Located in Western Australia within the Harvey local government area, Wellesley is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 6233). The area has roughly 35 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $59K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.9% 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 technicians & trades, labourers, sales. Employment in the area leans toward construction and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021).
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.