Located in Western Australia within the Chittering local government area, Chittering is a close-knit residential community (postcode 6084). With a population of 1,034, the suburb has a settled mid-life population with a median age of 44. Households earn a median income of $103K per year, with an average household size of 2.7 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.9% 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 technicians & trades, managers, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward construction and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
Chittering has a median house price of $1.3 million, which has surged by 65.7% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $335 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.3%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,000.
From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.3%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($1.3M/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 12.6x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +65.7% year-on-year. Population growth of +3.9% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.