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Suburb profile ·Halls Creek LGA · WA ·6743

Warmun WA 6743

Warmun is in Halls Creek LGA, WA, postcode 6743, with population 457.

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.

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
$90/wk
Market rent signal
D1 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
4,245
4K via Halls Creek LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
444
14 added 12mo · 5MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$373
Median rent · wk$90
Investor profile

Who invests in Warmun

Owner-occupied 0%Rented 100%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared7.1%
261 of 597 landlords
Avg rental loss$6,808/yr
Landlords (rental income)597
Reported capital gains198
The read

Renter-heavy market

0% of homes here are owner-occupied and 81% rented, with 7% of landlords negatively geared.

What to check

81% rented — renter-heavy areas turn over faster and are more exposed to rate moves and investor sentiment. Social housing is 83% 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.

Affordability

7%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $373/mo, while renters pay about $390/mo — renting runs $17/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$67K
Median rent · wk
$90
Owner mortgage · mo
$373

Household income

$67K household · yr-22.1% vs WA suburb median
Personal
$17K
Family
$39K
Household
$67K
Household income distribution (ABS Census 2021 · weekly)
Under $300
10
$300-649
14
$650-999
10
$1,000-1,499
19
$1,500-1,999
10
$2,000-2,999
17
$3,000-3,999
0
$4,000+
0

At the median asking rent, about 13% of households here would spend more than 30% of income on rent (rent stress line: $300/wk income).

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (94 households)83.0% social housing
Owned outright
0%
Owned with mortgage
0%
Rented
81%
Dwelling structure14.4% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
78%
Townhouse / semi
5%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 55% drive, 6% public transport, 33% walk or cycle, 0% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

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

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

Population outlook

4,138 people · 20224,341 by 2032 (+4.9%)

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

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

Warmun (postcode 6743) is a small, quiet locality in Western Australia within the Halls Creek local government area. The area has roughly 457 residents and a young professional demographic, with a median age of 26. Households earn a median income of $67K per year, with an average household size of 4.2 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.2% 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, labourers, professionals. Employment in the area leans toward healthcare and education. The top ancestries reported are Aboriginal Australian, English, Australian.

The median weekly rent is $90 (Census 2021). The median monthly mortgage repayment is $373.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.2% 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+0.2%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentWA
Mortgage · mth$373
Rent · wk(Census)$90
Population growth · Halls Creek LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)4,245
5-year growth+1.5% CAGR
YoY change+0.2%
20012025
Development · Halls Creek LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)13
Houses13
YoY change+0%
Employment · Halls Creek LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)27.8%
YoY change+3.9pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 6743ATO
Negatively geared7.1%
261 of filers
Avg rental loss$6,808/yr
Landlords (rental income)597
Reported capital gains198
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population457
Median age26
Household size4.2
HH income · wk$1,281
Personal income · wk$325
Persons / bedroom1.8
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)1/10
Education (IEO)1/10
Economic (IER)1/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)1/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,097 → $1,281
Change+16.8%
vs WA median+3.1 pp
Median rent+20%
stablevs WA 2016–21
Area & amenity
Local amenitiesOSM
Supermarkets0
Pharmacies0
GP / clinics0
Fuel stations1
Cafes & dining0
Hospitals · Halls Creek LGAAIHW
Public1
Private0
Halls Creek Hospitalpublic
Aged care · Halls Creek LGAGEN
Facilities1
Residential places28
Yura Yungi Menkawum Ngurra Elders Residence28 places
Childcare · Halls Creek LGAACECQA
Services1
Approved places66
Exceeding NQS0
One Tree Little Nuggets Early Learning Centre66 places
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Sources & freshness
Verify-heavy evidence

Much of Warmun 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 Warmun 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
The page is readable, but the local evidence base is lighter than a mainstream suburb profile.

Read it as a starting locality brief, then cross-check the suburb story against better-covered nearby markets or the state hub.

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

Coverage is thinner on school matches, hospital coverage, transport stops, and crime coverage; lean less on this one page and confirm those gaps elsewhere.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

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pop same · rent -$30/wk

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pop -100 · rent -$21/wk

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

Sturt Creek most similar
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pop -100 · rent -$15/wk

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

Warmun FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Warmun in?

    Warmun is in the Halls Creek Local Government Area, WA, postcode 6743. Council-level context for Halls Creek LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Warmun?

    The median weekly rent in Warmun is $90/wk, based on ABS Census 2021 rent fallback.

  3. Is Warmun a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Warmun 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 Warmun?

    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 Warmun 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.