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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Mount Helena is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 3,373, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 35 km from the Perth CBD, Mount Helena is a middle ring area in Western Australia. The median household income is $100,932 per year.
Above-average earnings in Mount Helena support sustained property values. While further from the city, improving transport links could boost future demand.
Official Australia Post postcode for Mount Helena. 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 Mount Helena 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.
Mount Helena is a smaller community of 3,373 — about 60% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. At $100,932/year, household income in Mount Helena is within 1% of the Western Australia median ($99,736), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Rent of $380/week (80% coverage of the $2,048/month median mortgage) leaves a gap of roughly $401/month that a typical investor bridges with negative gearing, depreciation and capital growth. At 35 km from Perth, Mount Helena is an outer-metro location where buyers are typically trading commute time for floor space and a lower entry price. Separate houses make up 94% of dwellings — 15 percentage points above the Western Australia median of 79% — pointing to a family-oriented, land-rich market where value is concentrated in the underlying block.
Middle-ring locations like this one historically reward patient holders — focus on homes near catchment-zone schools and major transport. Local rents consume roughly 20% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Mount Helena stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Mount Helena sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Mount Helena | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 3,373 | 5,605 | -40% |
| Median household income | $100,932/yr | $99,736/yr | +1% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $380 | $350 | +9% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $2,048 | $1,902 | +8% |
| Distance to CBD | 35 km | 20 km | +75% |
| Separate houses | 94% | 79% | +15pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Mount Helena — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Moderate buy-and-hold potential: Mount Helena's 3,373-person market and $100,932 median household income work for investors who are selective on street location and property quality rather than counting on a suburb-wide rerating.
Moderate rental coverage: rent of $380/week covers 80% of a $2,048/month mortgage, leaving a $401/month gap that an investor bridges with equity, depreciation and tax benefits.
With 94% houses in a 3,373-person market, renovation margins depend on individual street and aspect rather than any suburb-wide story — do comparable-sales analysis before committing capital.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Mount Helena are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 3,373 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~80% of the typical mortgage ($1,647/month rent vs $2,048/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 66/100 places Mount Helena in the upper-middle tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is balanced heading into the second half of 2026.
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Mount Helena scores 66/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 3,373, median household income of $100,932/year and median weekly rent of $380. 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 Helena are an above-state-median household income of $100,932/year, a dwelling mix that is 94% 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.
Mount Helena has a usual resident population of approximately 3,373, 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.
Mount Helena sits 35 km straight-line from the Perth CBD. This is an outer-metro location; local employment and infrastructure announcements tend to move prices more than CBD connectivity alone.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $380 in Mount Helena, equating to approximately $19,760/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 Helena is $2,048, or approximately $24,576/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 $380 works out to $1,647/month, covering 80% of the median mortgage repayment of $2,048/month. That leaves a $401/month shortfall (around $4,812/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 (3,373 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $2,048 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.