Located in Western Australia within the Wiluna local government area, Wiluna is a close-knit residential community (postcode 6646). The area has roughly 521 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $57K 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 +0.4% 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 technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.
Wiluna has a median house price of $110,000, which has jumped by 37.5% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $118 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 5.6%.
Wiluna is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 599, which is well below the national average of 1,000.
Looking at the investment signals, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 5.6%, which reads as high yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($110K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 1.9x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +37.5% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.4% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.