Margaret River, WA 6285
Shire Of Augusta Margaret River, Western Australia
Good to Know
Margaret River, WA 6285 is a high-value house market in the Shire Of Augusta Margaret River area, currently positioned as a long-hold capital growth submarket. The locality is home to roughly 8,918 adults across about 5,751 dwellings, with a very low vacancy environment of 0.72%.
According to HtAG Analytics, Margaret River is exhibiting strong buyer demand against constrained listing supply. Stock on Market sits at 0.23% and Inventory at 2.43 months — close to the ~3-month balanced-market threshold — driving +14.3% YoY price growth and +3.3% YoY rent growth.
What the market data is signalling
Margaret River shows a clear divergence between capital gains and rental returns: 1-year price growth is +14.3% while rent growth is a more modest +3.3%. With an indicative gross yield of 2.91% (below the recommended 3% threshold), strong price momentum is the primary return driver rather than cashflow. Tight listing supply — Stock on Market 0.23% — combined with a low 0.72% vacancy suggests competition for properties is supporting capital values. See the Markets in the Moment (MiM™) heatmap for a live view of how Margaret River compares across many indicators.
Who lives in Margaret River — and why it matters for investors
Margaret River sits at an IRSAD decile of 6, indicating a slightly above-average socioeconomic profile and a mix of stable owner-occupiers and seasonal demand drivers. The renter/owner split is 27% (neutral), while the units/houses ratio is an opportune 10%, meaning the market is heavily house‑dominated. These demographic signals typically translate to lower rental churn and more owner-occupier influence on pricing; see our IRSAD Crossover study for how socioeconomic bands link to growth patterns.
Why suburb-level data matters for Margaret River
Council-level averages can mask pockets of different performance; decisions should rest on Margaret River’s own suburb metrics. For example, the suburb’s typical house price is $1,351,189, median weekly rent is $756, and the indicative gross yield is 2.91%. Supply readings show Stock on Market 0.23% and Inventory 2.43 months, while time-to-sell is 56 days. These suburb-specific figures directly affect expected returns and risk for an investor — learn more in our LGA vs Suburb research. For a deeper breakdown, get the full Margaret River data guide.
What's behind the RCS™ score of 65
The HtAG RCS™ bundles three independent dimensions — risk minimisation, capital-growth potential and cashflow resilience — into a single composite. A score of 65 signals a market where capital-growth potential is a dominant theme but cashflow is constrained; reading the sub-score breakdown helps match the suburb to your strategy. Learn more about how the RCS™ is built. You can open Margaret River in HtAG Copilot to inspect the sub-scores and scenario tests.
Forward signals to watch
The vacancy rate — currently 0.72%: sustained sub‑1% vacancy typically implies continued rental pressure and limited tenant choice, which can support rents and investor interest over 12–24 months.
The building approvals ratio — currently 1.58%: a neutral approvals reading suggests modest new supply in the pipeline, so material shifts to inventory are unlikely in the very short term unless approvals accelerate.
The Perth cycle phase: a city‑wide change in cycle momentum (e.g. broader Perth cooling or re-acceleration) would flow through to regional demand and could either amplify or moderate local capital momentum in Margaret River.
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RCS Breakdown
Margaret River'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
Margaret River's headline values — $1,351K to buy and $756PW to rent, a 2.9% gross yield. Over the past decade, prices have moved 126.22% and rents 100.53% — the Yield series shows whether that gap is widening (price outpacing rent, yield compressing) or closing.
$1,351K 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.
$756PW today, with rent growth at (+3.28% YoY) compared to price growth (+14.35%). That spread determines yield is expanding or compressing across the next cycle. Sign up to unlock the entire trend line.
Where is Margaret River in its cycle - and is the 2.9% 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 Margaret River's long-hold story?
Beyond the headline price, Margaret River 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
Margaret River'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
Margaret River 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 Margaret River 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 Margaret River 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 Margaret River - 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
Margaret River 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 Margaret River'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 Margaret River has structural support for the next leg of capital growth.
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Full HtAG Intelligence
Margaret River 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 Margaret River 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 Margaret River 6285 WA is 6,988, with a median age of 39. Of those, 44.08% are married, 13.84% are divorced or separated, 38.84% are single and 3.26% are widowed.
The average household size is 2.6 people per dwelling, and the median household monthly income is estimated to be $7,776. The median monthly mortgage repayment for households in this suburb is $1,694 which is 21.78% of their earnings.
Source: ABS Census Data (2021)