The quick read on
WA 6271 · Capel
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Capel, Western Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Capel WA
Based on 31 sales in the preceding 12 months
$738,000
Up 17.1% over 12 months
Based on 23 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$625 per week
Down 2.0% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Capel, WA is currently $738,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Capel has a 12-month growth rate of 17.1% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $650,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $920,000 in Capel.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Capel is $625 per week. The median house rent has decreased 2.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Capel is 11,905 offences per 100,000 residents — 32% above the Rest of WA benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Capel.
Overall crime rate
11,905
offences per 100,000 residents
32% aboveRest of WA
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Capel WA 6271 is in Western Australia, within Rest of WA.
2,606 people call Capel home, with an average of 2.5 people per household and a median household income of $1,425 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
5.5% of workers in Capel worked from home on Census day.
5.9% of Capel residents were born in England.
54.7% of people in Capel described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Capel WA 6271.
20.1% of Capel's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
726 family households lived in Capel; 38.6% were couple families and 17.9% were one-parent families.
38.6% of local families included children under 15. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Capel had 2,606 residents at the 2021 Census.
22.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
32.5% were 55 or older. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 93.7% of occupied private dwellings in Capel.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 6.3% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
31.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
49.0% were buying their home with a mortgage.
19.4% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Capel had 2.5 people.
One-person households made up 23.8% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
Two-person households represented 38.9%, while 22.2% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
5.5% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
68.4% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.
1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.3% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.
One-car households formed 29.5% of the total.
68.4% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
64.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 35.6% reported a different address.
13.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
91.3% of residents used only English at home.
2.5% used a language other than English at home.
0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
13.7% of Capel's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 86.3% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.4% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.9%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 48.7% of ancestry responses in Capel.
Australian ancestry made up 44.4% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.5% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
11.8% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
Managers accounted for 9.1% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 8.5%.
Health care and social assistance employed 13.8% of workers, and education and training employed 6.9%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 58.7%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.
32.5% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 20.3% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.3%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
52.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.
11.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
9.3% reported asthma, 13.3% arthritis and 6.6% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
13.6% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 1.9% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 12.6%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,425 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,498.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $320 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 5.5% in Capel, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.
Outright ownership was 31.5% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
Renting accounted for 19.4% in Capel, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $738,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 726 local families, and 20.1% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $920,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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