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Suburb profile ·Woodanilling LGA · WA ·6316

Westwood WA 6316

Westwood is in Woodanilling LGA, WA, postcode 6316, with population 34.

Limited data

Thin-context

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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
$162/wk
Market rent signal
D2 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
34
34 local footprint
D2 vs AU
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
81
1 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$3,033
Median rent · wk$162

Affordability

10%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,033/mo, while renters pay about $702/mo — owning runs $2,331/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$85K
Median rent · wk
$162
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,033

Household income

$85K household · yr-1.2% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$47K
Family
$136K
Household
$85K

Population outlook

4,703 people · 20224,650 by 2032 (-1.1%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Katanning SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Westwood WA — Property Data and Demographics

Located in Western Australia within the Woodanilling local government area, Westwood is a sparsely populated locality (postcode 6316). It is home to about 34 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 46. Households earn a median income of $85K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +2.4% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 24 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 12 underway, and 12 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, German.

The median weekly rent is $162 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,033.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$3,033
Rent · wk(Census)$162
Population growth · Woodanilling LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)495
5-year growth+1.4% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Woodanilling LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1
Houses1
YoY change+0%
Employment · Woodanilling LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)4.4%
YoY change+1pp
Jun-24Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6316ATO
Negatively geared1.7%
4 of filers
Avg rental loss$1,299/yr
Landlords (rental income)31
Reported capital gains22
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population34
Median age46
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,625
Personal income · wk$900
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)5/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)4/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)5/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,208 → $1,625
Change+34.5%
vs WA median+20.8 pp
Median rent+131.4%
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Westwood 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.

REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series

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
REIWA · REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
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 · 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 Westwood 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.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

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

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete 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 Westwood feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Westwood FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Westwood in?

    Westwood is in the Woodanilling Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6316. Council-level context for Woodanilling LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Westwood?

    The median weekly rent in Westwood is $162/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Westwood a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Westwood 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 Westwood?

    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 Westwood 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.