Broadwood is a small locality in Western Australia within the Kalgoorlie-Boulder local government area (postcode 6430). The area has roughly 759 residents and a mix of families and early-career residents, with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $185K per year, with an average household size of 3.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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 clerical & administrative, technicians & trades, managers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
Median house prices in Broadwood stand at $815,000, having surged by 21.6% over the last twelve months. The median weekly rent is $320 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.0%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,200.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 2.0%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($815K/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 4.4x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +21.6% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.2% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.