St George Ranges is in Derby-West Kimberley LGA, WA, postcode 6728, with population 1,133.
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Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.
1% of homes here are owner-occupied and 92% rented, with 7% of landlords negatively geared.
92% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 90% of dwellings — check tenant mix and resale demand.
ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.
This suburb 10% · WA median 17%
Nationally · lighter rent burden than 89% of AU suburbs
Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $1,000/mo, while renters pay about $303/mo — owning runs $697/mo higher on these medians.
At the median asking rent, about 4% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $233/wk income).
Getting to work: 41% drive, 9% public transport, 41% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).
Top 88% most liveable of 4,565Australian suburbs.
Bar = this suburb's percentile · tick = typical (median) peer
Suburb-level access-density index (not an address-level walk-time score), normalised within Australian suburbs. Method based on the Urban Liveability Index (Higgs et al. 2019) and Walk Score — three equal-weighted domains combined with an imbalance penalty.
Development screen
R-Codes Volume 1 apply across WA and are administered by local government; compliant ancillary dwellings can be proposed on residential zoned land including grouped/multiple dwellings and strata lots.
Rental use: Same-title ancillary dwellings can be relevant to hosted accommodation rules; check STRA registration and local government requirements where used short-term.
Open official policy sourceSuburb share of occupied private dwellings recorded as separate houses.
8.7 pp above the state median
State median 78.0% · 438 valid suburbs
A comparable planning-zone layer is not staged for this state.
Demand context only; it does not establish permission to rent a secondary dwelling.
67.7 pp above the state median
State median 24.1% · 438 valid suburbs
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Approval pathway
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Confirm long-term rental, short-stay or family-use rules separately from permission to construct the dwelling.
Property due diligence
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Test driveway width, gradients, turning, parking and emergency access requirements.
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Confirm occupation, rental, short-stay and family-use rules plus insurance and tax implications.
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Building due diligence
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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
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
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
ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Derby - West Kimberley SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.
St George Ranges (postcode 6728) is a close-knit residential community in Western Australia within the Derby-West Kimberley local government area. With a population of 1,133, the suburb has a young demographic with a median age of 25. Households earn a median income of $38K per year, with an average household size of 3.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.3% 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 community & personal service, professionals, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward education and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.
The median weekly rent is $70 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $1,000.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.3% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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pop same · adds house price coverage · rent +$30/wk
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pop -600 · adds house price coverage · rent +$5/wk
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St George Ranges is in the Derby-West Kimberley Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6728. Council-level context for Derby-West Kimberley LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
The median weekly rent in St George Ranges is $70/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.
QuickProperty's investment signals for St George Ranges show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
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.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.