Yarloop is in Harvey LGA, WA, postcode 6218, with population 541.
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Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,587/mo, while renters pay about $1,517/mo — owning runs $70/mo higher on these medians.
Yarloop is a small locality in Western Australia within the Harvey local government area (postcode 6218). With a population of 541, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $57K 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 +1.9% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, labourers, machinery operators & drivers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and manufacturing. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $350. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,587.
Yarloop is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 875, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 rail station, 2 bus stops.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.9% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Yarloop has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
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Yarloop is in the Harvey Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6218. Council-level context for Harvey LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in Yarloop is $350/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
Rent context available: Yarloop has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Yarloop show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.