Question 1

Is Hopetoun a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Hopetoun is a small coastal town by the Southern Ocean and the Fitzgerald River National Park, with a small harbour and easy access for fishing, bushwalking and wild coastal reserves.

It is an older community where most families are couples without children at 55.6%, and many households own their homes outright. Local services are modest but practical, including shops, boat-launching facilities, community spaces and visitor services that support seasonal nature-based activity; the community centre provides a hall with seating for 180, a stage and a commercial-grade kitchen, and the Hopetoun Foreshore Hub has been funded and approved under an RAC Reconnect grant to refurbish and upgrade a foreshore shelter.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Hopetoun?

Accepted Answer

A typical local household earned about $1,542 a week at the last Census. With house rents around $450 a week in Hopetoun, that would take about 29% of a typical local household's weekly income. On these figures, renting a house in Hopetoun represents a moderate share of local income, and that rent share is the number that matters most if you plan to rent rather than buy.

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

Question 3

Is Hopetoun a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

What stands out in Hopetoun is the house market: median house values rose a strong 22.3% over the past 12 months.

For houses, that change is a measure of capital growth.

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.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	N/A	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	22.3%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	6	1
Median days on market Past 12 months	73	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	$450	N/A
Change in rent Past 12 months	N/A	N/A

	Suburb	WA
Median age years	46	38
Median household income weekly	$1,542	$1,815
Couples with children share of families	30.4%	44.6%
Couples without children share of families	55.6%	38.8%
One-parent families share of families	12.2%	15.1%
Homes owned outright share of homes	45.6%	30.2%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	17.5%	41.4%
Homes rented share of homes	36.9%	28.3%

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