Pickering Brook is a small community in Western Australia within the Kalamunda local government area (postcode 6076). With a population of 579, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $92K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% 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 managers, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.
The median weekly rent is $350 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.
Pickering Brook is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1013, which is around the national average of 1,000.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.