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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Northbridge is an inner-city suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 1,420, making it a boutique locality. Located 1 km from the Perth CBD, Northbridge is a inner city area in Western Australia. The median household income is $96,356 per year.
Strong household incomes in Northbridge underpin solid property demand. Its proximity to the CBD adds a strong location premium.
Official Australia Post postcode for Northbridge. 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 Northbridge 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.
Northbridge is a smaller community of 1,420 — about 25% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. At $96,356/year, household income in Northbridge is within 3% of the Western Australia median ($99,736), placing the suburb firmly in the state's mainstream demographic band. Median weekly rent of $400 equates to $1,733/month — about 103% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,690/month — meaning rental income covers most of a typical owner's repayment and this is a genuine cash-flow suburb before tax benefits. At 1 km from the Perth CBD, Northbridge sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 2% 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 Northbridge stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Northbridge sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Northbridge | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,420 | 5,605 | -75% |
| Median household income | $96,356/yr | $99,736/yr | -3% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $400 | $350 | +14% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,690 | $1,902 | -11% |
| Distance to CBD | 1 km | 20 km | -95% |
| Separate houses | 2% | 79% | -77pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Northbridge — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 1,420 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Western Australia market over full cycles.
Strong rental coverage: $400/week (~$1,733/month) covers 103% of the $1,690/month median mortgage repayment, so the shortfall sits at just $0/month. Investors targeting positive cash flow should shortlist this suburb.
Only 2% 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 Northbridge are modest for 2026 — incomes close to the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 1,420 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~103% of the typical mortgage ($1,733/month rent vs $1,690/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 68/100 places Northbridge 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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Northbridge scores 68/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a good rating. That score is driven by a population of 1,420, median household income of $96,356/year and median weekly rent of $400. 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 Northbridge are proximity to Perth (1 km), a median household income of $96,356/year, a dwelling mix that is 2% 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.
Northbridge has a usual resident population of approximately 1,420, 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.
Northbridge sits 1 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 $400 in Northbridge, equating to approximately $20,800/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 Northbridge is $1,690, or approximately $20,280/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 $400 works out to $1,733/month, covering 103% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,690/month. That means rent exceeds the median repayment by roughly $43/month, so on these numbers Northbridge leans cash-flow-positive before accounting for strata, council rates, insurance and maintenance. 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 (1,420 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,690 median mortgage, a unit-heavy dwelling mix (2% 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.