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Suburb profile ·Goomalling LGA · WA ·6401

Mumberkine WA 6401

Mumberkine is in Goomalling LGA, WA, postcode 6401, with population 57.

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

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality 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
$220/wk
Market rent signal
D4 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
1,002
1K via Goomalling LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
1,715
71 added 12mo · 11MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$1,900
Median rent · wk$220

Affordability

23%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,900/mo, while renters pay about $953/mo — owning runs $947/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$50K
Median rent · wk
$220
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,900

Household income

$50K household · yr-41.3% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$33K
Family
$72K
Household
$50K

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

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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

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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

3,914 people · 20223,585 by 2032 (-8.4%)

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

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

Mumberkine is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Goomalling local government area (postcode 6401). It is home to about 57 residents, with a settled mid-life population and a median age of 43. Households earn a median income of $50K 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 +0.8% 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, clerical & administrative, sales. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and retail trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

The median weekly rent is $220 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,900.

On the investment side, Population growth of +0.8% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.8%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,900
Rent · wk(Census)$220
Population growth · Goomalling LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)1,002
5-year growth+0.1% CAGR
YoY change+0.8%
20012025
Development · Goomalling LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)2
Houses2
YoY change+0%
Employment · Goomalling LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)2.7%
YoY change+0.2pp
Mar-20Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6401ATO
Negatively geared5.4%
236 of filers
Avg rental loss$5,819/yr
Landlords (rental income)487
Reported capital gains274
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population57
Median age43
Household size2.4
HH income · wk$966
Personal income · wk$630
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)9/10
Education (IEO)8/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,792 → $966
Change-46.1%
vs WA median-59.8 pp
softeningvs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Goomalling LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Goomalling Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Goomalling LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places14
Goomalling Multi-Purpose Service14 places
Childcare · Goomalling LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places19
Exceeding NQS0
Goomalling Gumnuts Inc.19 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Mumberkine 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 Mumberkine 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
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

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

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.

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

Use it for context first, then move to compare, the state hub, or a larger nearby suburb before calling it a full 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 Mumberkine feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

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Mumberkine FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Mumberkine in?

    Mumberkine is in the Goomalling Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6401. Council-level context for Goomalling LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Mumberkine?

    The median weekly rent in Mumberkine is $220/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Mumberkine a good investment?

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

  4. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Mumberkine?

    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 Mumberkine 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.