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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Daggar Hills is a regional centre in Western Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 32, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 458 km from the Perth CBD, Daggar Hills is a regional area in Western Australia. The median household income is $62,000 per year.
Daggar Hills's income profile suggests a value-oriented market with competitive purchase prices. Regional positioning means lower entry costs but potentially longer hold periods for capital gains.
Official Australia Post postcode for Daggar Hills. 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 Daggar Hills 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.
Daggar Hills is a smaller community of 32 — 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. Daggar Hills's median household income of $62,000/year is 38% below the Western Australia suburb median ($99,736) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. Daggar Hills is 458 km from Perth, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand.
How Daggar Hills stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Daggar Hills sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Daggar Hills | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 32 | 5,605 | -99% |
| Median household income | $62,000/yr | $99,736/yr | -38% |
| Distance to CBD | 458 km | 20 km | +2190% |
Pre-inspection briefing for Daggar Hills — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 32 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 Daggar Hills. 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.
With a population of 32, the resale market in Daggar Hills may not reliably reward cosmetic renovations — a longer hold is typically a better strategy at this scale, letting land-value appreciation do the work instead.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Daggar Hills are modest for 2026 — incomes 38% below the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 32 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 Daggar Hills. The EquitySight investment score of 28/100 places Daggar Hills in the lower tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Daggar Hills scores 28/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 32, median household income of $62,000/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 Daggar Hills are a median household income of $62,000/year, 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.
Daggar Hills has a usual resident population of approximately 32, 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.
Daggar Hills sits 458 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 Daggar Hills. 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.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Daggar Hills. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Daggar Hills 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 (32 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, below-median household incomes ($62,000 vs $99,736 state median), 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.