Gascoyne Junction is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Upper Gascoyne local government area (postcode 6705). With a population of 65, the suburb has an older-leaning population with a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.0% 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 labourers, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward mining and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, Aboriginal Australian, English.
Gascoyne Junction has a median house price of $160,000, which has posted strong gains by 5.3% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $75 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.4%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,083.
Gascoyne Junction is served by 1 school, including 1 combined.
Looking at the investment signals, Gascoyne Junction shows a gross rental yield of approximately 2.4%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($160K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 2.1x is considered affordable. House prices have moved +5.3% year-on-year. Population growth of +1.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.