Jurien Bay WA 6516
Jurien Bay is in Dandaragan LGA, WA, postcode 6516, with population 1,985.
Strong evidence
Jurien Bay has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Schools, Transport, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Jurien Bay has usable rent context. No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
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Rent context available
Jurien Bay has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $675/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Jurien Bay has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Schools, Transport, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
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Market rent, Schools, Transport, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Crime, Hospitals
Jurien Bay currently reads as a growth-momentum candidate.
Population movement supports a growth-led read. Missing evidence to verify: Property prices.
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Population movement supports a growth-led read.
No major caution is visible beyond the normal source checks.
Property prices
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Jurien Bay WA
Jurien Bay is a small community in Western Australia within the Dandaragan local government area (postcode 6516). With a population of 1,985, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.9% 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 technicians & trades, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $675. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,625.
Jurien Bay is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 956, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.9% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Jurien Bay is a small community in Western Australia within the Dandaragan local government area (postcode 6516). With a population of 1,985, the suburb has a mature demographic with a median age of 52. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.9% 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 technicians & trades, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward construction and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $675. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,625.
Jurien Bay is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 956, which is around the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +3.9% year-on-year indicates strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Jurien Bay FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Jurien Bay in?
Jurien Bay is in the Dandaragan Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6516. Council-level context for Dandaragan LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
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What is the typical weekly rent in Jurien Bay?
The median weekly rent in Jurien Bay is $675/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.
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What does the rent signal say about Jurien Bay?
Rent context available: Jurien Bay has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.
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Is Jurien Bay a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Jurien Bay show: Strong Growth, Steady. 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 Jurien Bay?
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 Jurien Bay 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.