Duncraig, WA 6023
City Of Joondalup, Western Australia
Good to Know
Duncraig, WA 6023 is a high-value house market in the City Of Joondalup area, currently positioned as a long-hold capital growth submarket. Located around 18 km north of Perth CBD, it is home to roughly 15,982 adults across 6,410 dwellings and has a vacancy rate of 0.66%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Duncraig is exhibiting constrained supply and strong tenant demand. Stock on Market sits at 0.22% and Inventory at 2.38 months — slightly below the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +16.2% YoY price growth and +7.5% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Duncraig's housing market shows capital appreciation running well ahead of rental growth: 1-year price growth is +16.2% versus 1-year rent growth of +7.5%. That divergence has compressed yields to an indicative gross yield of 2.62% (below the commonly recommended minimum of 3%), indicating capital-led returns rather than cashflow strength.
Low turnover and tight listing supply — Stock on Market 0.22%, vacancy 0.66% and days on market 31 — point to strong buyer and tenant competition. For a live view of where markets are most pressured or catching up, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Duncraig — and why it matters for investors
Duncraig scores an IRSAD decile 10, signalling a very high socio-economic advantage. That profile, combined with a low renter/owner ratio of 12% and a low units/houses ratio of 6%, creates a stable homeowner-dominant market with limited investor-stock in the unit segment — usually lower volatility but also higher price levels and slower rental reversion to market-wide shocks. See our IRSAD Crossover study for why neighbourhood advantage changes growth outcomes.
Why suburb-level data matters for Duncraig
City-level or council averages can hide important pockets. Decisions should rest on Duncraig's own metrics: typical house price $1,722,275, gross yield 2.62%, Stock on Market 0.22%, Inventory 2.38 months and days on market 31. Those suburb-level readings tell a clearer story about supply tightness and entry cost than broader averages. Read more on why locality matters in our LGA vs Suburb research.
For a downloadable breakdown, view the full Duncraig data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 87
HtAG's RCS™ (Rating Composite Score) synthesises three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into one composite metric. An overall RCS 87 indicates strong composite potential, but the sub-score breakdown (risk, growth, cashflow) will show trade-offs — particularly the low gross yield versus high capital upside — so match the reading to your strategy. Read how the RCS™ is assembled: how the RCS™ is built.
open Duncraig in HtAG Copilot to inspect the sub-scores and scenario outputs for your strategy.
Forward signals to watch
vacancy rate — currently 0.66%: sustained low vacancy over 12–24 months implies ongoing rental pressure and limited options for tenants, supporting further rent growth unless supply increases.
building approvals ratio — currently 0.47%: a neutral reading that signals some new supply pipeline but not enough to rapidly ease the current tightness; watch for sustained rises above the neutral band.
Perth cycle phase: a shift in the wider Perth market cycle (expansion, peak, contraction) would alter local momentum — in expansion phases Duncraig's high-value houses typically outpace prices, while a city-wide slowdown would likely constrain capital gains and test rental resilience.
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RCS Breakdown
Duncraig'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
Duncraig's headline values — $1,722K to buy and $868PW to rent, a 2.62% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 126.49% and rents 83.58% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$1,722K 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.
$868PW today, with rent growth at (+7.52% YoY) compared to price growth (+16.15%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Duncraig in its cycle - and is the 2.62% 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 Duncraig's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Duncraig 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
Duncraig'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
Duncraig 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 Duncraig 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 Duncraig 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 Duncraig - 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
Duncraig 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 Duncraig'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 Duncraig has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Duncraig 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 Duncraig 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 Duncraig 6023 WA is 12,530, with a median age of 42. Of those, 58.69% are married, 10.00% are divorced or separated, 26.74% are single and 4.53% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.8 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $11,268. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $2,208 which is 19.60% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)