Question 1

Is Wattleup a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

Wattleup is a mixed industrial and rural suburb in Perth's south, with light industrial estates, remnants of market gardens, pockets of bushland and the Orion Precinct.

The community is older, with 53.7% of families recorded as couple families without children, and many homes owned outright. Local life is shaped by freight routes and nearby commercial centres, while low-density housing, large allotments, older weatherboard cottages and nature pockets provide quieter edges to the suburb. The Orion Precinct, a DevelopmentWA project converting former limestone quarries into an industrial estate, was under construction.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in Wattleup?

Accepted Answer

Wattleup's median household income was $1,384 a week at the most recent Census. There haven't been enough recent property sales or rentals in Wattleup to publish reliable house or unit price and rent figures, so it's not possible to describe how expensive it is to live here compared with local incomes.

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 Wattleup a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

Wattleup hasn't had enough recent property sales to publish reliable figures on how house or unit values and rents have moved. Without those figures, there isn't a clear picture of how it has performed as an investment.

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
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	Suburb	WA
Median age years	50	38
Median household income weekly	$1,384	$1,815
Couples with children share of families	36.6%	44.6%
Couples without children share of families	53.7%	38.8%
One-parent families share of families	9.8%	15.1%
Homes owned outright share of homes	48.1%	30.2%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	22.2%	41.4%
Homes rented share of homes	29.7%	28.3%

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