Hester is a sparsely populated locality in Western Australia within the Bridgetown-Greenbushes local government area (postcode 6255). The area has roughly 101 residents and an established family demographic, with a median age of 42. Households earn a median income of $74K 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 +2.0% 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 machinery operators & drivers, technicians & trades, community & personal service. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and mining. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.
The median house price in Hester is $545,000, having surged by 17.2% over the past year. The median weekly rent is $120 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.1%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,101.
On the investment side, Gross rental yield sits at around 1.1% (low yield). Property prices sit below the state median ($545K/$1.0M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 7.4x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +17.2% year-on-year. Population growth of +2.0% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.