Hamelin Bay (postcode 6288) is a sparsely populated locality in Western Australia within the Augusta Margaret River local government area. With a population of 58, the suburb has a settled, mature resident base with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.3 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.5% 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, community & personal service, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward accommodation & food and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
Hamelin Bay has a median house price of $890,000, which has surged by 18.7% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $300 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $932.
On the investment side, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 1.8%, which reads as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($890K/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 13.0x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +18.7% year-on-year. Population growth of +3.5% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.