Median price trend for houses
Based on 68 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,180,000
Up 20.0% over 12 months
- 2 bed
- $910k
- 3 bed
- $1.11m
- 4 bed
- $1.3m
- 5+ bed
- $1.67m
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The quick read on
Willagee
WA 6156 · Melville
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
- Median house
- $1,180,000
- Median unit
- $890,000
- Population
- 5,447
- Postcode
- 6156
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ABS 2021
Willagee, Western Australia
Property market insights for Willagee
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Willagee WA
Median rent trend for houses
Based on 71 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$800 per week
Up 6.7% over 12 months
Market data updated October 2026.
The median house price in Willagee, WA is currently $1,180,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Willagee has a 12-month growth rate of 20.0% for houses and 41.0% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $910,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,110,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,300,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,670,000 in Willagee.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Willagee is $800 per week. The median house rent has increased 6.7% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Willagee is $890,000, which has increased 41.0% since the same time last year. One-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $498,000, Two-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $765,000, Three-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $950,000, Four-bedroom apartments and units have a median sale price of $990,000 in Willagee. The median rent for units and apartments in Willagee is $700 per week and has increased 3.7% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
Is Willagee safe?
The overall rate for Willagee is 5,956 offences per 100,000 residents — 24% 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 Willagee.
Overall crime rate
5,956
offences per 100,000 residents
24% belowGreater Perth
WillageeGreater Perth: 7,809
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Who lives in Willagee?
Willagee WA 6156 is in Western Australia, within Greater Perth.
5,447 people call Willagee home, with an average of 2.3 people per household and a median household income of $1,660 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
- Population
- 5,447
- Median age
- 37 years
- Median mortgage
- $1,967 / month
- 2021 household rent
- $283 / week
Above the benchmarkBelow the benchmarkIn lineGreater Perth benchmark
Age profile
Share of residents in each age band.
Under 1519.0%In line
15–3427.4%Above
35–5427.8%In line
55–7416.6%Below
75 and over9.3%Above
Homes
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Separate houses79.2%Above
Townhouses18.6%Above
Apartments1.9%Below
Ownership
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Owned outright20.3%Below
Paying a mortgage42.9%In line
Renting36.8%Above
Cars at home
Vehicles available to occupied households.
No car9.6%Above
One car36.9%Above
Two cars38.9%Below
Three or more14.9%Below
Getting to work
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
Worked from home7.2%In line
Drove to work64.2%Above
Train, tram or bus3.1%Below
Walked or cycled1.8%In line
What stands out in Willagee
7.2% of workers in Willagee worked from home on Census day.
5.6% of Willagee residents were born in England.
50.0% of people in Willagee described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Questions people ask about Willagee
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Willagee WA 6156.
Is Willagee family-friendly?Age, family structure and household size describe the community families would be joining.
19.0% of Willagee's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.
1,342 family households lived in Willagee; 41.2% were couple families and 23.1% were one-parent families.
44.0% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
What is the age profile of Willagee?The balance between younger adults, families and older residents changes how a suburb feels day to day.
Willagee had 5,447 residents at the 2021 Census.
30.0% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
25.8% were 55 or older. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
What kind of homes are in Willagee?The dwelling mix shows whether the suburb is mostly detached homes, townhouses or apartments.
Separate houses made up 79.2% of occupied private dwellings in Willagee.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 18.6% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 1.9% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
Do people own or rent in Willagee?Tenure shows how many households own outright, have a mortgage or rent.
20.3% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
42.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.
36.8% rented their home. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
How large are households in Willagee?Household-size data shows the mix behind the suburb-wide average.
The average household in Willagee had 2.3 people.
One-person households made up 32.9% of occupied homes. That is well above the Greater Perth average.
Two-person households represented 30.8%, while 21.8% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
How do people get to work in Willagee?Census-day travel shows the balance between home, road, public transport and active travel.
7.2% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is almost exactly typical for Greater Perth.
64.2% drove a car as their only travel method. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
3.1% used only a train, tram or bus, while 1.8% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
How many cars do households have in Willagee?Vehicle availability helps describe the routines local households can support.
9.6% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Greater Perth rate.
One-car households formed 36.9% of the total.
53.8% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
Who's moving to Willagee, and who stays?Address history shows how settled or recently mobile residents were at the Census date.
56.5% were at the same address five years earlier, while 43.5% reported a different address.
25.4% of residents were born outside Australia. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
What languages are spoken in Willagee?Language at home gives a direct view of the community’s everyday linguistic mix.
80.8% of residents used only English at home.
13.0% used a language other than English at home.
1.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.6% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
Where were Willagee residents born?Birthplace adds another layer to the local story, separate from ancestry and language.
25.4% of Willagee's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 74.6% was born in Australia.
0.4% of residents were born in China.
0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 86.4%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
What ancestries shape Willagee?Ancestry responses show how residents describe family and cultural background.
English ancestry accounted for 38.7% of ancestry responses in Willagee.
Australian ancestry made up 34.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 3.0% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
What work do people do in Willagee?Occupation describes a person’s role; industry describes the sector employing them.
28.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is somewhat above the Greater Perth average.
Managers accounted for 11.9% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.6%.
Health care and social assistance employed 14.8% of workers, and education and training employed 11.7%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
How active is the workforce in Willagee?Participation, employment pattern and unemployment describe the resident labour force.
The labour-force participation rate was 62.3%, compared with 65.2% across Greater Perth.
34.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.1% worked part time.
Unemployment was 5.2%, compared with 5.3% across Greater Perth.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
What does the health profile of Willagee show?Selected long-term health conditions help describe community service needs.
57.4% reported no selected long-term health condition.
12.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.5% reported asthma, 8.7% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
How educated is Willagee?Qualifications describe the study pathways represented among local residents.
29.8% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is close to the Greater Perth average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 8.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 14.1%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 27.9%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
What do incomes and housing costs look like in Willagee?Census income and household payments give historical context for local living costs.
Median household income was $1,660 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,967.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $283 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
How does Willagee compare with Greater Perth?A few clear differences place the suburb in its wider metropolitan context.
Working from home was 7.2% in Willagee, compared with 7.6% across Greater Perth.
Outright ownership was 20.3% locally and 29.3% across Greater Perth. That is well below the Greater Perth average.
Renting accounted for 36.8% in Willagee, against 27.5% across Greater Perth.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
A buyer’s quick guide to Willagee
Is Willagee expensive?
The median house price is $1,180,000, while units and apartments sit at $890,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
Is Willagee good for families?
The Census counted 1,342 local families, and 19.0% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
What can I get for $1.5m in Willagee?
Larger houses have a median around $1,670,000, 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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Streets and suburbs around Willagee
81 streets in Willagee
Street-by-street reports are not published yet. The streets below are the ones this suburb covers.
- Antill St
- Archibald St
- Arkwell St
- Bartlett St
- Bassett St
- Bastian Pl
- Bawdan St
- Boon St
- Boulter St
- Butler St
- Caple St
- Carey St
- Charsley St
- Chilton St
- Clause St
- Cohn Ct
- Cole Pl
- Connell Ct
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- Cox Ct
- Cummins St
- Dann Ct
- Danzil St
- Denien Street
- De Passey Ln
- Dolan St
- Drury St
- Duncan Ln
- Dunford St
- Ellison St
- Featherstone Pl
- Finney St
- Garling St
- Gilbert Pl
- Goodrick
- Greig St
- Hare Ct
- Harfoot St
- Harriott St
- Harrison St
- Harrod St
- Hartree Cl
- Hillary St
- Hockin St
- Hodge St
- Horn Pl
- Indle St
- Jackman St
- Jagoe
- Jemerson St
- Jules Ct
- Keppell St
- Kirby St
- Leach Highway
- Leach Hwy
- Lever Pl
- Lodwick St
- Lucas St
- Malone St
- Milroy St
- Moorhouse St
- Norkus
- North Lake Rd
- Paitt St
- Pegler St
- Quinn St
- Race St
- Radney St
- Rigby St
- Rudge St
- Stacey St
- Stainer St
- Steel St
- Stock Rd
- Tedrake Street
- Truslove Cl
- Utting Ln
- Webber St
- Wheyland St
- Winnacott St
- Woodhams St
- Worley St
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