Wonnerup (postcode 6280) is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Busselton local government area. The area has roughly 196 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 53. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +2.2% 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, labourers, technicians & trades. Employment in the area leans toward mining and construction. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Median house prices in Wonnerup stand at $1.1 million, having climbed sharply by 18.9% over the last twelve months. The median weekly rent is $310 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.5%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,048.
Looking at the investment signals, Gross rental yield sits at around 1.5% (low yield). Property prices are near the state median ($1.1M/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 14.4x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +18.9% year-on-year. Population growth of +2.2% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.