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Suburb profile ·Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGA · WA ·6126

Keysbrook WA 6126

Keysbrook is in Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGA, WA, postcode 6126, with population 265.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

Why it fits

Population movement supports a growth-led read.

What to check

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. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
No local house series
Median rent
$250/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
40,531
41K via Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
71
7 added 12mo · 0MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$1,834
Median rent · wk$250
Investor profile

Who invests in Keysbrook

Owner-occupied 75%Rented 25%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared0.7%
1 of 15 landlords
Avg rental loss$42/yr
Landlords (rental income)15
Reported capital gains11
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

69% of homes here are owner-occupied and 23% rented, with 1% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 69% owner-occupier / 23% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

17%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,834/mo, while renters pay about $1,083/mo — owning runs $751/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$76K
Median rent · wk
$250
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,834

Household income

$76K household · yr-11.4% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$27K
Family
$97K
Household
$76K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
4
$300-649
10
$650-999
16
$1,000-1,499
8
$1,500-1,999
13
$2,000-2,999
5
$3,000-3,999
7
$4,000+
8

At the median asking rent, about 33% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $833/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (86 households)
Owned outright
37%
Owned with mortgage
31%
Rented
23%
Dwelling structure17.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
102%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 61% drive, 0% public transport, 6% walk or cycle, 22% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

Check the property

Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

Check the property

Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Population outlook

4,749 people · 20224,908 by 2032 (+3.3%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Serpentine - Jarrahdale SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Keysbrook WA — Property Data and Demographics

Keysbrook is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Serpentine-Jarrahdale local government area (postcode 6126). The area has roughly 265 residents and a settled, mature resident base, with a median age of 51. Households earn a median income of $76K per year, with an average household size of 2.4 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +4.5% 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, technicians & trades, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $250 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,834.

On the investment side, Population growth of +4.5% year-on-year points to strong growth demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+4.5% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,834
Rent · wk(Census)$250
Population growth · Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)40,531
5-year growth+4.6% CAGR
YoY change+4.5%
20012025
Development · Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)689
Houses 99%Units 1%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.6%
YoY change+0.8pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6126ATO
Negatively geared0.7%
1 of filers
Avg rental loss$42/yr
Landlords (rental income)15
Reported capital gains11
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population265
Median age51
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$1,458
Personal income · wk$521
Persons / bedroom0.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)7/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)7/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,318 → $1,458
Change+10.6%
vs WA median-3.1 pp
Median rent+25%
stablevs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Aged care · Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places68
Baptistcare Graceford68 places
Childcare · Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGAACECQA
Services25
Approved places1,921
Exceeding NQS1
Camp Australia - Court Grammar School OSHC150 places
Green Leaves Early Learning Byford128 places
Bloom Early Education Byford106 places
KinderPark Early Learning Centre Byford North104 places
KinderPark Early Learning Centre Byford South104 places
Cuddles Early Learning & Childcare Byford99 places
+19 more in Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGA
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Keysbrook rests on evidence that should be verified before a decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
Prices come from release-based suburb series.

REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series

RENT POSTURE
Rent is falling back to Census, not a market feed.

This gives you directional coverage, but it is weaker than a current rent release.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
REIWA · REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
Missing
Market rent
ABS Census 2021 · Using Census rent fallback
stable source · manual file · snapshot · census-cycle
Verify
Crime
State crime dataset · No linked local crime series
Missing
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Keysbrook 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.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Treat this as a directional locality brief first, then verify the suburb story against stronger nearby markets or the state hub.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Keysbrook feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Oldbury most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$50/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Hopeland most similar
similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · rent +$123/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Mardella better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop +200 · adds house price coverage · rent +$130/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Keysbrook FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Keysbrook in?

    Keysbrook is in the Serpentine-Jarrahdale Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6126. Council-level context for Serpentine-Jarrahdale LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Keysbrook?

    The median weekly rent in Keysbrook is $250/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Keysbrook a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Keysbrook show: Strong Growth, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Keysbrook?

    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.

  5. How often is the Keysbrook 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.