Kwinana Town Centre, WA 6167
City Of Kwinana, Western Australia
Good to Know
Kwinana Town Centre, WA 6167 is a tightly-held house market in the City of Kwinana area, currently positioned as a short-hold capital-growth submarket. Located about 40 km south of Perth CBD, it is home to roughly 567 adult residents across 459 dwellings and currently has a vacancy rate of 0.49%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Kwinana Town Centre is exhibiting strong rental demand with constrained listing supply. Stock on Market sits at 0.38% and Inventory at 3.55 months — slightly above the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +16.1% YoY price growth and +4.0% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Kwinana Town Centre shows faster capital appreciation than rental growth: prices are up 16.1% year-on-year versus rents up 4.0%. That mix — combined with a very low vacancy of 0.49% and a low Stock on Market of 0.38% — points to strong tenant demand and tight active listings today. For a visual of where this sits in the cycle, see the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap.
Who lives in Kwinana Town Centre — and why it matters for investors
The IRSAD index in Kwinana Town Centre is 927, signalling lower relative socio-economic advantage and a tenant/owner mix that can drive different demand patterns and volatility than higher-IRSAD suburbs. For context on how IRSAD affects property performance, see the IRSAD Crossover study.
Other demographic signals: the renter/owner ratio is 44.0% (neutral), the units/houses ratio is 5.0% (opportune for houses), and affordability sits at 41 years (stretched) — all relevant when matching Kwinana Town Centre to cashflow versus growth strategies.
Why suburb-level data matters for Kwinana Town Centre
Council- or LGA-level averages can mask pockets like Kwinana Town Centre. Decisions should rest on the suburb's own metrics: a typical house price of $688,385, a gross yield of 4.72%, Stock on Market at 0.38%, Inventory at 3.55 months and days on market of 86. These figures tell a more precise story for investors than headline council numbers — read more in our LGA vs Suburb research.
For a deeper download of local metrics, get the full Kwinana Town Centre data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 38
The HtAG RCS™ bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single composite score. An overall score of 38 indicates moderate alignment for some strategies but emphasises the need to read the sub-score breakdown to match the suburb to your objectives; see how the RCS™ is built for methodology and sub-score meanings.
open Kwinana Town Centre in HtAG Copilot to inspect the sub-scores, scenario filters and strategy fit.
Forward signals to watch
vacancy rate — currently 0.49%: sustained sub-1% vacancy typically puts upward pressure on rents and strengthens investor returns over 12–24 months as tenant competition reduces time-to-lease.
building approvals ratio — currently 3.26%: an elevated approvals ratio signals a material pipeline of new dwellings that could increase supply and moderate price momentum if delivered at scale.
Perth cycle phase: a city-wide shift in Perth’s cycle (toward slowdown or acceleration) would alter local demand and capital-growth momentum in Kwinana Town Centre, so watch broader Perth indicators alongside suburb metrics.
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RCS Breakdown
Kwinana Town Centre'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
Kwinana Town Centre's headline values — $688K to buy and $625PW to rent, a 4.72% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 114.61% and rents 80.64% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$688K 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.
$625PW today, with rent growth at (+3.99% YoY) compared to price growth (+16.14%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Kwinana Town Centre in its cycle - and is the 4.72% 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 Kwinana Town Centre's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Kwinana Town Centre 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
Kwinana Town Centre'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
Kwinana Town Centre 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 Kwinana Town Centre 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 Kwinana Town Centre 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 Kwinana Town Centre - 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
Kwinana Town Centre 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 Kwinana Town Centre'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 Kwinana Town Centre has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Kwinana Town Centre 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 Kwinana Town Centre 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 Kwinana Town Centre 6167 WA is 420, with a median age of 31. Of those, 43.81% are married, 13.57% are divorced or separated, 39.52% are single and 2.86% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.8 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $6,544. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,751 which is 26.76% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)