EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
EquitySight.app
Free full calculator →
ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Mount Hawthorn is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 8,183, making it a smaller community. Located 4 km from the Perth CBD, Mount Hawthorn is a middle ring area in Western Australia. The median household income is $150,280 per year.
Strong household incomes in Mount Hawthorn underpin solid property demand. The short commute to the city centre is a key demand driver.
Official Australia Post postcode for Mount Hawthorn. 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 2 schools within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Mount Hawthorn on My School →Estimated 3 parks 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.
Mount Hawthorn's population of 8,183 sits 46% above the Western Australia suburb median of 5,605, giving it a wider tenant and buyer catchment than the average WA locality. Median household income of $150,280/year runs 51% above the Western Australia suburb median of $99,736, indicating strong purchasing power and the type of demographic profile that tends to sustain premium property prices through market cycles. Rent of $420/week (72% coverage of the $2,518/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $698/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. At 4 km from the Perth CBD, Mount Hawthorn sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks.
Middle-ring locations like this one historically reward patient holders — focus on homes near catchment-zone schools and major transport. Local rents consume roughly 15% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Mount Hawthorn stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Mount Hawthorn sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Mount Hawthorn | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 8,183 | 5,605 | +46% |
| Median household income | $150,280/yr | $99,736/yr | +51% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $420 | $350 | +20% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,518 | $1,902 | +32% |
| Distance to CBD | 4 km | 20 km | -80% |
| Separate houses | 72% | 79% | -7pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Mount Hawthorn — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Strong buy-and-hold fundamentals: household incomes run 51% above the Western Australia suburb median ($150,280 vs $99,736), and the 4 km CBD distance keeps this suburb in the primary demand zone. In Western Australia, suburbs with this profile have historically clustered in the upper tercile of 10-year capital growth.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $420/week covers 72% of a $2,518/month mortgage, leaving a $698/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
With 72% houses in a 8,183-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
Run the numbers on a Mount Hawthorn property
Scenario comparison, cash flow analysis, tax modelling, and PDF export — all in one place.
Create free account →Mount Hawthorn enters 2026 with a demographic tailwind — household incomes 51% above the Western Australia suburb median of $99,736 and a population of 8,183 give it the depth and purchasing power to outperform the wider WA market over the next 12–18 months. Rental coverage runs at ~72% of the typical mortgage ($1,820/month rent vs $2,518/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 86/100 places Mount Hawthorn in the top tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is constructive heading into the second half of 2026.
Lived in Mount Hawthorn? Help other investors with an honest 100-word review. Sign-in required; all reviews are manually moderated before they appear.
Mount Hawthorn scores 86/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a strong rating. That score is driven by a population of 8,183, median household income of $150,280/year and median weekly rent of $420. 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 Mount Hawthorn are proximity to Perth (4 km), an above-state-median household income of $150,280/year, a dwelling mix that is 72% separate houses, roughly 2 schools and 3 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.
Mount Hawthorn has a usual resident population of approximately 8,183, compared with a Western Australia suburb median of 5,605 — placing it in the upper 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.
Mount Hawthorn 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 $420 in Mount Hawthorn, equating to approximately $21,840/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 Mount Hawthorn is $2,518, or approximately $30,216/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 $420 works out to $1,820/month, covering 72% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,518/month. That leaves a $698/month shortfall (around $8,376/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 interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,518 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.