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Suburb profile ·Mundaring LGA · WA ·6556

The Lakes WA 6556

The Lakes is in Mundaring LGA, WA, postcode 6556, with population 20.

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.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read. Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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.

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Median house
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No local house series
Median rent
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No market rent dataset
Gross yield
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Population
43,577
44K via Mundaring LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
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No matched school data
Solar
538
17 added 12mo · 3MW

Price history

House and unit medians · ABS + state datasets
No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,400
Median rent · wk—

Household income

ABS Census medians · annual
$189K household · yr+120.4% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$79K
Family
$169K
Household
$189K

Full data detail

Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
The Lakes WA — Property Data and Demographics

The Lakes is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Mundaring local government area (postcode 6556). It is home to about 20 residents, with an older demographic and a median age of 56. Households earn a median income of $189K 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 +2.7% 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 technicians & trades, professionals, machinery operators & drivers. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,400.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.7% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+2.7%↑ Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,400
Rent · wk(Census)—
Population growth · Mundaring LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)43,577
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+2.7%
20012025
Development · Mundaring LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)144
Houses122
Units22
YoY change+0%
Employment · Mundaring LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3%
YoY change+0.2pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6556ATO
Negatively geared96 (7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$7,812/yr
Landlords (rental income)179
Reported capital gains79
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population20
Median age56
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$3,625
Personal income · wk$1,525
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)10/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Top occupationsCensus
Technicians & Trades6Professionals4Machinery Operators & Drivers3
Top ancestryCensus
Australian15English12Scottish5
Nearby in Mundaring LGA12
Swan View$574K · 7,889Helena Valley$675K · 4,130Mundaring$823K · 3,190Glen Forrest$990K · 2,789Chidlow$613K · 1,821Bailup · 54Darlington · 3,725Mount Helena · 3,373Greenmount · 2,666Wooroloo · 2,613Stoneville · 2,489Parkerville · 2,432
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Sources & freshness
Thin evidence

The Lakes is a thin local read, not 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.

Official annual SA2 price series matched to suburb pages as fallback coverage

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
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 · 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 · 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 The Lakes 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 as a location clue, not a standalone investment verdict.

Check nearby suburbs, the state hub, and rankings for firmer comparables before making this 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

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Next step path
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Stronger nearby reads

If The Lakes feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Swan View better covered
better market coverage

pop +7900 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

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

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Helena Valley better covered
better market coverage

pop +4100 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

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

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Mundaring better covered
better market coverage

pop +3200 · adds house price coverage · adds rent coverage

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

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The Lakes FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is The Lakes in?

    The Lakes is in the Mundaring Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6556. Council-level context for Mundaring LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. Is The Lakes a good investment?

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

  3. Where does QuickProperty get its data for The Lakes?

    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 The Lakes 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.