Located in Western Australia within the Boyup Brook local government area, Wilga is a quiet locality (postcode 6243). With a population of 71, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $43K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.9% 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. The most common occupations are managers, sales, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Wilga has a median house price of $332,000, which has jumped by 26.5% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $200 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,049.
Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 3.1% (moderate yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($332K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 7.7x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +26.5% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.