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WA 6020 · Joondalup
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ABS 2021
Watermans Bay, Western Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Watermans Bay WA
Based on 20 sales in the preceding 12 months
$2,880,000
Up 14.5% over 12 months
Based on 10 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$750 per week
Down 18.9% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Watermans Bay, WA is currently $2,880,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Watermans Bay has a 12-month growth rate of 14.5% for houses and 27.1% for units.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,980,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $2,900,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $5,900,000 in Watermans Bay.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Watermans Bay is $750 per week. The median house rent has decreased 18.9% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Watermans Bay is $1,210,000, which has increased 27.1% since the same time last year. The median rent for units and apartments in Watermans Bay is $588 per week and has decreased 5.9% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Watermans Bay is 4,754 offences per 100,000 residents — 39% below 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 Watermans Bay.
Overall crime rate
4,754
offences per 100,000 residents
39% belowGreater Perth
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Watermans Bay WA 6020 is in Western Australia, within Greater Perth.
1,369 people call Watermans Bay home, with an average of 2.4 people per household and a median household income of $2,190 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.
15.2% of workers in Watermans Bay worked from home on Census day — about twice the rate across Greater Perth.
9.3% of Watermans Bay residents were born in England.
42.1% of people in Watermans Bay 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 Watermans Bay WA 6020.
14.9% of Watermans Bay's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat below the Greater Perth average.
404 family households lived in Watermans Bay; 41.1% were couple families and 7.9% were one-parent families.
28.7% of local families included children under 15. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Watermans Bay had 1,369 residents at the 2021 Census.
19.1% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
43.2% were 55 or older. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 67.7% of occupied private dwellings in Watermans Bay.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 29.7% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 3.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
48.1% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
31.9% 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 Watermans Bay had 2.4 people.
One-person households made up 23.6% of occupied homes. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
Two-person households represented 43.8%, while 22.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
15.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.
61.5% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
2.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 0.6% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.4% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Greater Perth rate.
One-car households formed 28.7% of the total.
67.9% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
64.0% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.0% reported a different address.
24.8% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
90.9% of residents used only English at home.
6.1% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.4% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
24.8% of Watermans Bay's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 75.2% was born in Australia.
0.0% of residents were born in China.
0.7% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 92.3%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 49.5% of ancestry responses in Watermans Bay.
Australian ancestry made up 35.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
36.1% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Managers accounted for 18.5% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 13.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 10.6% of workers, and education and training employed 14.4%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 58.8%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.
30.8% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 23.5% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
61.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.
5.6% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.9% reported asthma, 9.3% arthritis and 2.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
36.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 11.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 20.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,190 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,934.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $410 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 15.2% in Watermans Bay, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.
Outright ownership was 48.1% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Renting accounted for 20.0% in Watermans Bay, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $2,880,000, while units and apartments sit at $1,210,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 404 local families, and 14.9% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
3-bedroom houses have a median around $1,980,000, 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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