Craigie, WA 6025
City Of Joondalup, Western Australia
Good to Know
Craigie, WA 6025 is a high-value house market in the City Of Joondalup area, currently positioned as a long-hold capital growth submarket. Located around 25 km north of Perth CBD, Craigie is home to roughly 6,456 adults across 3,125 dwellings and currently records a vacancy rate of 1.07%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Craigie is exhibiting tightening supply with strong price momentum. Stock on Market sits at 0.40% and Inventory at 2.81 months — compared to the ~3-month balanced-market threshold this implies slightly tighter supply — driving +17.5% YoY price growth and +4.5% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Craigie’s 12-month outcome — +17.5% price growth versus +4.5% rent growth — shows capital appreciation outpacing cashflow gains. That pattern, combined with an indicative gross yield of 3.47% and an opportune Stock on Market at 0.40%, suggests demand pressure is the primary driver of recent price rises while rental upside remains more modest.
For a visual of how Craigie sits in the broader market context, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Craigie — and why it matters for investors
Craigie records an IRSAD decile of 6, indicating modestly above-median socioeconomic resources and a degree of resilience to downside shocks. The suburb’s renter/owner ratio of 24% sits in the neutral band, so rental demand is present but not dominant, while the units/houses mix of 4% (opportune) reinforces that this is overwhelmingly a house market — important when assessing vacancy and redevelopment risk. See the IRSAD Crossover study for how socio‑economic profile links to property-cycle behaviour.
Why suburb-level data matters for Craigie
Council-level averages can mask pockets of very different performance; Craigie should be judged on its own metrics. Its typical house price of $1,085,331, gross yield of 3.47%, Stock on Market 0.40% (opportune), Inventory 2.81 months (neutral) and median days on market 55 (neutral) tell a consistent story of price-led momentum with balanced rental tightness. The affordability index of 50 years also flags stretched purchase affordability, which affects future buyer depth — and the data confidence is High. Read more about the methodology in our LGA vs Suburb research.
For investors wanting every suburb metric in one PDF, download the full Craigie data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 87
The HtAG RCS™ bundles three independent dimensions (risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience) into one composite. An overall RCS of 87 signals a strong combined outcome, but the sub-scores matter for strategy: high capital-growth potential may coexist with tighter cashflow margins when rent growth lags price growth. Learn more about how the RCS™ is built.
open Craigie in HtAG Copilot to review the RCS sub-scores and scenario-based forecasts.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 1.07%: sustained movement below 1% would intensify rental competition and push stronger rent gains over 12–24 months; sustained drift above 3.5% would signal weakening demand and pressure on rents.
The building approvals ratio — currently 0.78%: this neutral reading indicates a moderate development pipeline that is unlikely to flood supply in the near term but should be watched if approvals ramp higher.
The wider Perth cycle phase: if the Perth cycle shifts from expansion to slowdown it would likely cool local momentum in Craigie and moderate price growth; continued expansion at city level would tend to extend the suburb’s recent gains.
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RCS Breakdown
Craigie'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
Craigie's headline values — $1,085K to buy and $724PW to rent, a 3.46% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 133.76% and rents 80.35% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$1,085K 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.
$724PW today, with rent growth at (+4.47% YoY) compared to price growth (+17.47%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Craigie in its cycle - and is the 3.46% 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 Craigie's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Craigie 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
Craigie'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
Craigie 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 Craigie 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 Craigie 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 Craigie - 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
Craigie 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 Craigie'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 Craigie has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Craigie 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 Craigie 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 Craigie 6025 WA is 5,135, with a median age of 35. Of those, 42.26% are married, 13.07% are divorced or separated, 40.99% are single and 3.60% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.4 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $8,620. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,733 which is 20.10% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)