Onslow WA 6710
Onslow is in Ashburton LGA, WA, postcode 6710, with population 829.
Strong evidence
Onslow has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Schools, Hospitals, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
Onslow 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
Onslow has usable rent context. Snapshot rent $500/wk.
No strong rent pressure, affordability stress, or investor-rent signal is visible from the provided context.
Onslow has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.
Direct signals include Market rent, Schools, Hospitals, and Population growth. Missing or weaker areas are still shown so the page does not overstate precision.
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Market rent, Schools, Hospitals, Population growth
No fallback or lower-precision signals flagged.
Property prices, Crime, Transport
Onslow 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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No strong positive decision reason is visible yet.
Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.
Property prices, Transport
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Full data detail
Onslow WA
Onslow is a small community in Western Australia within the Ashburton local government area (postcode 6710). With a population of 829, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $135K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,825.
Onslow is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 884, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.2% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Onslow is a small community in Western Australia within the Ashburton local government area (postcode 6710). With a population of 829, the suburb has a mix of young professionals and families with a median age of 35. Households earn a median income of $135K per year, with an average household size of 2.5 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.2% 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, professionals, managers. Employment in the area leans toward mining and public admin & safety. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Aboriginal Australian.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,825.
Onslow is served by 1 school, including 1 combined. The average ICSEA score is 884, which is well below the national average of 1,000. Healthcare facilities include 1 public hospital.
From an investment perspective, Population growth of +1.2% year-on-year indicates stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
Onslow FAQ
Common questions-
What LGA is Onslow in?
Onslow is in the Ashburton Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6710. Council-level context for Ashburton 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 Onslow?
The median weekly rent in Onslow 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 Onslow?
Rent context available: Onslow 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 Onslow a good investment?
QuickProperty's investment signals for Onslow 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 Onslow?
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 Onslow 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.