Wattleup is in Cockburn LGA, WA, postcode 6166, with population 443.
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.
Population movement supports a growth-led read.
The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,625/mo, while renters pay about $2,687/mo — renting runs $1,062/mo higher on these medians.
Wattleup (postcode 6166) is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Cockburn local government area. It is home to about 443 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 50. Households earn a median income of $72K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.8% 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, machinery operators & drivers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward construction and transport & logistics. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Italian.
The current median weekly rent is $620. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,625.
Public transport access includes 2 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +2.8% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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This page stays indexable because Wattleup 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.
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pop +900 · adds house price coverage · rent -$170/wk
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pop +8200 · adds house price coverage · rent -$235/wk
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Wattleup is in the Cockburn Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6166. Council-level context for Cockburn LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Wattleup is $620/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Wattleup has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Wattleup show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.