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Suburb profile ·Donnybrook-Balingup LGA · WA ·6239

Yabberup WA 6239

Yabberup is in Donnybrook-Balingup LGA, WA, postcode 6239, with population 162.

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.

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
$300/wk
Market rent signal
D6 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
6,698
7K via Donnybrook-Balingup LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,404
67 added 12mo · 8MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,560
Median rent · wk$300
Investor profile

Who invests in Yabberup

Owner-occupied 94%Rented 6%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5.6%
173 of 391 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,047/yr
Landlords (rental income)391
Reported capital gains305
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

93% of homes here are owner-occupied and 6% rented, with 6% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

93% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

16%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,560/mo, while renters pay about $1,300/mo — owning runs $260/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$98K
Median rent · wk
$300
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,560

Household income

$98K household · yr+14% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$108K
Household
$98K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
0
$300-649
12
$650-999
3
$1,000-1,499
6
$1,500-1,999
9
$2,000-2,999
9
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
10

At the median asking rent, about 31% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $1,000/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (54 households)
Owned outright
46%
Owned with mortgage
46%
Rented
6%
Dwelling structure18.2% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 75% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 16% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

6,398 people · 20227,143 by 2032 (+11.6%)

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

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

Yabberup is a sparsely populated locality in Western Australia within the Donnybrook-Balingup local government area (postcode 6239). It is home to about 162 residents, with a settled, mature resident base and a median age of 48. Households earn a median income of $98K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.4% 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 professionals, technicians & trades, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,560.

On the investment side, Population growth of +1.4% 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+1.4%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,560
Rent · wk(Census)$300
Population growth · Donnybrook-Balingup LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,698
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+1.4%
20012025
Development · Donnybrook-Balingup LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)29
Houses29
YoY change+0%
Employment · Donnybrook-Balingup LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.6%
YoY change-0.1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6239ATO
Negatively geared5.6%
173 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,047/yr
Landlords (rental income)391
Reported capital gains305
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population162
Median age48
Household size2.5
HH income · wk$1,875
Personal income · wk$550
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)3/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)6/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,281 → $1,875
Change+46.4%
vs WA median+32.7 pp
Median rent-4.8%
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Donnybrook-Balingup LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Donnybrook Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Donnybrook-Balingup LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places44
Tuia Lodge44 places
Childcare · Donnybrook-Balingup LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places36
Exceeding NQS0
TreeHouse Childcare Centre36 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Yabberup depends 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 Yabberup 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.

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Kirup better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$15/wk

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

Mullalyup better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$100/wk

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

Upper Capel most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent same $

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Yabberup FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Yabberup in?

    Yabberup is in the Donnybrook-Balingup Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6239. Council-level context for Donnybrook-Balingup LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Yabberup?

    The median weekly rent in Yabberup is $300/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Yabberup a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Yabberup 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 Yabberup?

    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 Yabberup 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.