Irwin WA 6525
Irwin is in Irwin LGA, WA, postcode 6525, with population 72.
Verify-heavy evidence
Irwin depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Crime, Schools, and Hospitals.
29 latest-year approvals in Irwin, +0.0% YoY; population +0.5% YoY (0.9% 5yr).
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This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.
Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.
Irwin depends on evidence that should be verified before a decision.
The page still has useful coverage, but Market rent should be treated as fallback or lower-precision evidence. Missing signals include Crime, Schools, and Hospitals.
Verify fallback signals manually and compare against stronger nearby suburbs before treating this as a shortlist candidate.
Property prices, Population growth, Building approvals
Market rent
Crime, Schools, Hospitals, Transport
Irwin currently reads as a thin-context candidate.
Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting.
Use stronger nearby reads or rankings before treating this suburb as a shortlist candidate.
Entry price sits in the lower-cost range for a first-pass screen. Recent price movement shows visible market momentum.
Evidence depth is verify-heavy, so the profile should be treated as provisional. The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.
Schools, Transport
Use as context
This page stays indexable because Irwin is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.
Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.
The main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.
Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.
This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.
This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.
If Irwin feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.
pop +100 · rent -$5/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
pop +1400 · rent +$20/wk
Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.
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Irwin WA
Irwin is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Irwin local government area (postcode 6525). With a population of 72, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Irwin is $450,000, having surged 15.4% over the past year. Units have a median price of $385,000 (+49.8% YoY). The median weekly rent is $230 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,062.
From an investment perspective, Irwin offers a gross rental yield of 2.7%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($450K/$951K), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 6.6x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +15.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Irwin is a quiet locality in Western Australia within the Irwin local government area (postcode 6525). With a population of 72, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 55. Households earn a median income of $68K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. WA employment has moved +1.1% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. WA also had 31 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 7 underway, and 16 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are managers, technicians & trades, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.
The median house price in Irwin is $450,000, having surged 15.4% over the past year. Units have a median price of $385,000 (+49.8% YoY). The median weekly rent is $230 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 2.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,062.
From an investment perspective, Irwin offers a gross rental yield of 2.7%, rated as low yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($450K/$951K), suggesting a potential value opportunity. The price-to-income ratio of 6.6x is considered moderate. House prices have moved +15.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Irwin FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Irwin in?
Irwin is in the Irwin Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6525. Council-level context for Irwin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the median house price in Irwin?
The current median house price in Irwin, WA is $450K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Irwin?
The median weekly rent in Irwin is $230/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
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Is Irwin a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Irwin show: Low Yield, Below Median, Moderate. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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Where does QuickProperty get its data for Irwin?
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
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How often is the Irwin data updated?
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.