Median price trend for houses
Based on 15 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,780,000
Up 32.3% over 12 months
- 3 bed
- $950k
- 4 bed
- $1.8m
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WA 6122 · Serpentine-Jarrahdale
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Cardup, Western Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Cardup WA
Based on 15 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,780,000
Up 32.3% over 12 months
Based on 2 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$1,100 per week
Up 10.0% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Cardup, WA is currently $1,780,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Cardup has a 12-month growth rate of 32.3% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $950,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,800,000 in Cardup.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Cardup is $1,100 per week. The median house rent has increased 10.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Cardup is 7,717 offences per 100,000 residents — broadly in line with Greater Perth.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Cardup.
Overall crime rate
7,717
offences per 100,000 residents
In line withGreater Perth
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Cardup WA 6122 is in Western Australia, within Greater Perth.
1,163 people call Cardup home, with an average of 3.1 people per household and a median household income of $2,645 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.
9.0% of workers in Cardup worked from home on Census day.
7.7% of Cardup residents were born in England.
51.6% of people in Cardup 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 Cardup WA 6122.
19.9% of Cardup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
332 family households lived in Cardup; 53.6% were couple families and 6.0% were one-parent families.
37.0% of local families included children under 15. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Cardup had 1,163 residents at the 2021 Census.
21.8% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
23.9% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 98.3% of occupied private dwellings in Cardup.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.8% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
25.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.
69.8% were buying their home with a mortgage.
5.0% rented their home. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Cardup had 3.1 people.
One-person households made up 10.2% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Two-person households represented 35.6%, while 39.5% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
9.0% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
66.8% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.
2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.2% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.0% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
One-car households formed 9.0% of the total.
90.2% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
73.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 26.6% reported a different address.
20.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
91.5% of residents used only English at home.
5.2% used a language other than English at home.
0.3% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
20.7% of Cardup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 79.3% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 91.5%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 42.6% of ancestry responses in Cardup.
Australian ancestry made up 43.0% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
14.2% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Managers accounted for 12.3% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.7%.
Health care and social assistance employed 10.5% of workers, and education and training employed 7.5%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 73.6%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.
43.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 2.3%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
63.1% reported no selected long-term health condition.
6.4% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.0% reported asthma, 8.1% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
16.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 2.8% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.0%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 47.9%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,645 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,383.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $500 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 9.0% in Cardup, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.
Outright ownership was 25.1% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.
Renting accounted for 5.0% in Cardup, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,780,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 332 local families, and 19.9% 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 $1,800,000, 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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