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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Menora is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 2,691, making it a boutique locality. Located 4 km from the Perth CBD, Menora is a middle ring area in Western Australia. The median household income is $68,172 per year.
Lower income levels in Menora typically translate to more affordable entry points for investors. Close CBD access strengthens tenant appeal and resale value.
Official Australia Post postcode for Menora. 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 Menora 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.
Menora is a smaller community of 2,691 — about 48% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Menora's median household income of $68,172/year is 32% 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. Weekly rent of $240 covers just 39% of the median $2,700/month mortgage repayment, leaving a $1,660/month gap — investors should only pursue this suburb with a clear capital-growth thesis and sufficient external income to fund the shortfall. At 4 km from the Perth CBD, Menora sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 51% 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.
Middle-ring locations like this one historically reward patient holders — focus on homes near catchment-zone schools and major transport. Local rents consume roughly 18% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Menora stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Menora sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Menora | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,691 | 5,605 | -52% |
| Median household income | $68,172/yr | $99,736/yr | -32% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $240 | $350 | -31% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,700 | $1,902 | +42% |
| Distance to CBD | 4 km | 20 km | -80% |
| Separate houses | 51% | 79% | -28pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Menora — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 2,691 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Western Australia market over full cycles.
Weak cash flow: $240/week rent covers only 39% of the $2,700/month median mortgage — a $1,660/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
Only 51% 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 Menora are modest for 2026 — incomes 32% below the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 2,691 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~39% of the typical mortgage ($1,040/month rent vs $2,700/month repayment), meaning investors will rely on capital growth rather than yield. The EquitySight investment score of 55/100 places Menora in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Menora scores 55/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 2,691, median household income of $68,172/year and median weekly rent of $240. 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 Menora are proximity to Perth (4 km), a median household income of $68,172/year, a dwelling mix that is 51% 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.
Menora has a usual resident population of approximately 2,691, 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.
Menora sits 4 km straight-line from the Perth CBD. This is inner-ring territory — pricing competes directly with established Perth employment nodes.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $240 in Menora, equating to approximately $12,480/year in gross rental income (state median $350/week). Market rents have typically drifted above the recorded figure — verify against current listings on realestate.com.au and Domain before making an offer.
The median monthly mortgage repayment in Menora is $2,700, or approximately $32,400/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.
A median weekly rent of $240 works out to $1,040/month, covering 39% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,700/month. That leaves a $1,660/month shortfall (around $19,920/year before tax benefits), so a typical owner-occupier-priced property here is negatively geared. Actual cash flow depends on your deposit, loan terms, ownership costs and marginal tax rate — run the full numbers in our rental yield calculator.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (2,691 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,700 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($68,172 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.