Skip to content
Suburb profile ·Gingin LGA · WA ·6042

Seabird WA 6042

Seabird is in Gingin LGA, WA, postcode 6042, with population 107.

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.

$855K
+47.4% YoY
2017 → 2026 · 10 periods
ABS + state medians
$855K
$250K
2017 2026
Why it fits

Recent price movement shows visible market momentum. 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. Gross yield looks low for an income-first use case.

Median house
$855K
House median, latest period
47.4%YoY D5 vs AU
Median rent
$280/wk
Market rent signal
D5 vs AU
Gross yield
1.7%
Low yield band
D4 vs AU
Population
6,585
7K via Gingin LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
42
1 added 12mo · 0MW
Price cycleAt its peak
LowPeak

At / near its all-time high

See trend depth →

Price history

Trend & investor depth

Cycle positionAt its peak
Low · 2020Peak · 2026

At / near its all-time high

Price growth (compound)% per year
3-yr
+37.6%
5-yr
+18.2%
Indicative cashflow-$632/wk (-$32,856/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Value vs advantage+64% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 3)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Investor profile

Who invests in Seabird

Owner-occupied 84%Rented 16%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared2%
1 of 9 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,525/yr
Landlords (rental income)9
Reported capital gains4
Investor exposure index(moderate vs national)59.5/100
The read

Owner-occupier stronghold

74% of homes here are owner-occupied and 14% rented, with 2% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

74% owner-occupied — owner-occupiers hold longer and absorb rate shocks, supporting price stability.

What to check

Gross yield 1.7% is thin — returns here lean on capital growth, not cash flow.

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

Mortgage affordability

101%
of household income to service a new loan
22.9 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Severe
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $4,189/mo vs median rent $1,213/mo (+245% · +$687/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $3,345/mo (-844) · at 6.2% (current): $4,189/mo · at 8.2%: $5,115/mo (+925)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

Higher yield

similar price · cross-LGA

Stronger 5-yr growth

similar price · cross-LGA

More affordable

lower price-to-income

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

Buying
17.1x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
29%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,250/mo, while renters pay about $1,213/mo — owning runs $37/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$855K
Household income · yr
$50K
Median rent · wk
$280
Owner mortgage · mo
$1,250
Gross yield
1.7%

Household income

$50K household · yr-41.7% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$28K
Family
$72K
Household
$50K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)8% could service the median house
Under $300
0
$300-649
17
$650-999
3
$1,000-1,499
5
$1,500-1,999
0
$2,000-2,999
11
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
3

Serviceability line: a household needs about $3,223/wk to hold a new loan on the median house at 30% of income (20% deposit, 30-year P&I, current RBA rate).

At the median asking rent, about 49% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $933/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (42 households)
Owned outright
52%
Owned with mortgage
21%
Rented
14%
Dwelling structure57.7% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
81%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

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.

Check the property

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

Short-term rentals

6
active listings
100%
entire homes (vs private rooms)
17%
run by multi-listing operators

Active Airbnb listings point-mapped to this suburb from Inside Airbnb (CC BY 4.0). Occupancy and revenue are estimates from Inside Airbnb's San Francisco model (review-rate proxy, minimum-stay assumption, occupancy capped at 70%) — they are gross, indicative, and not a guarantee of returns. Short-stay letting is subject to state and local regulation.

Population outlook

9,463 people · 202210,678 by 2032 (+12.8%)

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

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

Seabird is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Gingin local government area (postcode 6042). The area has roughly 107 residents and a predominantly older resident base, with a median age of 64. Households earn a median income of $50K per year, with an average household size of 1.8 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement into the broader catchment, with population growth running at +3.5% 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, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and wholesale trade. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Scottish.

Seabird has a median house price of $855,000, which has jumped by 47.4% year-on-year. The median weekly rent is $280 (Census 2021). This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,250.

On the investment side, Seabird shows a gross rental yield of approximately 1.7%, rated as low yield. Property prices are near the state median ($855K/$1.0M). The price-to-income ratio of 17.1x is considered stretched. House prices have moved +47.4% year-on-year. Population growth of +3.5% 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
Rental Yield1.7% Low Yield
Price vs State$855K/$1.0M· Near Median
Affordability17.1x Stretched
Price Momentum+47.4% Rising
Pop. Growth+3.5% Strong Growth
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$1,250
Rent · wk(Census)$280
Gross yield1.7%
Price / income17.1x
Population growth · Gingin LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)6,585
5-year growth+3.3% CAGR
YoY change+3.5%
20012025
Development · Gingin LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)123
Houses123
YoY change+0%
Employment · Gingin LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)1.9%
YoY change+0.4pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6042ATO
Negatively geared2%
1 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,525/yr
Landlords (rental income)9
Reported capital gains4
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population107
Median age64
Household size1.8
HH income · wk$959
Personal income · wk$537
Persons / bedroom0.6
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)3/10
Education (IEO)7/10
Economic (IER)2/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)4/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$687 → $959
Change+39.6%
vs WA median+25.9 pp
Median rent+21.7%
gentrifyingvs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Childcare · Gingin LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places47
Exceeding NQS0
Gingin Early Learning Centre47 places
Shortlist workspace

Save suburbs here while you browse. Once the shortlist has two or more names, hand it straight into compare.

Current status
Add Seabird if it deserves a shortlist slot.

No saved AU suburbs yet.

EMPTY SET

No saved suburbs yet. Start with one ranking or suburb page, then compare once you have two candidates.

Open rankings to save the first candidates.

Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Seabird leans 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 · 2026 · REIWA public suburb pages (annual median series) scraped monthly; unmatched suburbs fall back to annual ABS SA2 series
medium stability · automated · every update · monthly
Available
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 Seabird 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Guilderton most similar
similar price band similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop +100 · house -$35K · rent -$25/wk

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

Ledge Point most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +100 · house -$155K · rent -$30/wk

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

Nilgen most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +100 · house +$245K · rent -$55/wk

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

Seabird FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Seabird in?

    Seabird is in the Gingin Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6042. Council-level context for Gingin LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Seabird?

    The current median house price in Seabird, WA is $855K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Seabird?

    The median weekly rent in Seabird is $280/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  4. Is Seabird a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Seabird show: Low Yield, Near Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Seabird?

    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.

  6. How often is the Seabird 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.