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Suburb profile ·Greater Geraldton LGA · WA ·6528

Walkaway WA 6528

Walkaway is in Greater Geraldton LGA, WA, postcode 6528, with population 222.

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
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
42,882
43K via Greater Geraldton LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
1
Matched school context
D1 vs AU
Solar
105
3 added 12mo · 1MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,509
Median rent · wk$250

Affordability

20%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,509/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — owning runs $426/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$64K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,509

Household income

$64K household · yr-24.9% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$34K
Family
$83K
Household
$64K

Schools

Total1
Avg ICSEA977
Students65
Government1
  • Walkaway Primary SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 977

Full data detail

Walkaway WA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Western Australia within the Greater Geraldton local government area, Walkaway is a quiet locality (postcode 6528). It is home to about 222 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $64K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.9% 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 managers, professionals, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and construction. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,509.

Walkaway is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 977, which is around the national average of 1,000.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.9% 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+0.9%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,509
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Greater Geraldton LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)42,882
5-year growth+1.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.9%
20012025
Development · Greater Geraldton LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)156
Houses142
Units14
YoY change+0%
Employment · Greater Geraldton LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4%
YoY change+0.7pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6528ATO
Negatively geared11 (3.9% of filers)
Avg rental loss$4,574/yr
Landlords (rental income)29
Reported capital gains23
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population222
Median age47
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,235
Personal income · wk$654
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)4/10
Education (IEO)4/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Walkaway rests 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 · 1 schools matched
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
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 Walkaway 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Use it for direction first, then confirm the story against stronger neighbouring suburbs or the state hub before relying on it.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The main gaps on this page are hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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Walkaway FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Walkaway in?

    Walkaway is in the Greater Geraldton Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6528. Council-level context for Greater Geraldton LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Walkaway?

    The median weekly rent in Walkaway is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Walkaway a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Walkaway 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 Walkaway?

    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 Walkaway 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.