronger market coverage

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

Parkeston FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Parkeston in?

    Parkeston is in the Kalgoorlie-Boulder Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6434. Council-level context for Kalgoorlie-Boulder LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is Parkeston a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Parkeston?

    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.

  4. How often is the Parkeston 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.