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Armadale sits on Perth’s south-eastern fringe as a regional centre that combines town conveniences with ready access to nearby bushland. The town centre brings together civic services, a compact retail precinct and Armadale railway station on the Armadale line, providing a clear rail link into the city. Housing ranges from older weatherboard and brick cottages close to the centre through suburban blocks to pockets of rural-residential land toward the hills, and day-to-day life centres on local cafés, parks and community facilities while the Darling Range offers walking and outdoor recreation.

With 13,415 residents and a mix of family types, the three main family arrangements each account for roughly three in ten families. Around 57.3% of homes are owner-occupied and 42.7% are rented, so the area suits a mix of buyers and renters. Recent METRONET works rebuilt the station as an elevated facility, removed level crossings and added about eight hectares of new parkland including Long Park, roughly eight kilometres of continuous shared path and about 200 station bays. The City is also constructing the Karlup Journey Place central park precinct and advancing plans for a staged regional recreation reserve and a regional health and medical precinct.

Rents and prices in Armadale sit well above what a typical local household earned at the last Census. House rent of $600 a week would take about 58.8% of a median local household's weekly income at the last Census, and unit rent of $575 a week would take about 56.4% of that income, which are both a large share of income.

Buying is even more stretched against local incomes. A median house price of $725,000 is about 13.7 times a typical local annual household income at the last Census, and a median unit price of $660,000 is about 12.4 times that annual income, which sits well above local incomes on these figures. Whether that feels expensive will depend on your own circumstances and whether you plan to rent or buy.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Over the past 12 months house values in Armadale climbed 19.0% and unit values rose 15.4%, both strong price increases. Rents moved more modestly over the same period, with house rents up 3.4% and unit rents up 4.5%. Put simply, capital growth outpaced rental income in Armadale this year; houses recorded larger price gains than units, while unit rents increased a little faster than house rents. Whether that balance suits you depends on your own goals and circumstances.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.