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Suburb profile ·Canning LGA · WA ·6106

Welshpool WA 6106

Welshpool is in Canning LGA, WA, postcode 6106, with population 16.

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

Transport coverage adds a practical access signal.

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
$265/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
109,028
109K via Canning LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
302
11 added 12mo · 10MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,000
Median rent · wk$265

Affordability

46%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,000/mo, while renters pay about $1,148/mo — renting runs $148/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$30K
Median rent · wk
$265
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,000

Household income

$30K household · yr-65% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$38K
Family
$364K
Household
$30K

Full data detail

Welshpool WA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Western Australia within the Canning local government area, Welshpool is a quiet locality (postcode 6106). With a population of 16, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $30K per year, with an average household size of 1.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.5% 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 machinery operators & drivers, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward transport & logistics and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Filipino, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $265 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,000.

Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 48 bus stops.

From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.5% 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+1.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,000
Rent · wk(Census)$265
Population growth · Canning LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)109,028
5-year growth+2% CAGR
YoY change+1.5%
20012025
Development · Canning LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)332
Houses266
Units66
YoY change+0%
Employment · Canning LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.1%
YoY change+0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6106ATO
Negatively geared9 (5.7% of filers)
Avg rental loss$9,995/yr
Landlords (rental income)23
Reported capital gains17
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population16
Median age53
Household size1.5
HH income · wk$575
Personal income · wk$724
Persons / bedroom0.9
IncomeATO 22-23
Median income$70,000
Mean income$103,453
Earners140
YoY change-9.7%
Top ancestryCensus
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations4
Cafes & dining3
TransportGTFS
Rail stations1
Bus stops48
Welshpool Rd Before Station St
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Welshpool 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 · 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 · 49 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Welshpool 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, and crime coverage.

The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, 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.

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full market 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.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Bentley better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +9000 · adds house price coverage · rent +$55/wk

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

Cannington better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +6900 · adds house price coverage · rent +$85/wk

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

Parkwood better covered
similar rent profile better market coverage

pop +6000 · adds house price coverage · rent +$85/wk

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

Welshpool FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Welshpool in?

    Welshpool is in the Canning Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6106. Council-level context for Canning LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Welshpool?

    The median weekly rent in Welshpool is $265/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Welshpool a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Welshpool 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 Welshpool?

    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 Welshpool 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.