Irrunytju is a sparsely populated locality in Western Australia within the Ngaanyatjarraku local government area (postcode 0872). With a population of 133, the suburb has a blend of families and working-age professionals with a median age of 34. Households earn a median income of $74K per year, with an average household size of 3.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at -0.3% 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 professionals, community & personal service, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward arts & recreation and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, Scottish.
The median weekly rent is $85 (Census 2021).
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of -0.3% year-on-year points to declining demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.