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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Carrolup is a regional centre in Western Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 49, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 244 km from the Perth CBD, Carrolup is a regional area in Western Australia. The median household income is $110,500 per year.
Carrolup benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Carrolup. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Carrolup on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Carrolup is a smaller community of 49 — about 1% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Households here earn $110,500/year on average — 11% above the WA suburb median of $99,736 — a modest premium that supports resilient owner-occupier demand. Carrolup is 244 km from Perth, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Carrolup stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Carrolup sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Carrolup | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 49 | 5,605 | -99% |
| Median household income | $110,500/yr | $99,736/yr | +11% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,679 | $1,902 | -12% |
| Distance to CBD | 244 km | 20 km | +1120% |
| Separate houses | 65% | 79% | -14pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Carrolup — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 49 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Western Australia market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Carrolup. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
Only 65% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 79% WA median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Carrolup are modest for 2026 — incomes 11% above the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 49 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Carrolup. The EquitySight investment score of 48/100 places Carrolup in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Carrolup scores 48/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 49, median household income of $110,500/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Carrolup are an above-state-median household income of $110,500/year, a dwelling mix that is 65% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Carrolup has a usual resident population of approximately 49, compared with a Western Australia suburb median of 5,605 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Carrolup sits 244 km straight-line from the Perth CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Carrolup. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Carrolup is $1,679, or approximately $20,148/year (vs $1,902/month state median). Stress-test your own borrowing at rates 1–2 percentage points above today's to make sure you can still service the loan through an RBA tightening cycle.
Census data was not complete enough in Carrolup to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (49 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,679 median mortgage, the broader Western Australia market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.