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WA 6176 · Rockingham
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Karnup, Western Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Karnup WA
Based on 66 sales in the preceding 12 months
$811,000
Up 21.0% over 12 months
Based on 38 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$650 per week
Up 4.0% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Karnup, WA is currently $811,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Karnup has a 12-month growth rate of 21.0% for houses.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $810,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $800,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,720,000 in Karnup.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Karnup is $650 per week. The median house rent has increased 4.0% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Karnup is 9,366 offences per 100,000 residents — 20% above the Greater Perth 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 Karnup.
Overall crime rate
9,366
offences per 100,000 residents
20% aboveGreater Perth
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Karnup WA 6176 is in Western Australia, within Greater Perth.
2,096 people call Karnup home, with an average of 3 people per household and a median household income of $2,122 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.
8.6% of workers in Karnup worked from home on Census day.
10.3% of Karnup residents were born in England.
57.1% of people in Karnup 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 Karnup WA 6176.
26.4% of Karnup's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
588 family households lived in Karnup; 53.4% were couple families and 14.6% were one-parent families.
49.8% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Karnup had 2,096 residents at the 2021 Census.
32.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
18.6% were 55 or older. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 99.0% of occupied private dwellings in Karnup.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 0.0% 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.
17.9% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
62.1% were buying their home with a mortgage.
20.0% rented their home. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Karnup had 3.0 people.
One-person households made up 13.1% of occupied homes. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Two-person households represented 29.8%, while 37.3% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
8.6% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
61.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.
1.6% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
0.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
One-car households formed 24.2% of the total.
74.1% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
54.3% were at the same address five years earlier, while 45.7% reported a different address.
26.0% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
88.8% of residents used only English at home.
5.8% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
26.0% of Karnup's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.0% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 83.5%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 47.7% of ancestry responses in Karnup.
Australian ancestry made up 39.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 0.6% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
11.3% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Managers accounted for 11.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.4%.
Health care and social assistance employed 11.8% 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 70.5%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.
39.7% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.8% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.6%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
65.2% reported no selected long-term health condition.
8.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
7.4% reported asthma, 6.4% arthritis and 3.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
12.1% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 3.4% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 17.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 51.3%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,122 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,857.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $370 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 8.6% in Karnup, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.
Outright ownership was 17.9% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Renting accounted for 20.0% in Karnup, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $811,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 588 local families, and 26.4% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
Larger houses have a median around $1,720,000, 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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