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Suburb profile ·Harvey LGA · WA ·6233

Parkfield WA 6233

Parkfield is in Harvey LGA, WA, postcode 6233, with population 54.

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
$315/wk
Market rent signal
D7 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
32,208
32K via Harvey LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
5,349
260 added 12mo · 28MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$3,375
Median rent · wk$315

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,375/mo, while renters pay about $1,365/mo — owning runs $2,010/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$100K
Median rent · wk
$315
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,375

Household income

$100K household · yr+16.5% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$35K
Family
$93K
Household
$100K

Full data detail

Parkfield WA — Property Data and Demographics

Parkfield (postcode 6233) is a sparsely populated locality in Western Australia within the Harvey local government area. With a population of 54, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 39. Households earn a median income of $100K 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 +1.9% 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 labourers, machinery operators & drivers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward manufacturing and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $315 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,375.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.9% 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+1.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$3,375
Rent · wk(Census)$315
Population growth · Harvey LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)32,208
5-year growth+2.1% CAGR
YoY change+1.9%
20012025
Development · Harvey LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)141
Houses126
Units15
YoY change+0%
Employment · Harvey LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.5%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6233ATO
Negatively geared676 (5.1% of filers)
Avg rental loss$6,347/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,414
Reported capital gains1,026
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population54
Median age39
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$1,916
Personal income · wk$680
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)2/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)3/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Parkfield 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.

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 Parkfield 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, 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 Parkfield feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Mornington most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$22/wk

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

Wellesley most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent -$115/wk

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

Australind better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +15900 · adds house price coverage · rent +$35/wk

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

Parkfield FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Parkfield in?

    Parkfield is in the Harvey Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6233. Council-level context for Harvey LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Parkfield?

    The median weekly rent in Parkfield is $315/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Parkfield a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Parkfield 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 Parkfield?

    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 Parkfield 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.