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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Wickham is a regional centre in Western Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 2,022, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 1260 km from the Perth CBD, Wickham is a regional area in Western Australia. The median household income is $174,616 per year.
Wickham benefits from a high-income resident base, supporting premium property pricing. Distance from major centres is a consideration, though regional markets can offer higher rental yields.
Official Australia Post postcode for Wickham. 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 Wickham 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.
Wickham is a smaller community of 2,022 — about 36% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Median household income of $174,616/year runs 75% 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. Median rent of $115/week (~$498/month) covers only 63% of the median mortgage of $790/month — the remaining $292/month must be funded from other income, so this suburb tilts toward capital growth rather than yield. Wickham is 1260 km from Perth, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand. Only 48% 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.
Regional property can deliver strong cash-flow yields but liquidity is tighter — plan for longer hold periods and verify local employment stability. Local rents consume roughly 3% of household income — a useful sanity check on tenant affordability.
How Wickham stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Wickham sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Wickham | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,022 | 5,605 | -64% |
| Median household income | $174,616/yr | $99,736/yr | +75% |
| Median rent (weekly) | $115 | $350 | -67% |
| Median mortgage (monthly) | $790 | $1,902 | -58% |
| Distance to CBD | 1260 km | 20 km | +6200% |
| Separate houses | 48% | 79% | -31pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Wickham — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 2,022 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Western Australia market over full cycles.
Weak cash flow: $115/week rent covers only 63% of the $790/month median mortgage — a $292/month gap that must be funded from other income. This suburb is a capital-growth play, not a yield play.
Only 48% 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 Wickham are modest for 2026 — incomes 75% above the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 2,022 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental coverage runs at ~63% of the typical mortgage ($498/month rent vs $790/month repayment), leaving a manageable top-up for most investors. The EquitySight investment score of 46/100 places Wickham 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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Wickham scores 46/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a moderate rating. That score is driven by a population of 2,022, median household income of $174,616/year and median weekly rent of $115. 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 Wickham are an above-state-median household income of $174,616/year, a dwelling mix that is 48% 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.
Wickham has a usual resident population of approximately 2,022, 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.
Wickham sits 1260 km straight-line from the Perth CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
The most recent census recorded a median weekly rent of $115 in Wickham, equating to approximately $5,980/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 Wickham is $790, or approximately $9,480/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 $115 works out to $498/month, covering 63% of the median mortgage repayment of $790/month. That leaves a $292/month shortfall (around $3,504/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 (2,022 residents), interest-rate sensitivity on the $790 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.