Mount Magnet WA 6638
Mount Magnet is in Mount Magnet LGA, WA, postcode 6638, with population 583.
Strong evidence
Mount Magnet 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.
Mount Magnet 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
Mount Magnet has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $500/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Mount Magnet 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
Mount Magnet currently reads as a verify-first candidate.
The profile is based on limited but still useful local context. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
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Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices
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Full data detail
Mount Magnet WA
Mount Magnet is a small community in Western Australia within the Mount Magnet local government area (postcode 6638). With a population of 583, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% 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 labourers, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $535.
Mount Magnet is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 717, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Mount Magnet is a small community in Western Australia within the Mount Magnet local government area (postcode 6638). With a population of 583, the suburb has an established demographic with a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $62K per year, with an average household size of 2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% 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 labourers, managers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward public admin & safety and mining. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $535.
Mount Magnet is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 717, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Mount Magnet FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Mount Magnet in?
Mount Magnet is in the Mount Magnet Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6638. Council-level context for Mount Magnet 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 Mount Magnet?
The median weekly rent in Mount Magnet is $500/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 Mount Magnet?
Rent context available: Mount Magnet 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 Mount Magnet a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Mount Magnet show: Stable, 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 Mount Magnet?
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 Mount Magnet 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.