Located in Western Australia within the Victoria Plains local government area, Yerecoin is a small, quiet locality (postcode 6571). The area has roughly 67 residents and an older-leaning population, with a median age of 45. Households earn a median income of $89K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement softening across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -1.2% 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, machinery operators & drivers, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and wholesale trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, New Zealander.
The median house price in Yerecoin is $125,000, broadly unchanged over the past year. The median weekly rent is $168 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 7.0%.
Yerecoin is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 1074, which is above the national average of 1,000.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 7.0% (high yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($125K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 1.4x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +0.0% year-on-year. Population growth of -1.2% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.