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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Eighty Mile Beach is a regional centre in Western Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 120, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 1482 km from the Perth CBD, Eighty Mile Beach is a regional area in Western Australia. The median household income is $62,816 per year.
Eighty Mile Beach'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 Eighty Mile Beach. 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 Eighty Mile Beach 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.
Eighty Mile Beach is a smaller community of 120 — about 2% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Eighty Mile Beach's median household income of $62,816/year is 37% 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. Eighty Mile Beach is 1482 km from Perth, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand. Only 8% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 79% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
How Eighty Mile Beach stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Eighty Mile Beach sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Eighty Mile Beach | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 120 | 5,605 | -98% |
| Median household income | $62,816/yr | $99,736/yr | -37% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,167 | $1,902 | +14% |
| Distance to CBD | 1482 km | 20 km | +7310% |
| Separate houses | 8% | 79% | -71pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Eighty Mile Beach — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 120 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 Eighty Mile Beach. 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 8% 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 Eighty Mile Beach are modest for 2026 — incomes 37% below the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 120 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 Eighty Mile Beach. The EquitySight investment score of 26/100 places Eighty Mile Beach 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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Eighty Mile Beach scores 26/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 120, median household income of $62,816/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 Eighty Mile Beach are a median household income of $62,816/year, a dwelling mix that is 8% 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.
Eighty Mile Beach has a usual resident population of approximately 120, 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.
Eighty Mile Beach sits 1482 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 Eighty Mile Beach. 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 Eighty Mile Beach is $2,167, or approximately $26,004/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 Eighty Mile Beach 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 (120 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,167 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($62,816 vs $99,736 state median), a unit-heavy dwelling mix (8% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, 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.