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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Welshpool is a well-established middle-ring suburb of Perth, Australia, with a population of approximately 16, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 10 km from the Perth CBD, Welshpool is a middle ring area in Western Australia. The median household income is $29,900 per year.
Welshpool's income profile suggests a value-oriented market with competitive purchase prices. The short commute to the city centre is a key demand driver.
Official Australia Post postcode for Welshpool. 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 Welshpool 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.
Welshpool is a smaller community of 16 — about 0% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Welshpool's median household income of $29,900/year is 70% 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. Median weekly rent of $265 equates to $1,148/month — about 115% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,000/month — meaning rental income covers most of a typical owner's repayment and this is a genuine cash-flow suburb before tax benefits. At 10 km from the Perth CBD, Welshpool sits inside the high-demand inner ring — properties here compete directly with the city's employment, transport and amenity networks. Only 50% 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 Welshpool stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Welshpool sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Welshpool | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 16 | 5,605 | -100% |
| Median household income | $29,900/yr | $99,736/yr | -70% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $265 | $350 | -24% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $1,000 | $1,902 | -47% |
| Distance to CBD | 10 km | 20 km | -50% |
| Separate houses | 50% | 79% | -29pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Welshpool — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 16 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Western Australia market over full cycles.
Strong rental coverage: $265/week (~$1,148/month) covers 115% of the $1,000/month median mortgage repayment, so the shortfall sits at just $0/month. Investors targeting positive cash flow should shortlist this suburb.
Only 50% 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 Welshpool are modest for 2026 — incomes 70% below the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 16 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~115% of the typical mortgage ($1,148/month rent vs $1,000/month repayment), keeping cash flow in positive or near-neutral territory. The EquitySight investment score of 46/100 places Welshpool in the mid tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Welshpool scores 46/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 16, median household income of $29,900/year and median weekly rent of $265. 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 Welshpool are proximity to Perth (10 km), a median household income of $29,900/year, a dwelling mix that is 50% 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.
Welshpool has a usual resident population of approximately 16, 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.
Welshpool sits 10 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 $265 in Welshpool, equating to approximately $13,780/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 Welshpool is $1,000, or approximately $12,000/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 $265 works out to $1,148/month, covering 115% of the median mortgage repayment of $1,000/month. That means rent exceeds the median repayment by roughly $148/month, so on these numbers Welshpool 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 (16 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $1,000 median mortgage, below-median household incomes ($29,900 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.