Located in Western Australia within the Kalgoorlie-Boulder local government area, South Kalgoorlie is a compact suburb (postcode 6430). With a population of 4,416, the suburb has a mix of families and early-career residents with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $114K per year, with an average household size of 2.6 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. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
South Kalgoorlie has a median house price of $418,000, which has surged by 12.8% year-on-year. The current median weekly rent is $650. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 8.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,472.
Public transport access includes 17 bus stops.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 8.1% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($418K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 3.7x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +12.8% year-on-year. 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.