Baldivis, WA 6171
City Of Rockingham, Western Australia
Good to Know
Baldivis, WA 6171 is a high-value house market in the City Of Rockingham area, currently positioned as a long-hold capital growth submarket. Located south of Perth's CBD, Baldivis is home to roughly 37,697 adults across 19,353 dwellings, with a vacancy rate of 2.42%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Baldivis is exhibiting mixed supply-demand behaviour. Stock on Market sits at 0.39% and Inventory at 2.45 months — around the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +21.5% YoY price growth and +2.8% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
In Baldivis the market is showing strong capital appreciation outpacing rental gains: prices are up 21.5% over 12 months while rents have moved +2.8%. That divergence has pushed the indicative gross yield to 2.71%, which sits below the commonly recommended 3% cashflow threshold and implies tighter landlord cashflow margins.
Supply-side readings are mixed: the 0.39% Stock on Market is very low, while Inventory at 2.45 months and vacancy at 2.42% are around balanced levels. For a visual of where Baldivis sits in the cycle, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Baldivis — and why it matters for investors
Baldivis scores an IRSAD decile of 6, indicating modestly advantaged relative socio-economic status. The suburb is home to roughly 37,697 adults across 19,353 dwellings, and the renter/owner split is 22% renters (a neutral band), which supports stable rental demand without extreme turnover.
The low units-to-houses ratio of 2% signals a predominantly house-based market, which typically reduces volatility from unit oversupply. Read more in our IRSAD Crossover study.
Why suburb-level data matters for Baldivis
Suburb-level metrics reveal the real investment picture: Baldivis has a typical house price of $1,050,871, an indicative gross yield of 2.71%, Stock on Market at 0.39%, Inventory at 2.45 months and median days on market of 39. These specifics — rather than council averages — should drive purchase decisions because they reflect the local supply-demand balance and cashflow profile.
For methodology on why this matters, see our LGA vs Suburb research. Access the full Baldivis data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 88
The HtAG RCS™ (Rating Composite Score) of 88 combines three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single score to simplify market screening. Inspecting component sub-scores is essential to match Baldivis to your strategy: strong capital-growth signals are evident, while cashflow metrics are weaker.
Read how the score is constructed at how the RCS™ is built, and open Baldivis in HtAG Copilot to interrogate the sub-scores against your objectives.
Forward signals to watch
vacancy rate — currently 2.42%: this balanced vacancy suggests rents may remain steady over 12–24 months; sustained tightening below ~1% would be the signal for stronger rental growth.
building approvals ratio — currently 3.51%: a high approvals ratio indicates an elevated pipeline of new supply that could moderate price and rent momentum if delivered at scale over the next 12–36 months.
Perth cycle phase: monitor the metropolitan cycle because a city-wide shift (into slowdown or recovery) would materially affect local momentum in Baldivis — amplifying or dampening the suburb's current capital-growth run.
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RCS Breakdown
Baldivis's RCS™ headline is an overall signal — but it doesn't tell you why. The three sub-scores below reveal whether that score is earned through risk minimisation, capital growth, or cashflow — and which portfolio brief it fits.
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Market Trends
Baldivis's headline values — $1,059K to buy and $610PW to rent, a 2.99% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 154.17% and rents 76.30% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$1,059K is today. The 10-year trajectory reveals whether that's the top of a run, the start of a new leg, or somewhere mid-cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
$610PW today, with rent growth at (+4.1% YoY) compared to price growth (+20.63%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Baldivis in its cycle - and is the 2.99% yield holding?
Cycle phase tells you whether you're buying near the bottom (room to run) or top (compression ahead). Yield trajectory tells you whether cashflow is durable or being eroded — the single most important question for a long-hold thesis.
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Area Risks
Property data alone won't flag the structural risks that can erode a long-hold position. Bushfire overlays, flood-zone exposure, and economic concentration sit outside the price feed but determine whether your capital is insurable, defensible, and structurally protected. Unlock to see.
Are there hidden structural risks shaping Baldivis's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Baldivis carries risk signals a median can't show — hazard exposure from bushfire and flood overlays, and how narrowly local employment leans on a handful of sectors (the concentration the EDI score quantifies). Together these separate insurable, defensible long-holds from those carrying tail-risk that never surfaces in the headline number.
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Supply & Demand
Baldivis's headline numbers show where the market is today. The two cards below answer where it's heading. Direction is what separates a buy from a wait.
Is housing supply tightening or building up?
Stock on Market is one number — the trend is what matters. SoM, inventory, building approvals and hold period together reveal whether the market is starving for stock (price pressure up) or quietly building a pipeline (pressure down).
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Is buyer and renter demand heating up or cooling off?
Vacancy is one signal — the real question is whether demand is still building or quietly peaking. Days on market, vacancy, search index and clearance rate are the four pulse-points — when they diverge, they signal a turning point.
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Fundamentals
Baldivis can look solid on the surface — but the three layers below separate markets that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Is Baldivis genuinely stable - or just expensive?
IRSAD hints at affluence, but socio-economic strength alone doesn't guarantee resilience. Combined with the renter-to-owner balance and unit-to-house ratio, you get the three signals that separate a tightly-held submarket from one carrying hidden volatility.
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Where do Baldivis prices go over the next 12 months?
Today's headline price is just a snapshot. Projected ROI and the volatility index tell you whether to commit capital now, wait for a softer entry, or rotate into a steadie submarket.
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Can you actually buy into Baldivis - and exit cleanly?
Tightly-held areas reward long-hold investors but punish anyone who needs liquidity. Annual sales and rental volume reveal whether your capital can reposition — or sits structurally locked in.
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Education & Infrastructure
Baldivis looks tightly-held and stable on the surface — but the three layers below separate areas that genuinely hold value from ones that only look like they do.
Does Baldivis's school catchment + infrastructure pipeline justify the price?
School ranks anchor family demand and tenant quality. The active infrastructure pipeline shifts a suburb's price ceiling over the next 5–10 years. Together they tell you whether Baldivis has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Baldivis shows potential. The platform tells you whether it's the best fit for your portfolio.
Price and yield are only the surface. HtAG reads the forces underneath — supply tightening or loosening, demand heating or cooling, and the risks that move slowly but decide long-term growth. Together they show whether Baldivis has the structural support for its next leg — or whether the numbers are running ahead of the fundamentals.
The total adult population (15 years or older) of Baldivis 6171 WA is 27,574, with a median age of 31. Of those, 49.14% are married, 11.47% are divorced or separated, 36.80% are single and 2.57% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.9 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $9,164. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,900 which is 20.73% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)