Picton East is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Dardanup local government area (postcode 6229). The area has roughly 141 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 1.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, German.
Median house prices in Picton East stand at $1.5 million, having surged by 115.8% over the last twelve months. The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 0.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,934.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 0.7% (low yield). Property prices are above the state median ($1.5M/$1.0M), placing it in the premium segment. The price-to-income ratio of 39.8x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +115.8% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.