Carabooda WA 6033

Located in Western Australia, Carabooda sits 45 km from Perth CBD, around 36 minutes by car. The locality has 444 residents, a median age of 44, and a median household income of $119,964 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $300 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,600. The area shows high crime risk and high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Carabooda sits at $2 million, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only five sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$2,000,000

Based on only 5 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Short-Stay Rentals

No active Airbnb listings (2 listed without a review in the past year).

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Carabooda is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 14% in WA
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Carabooda.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
199
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 97%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 3%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

No amenities mapped in this locality boundary.

Wanneroo: council population

The whole council area, not just Carabooda · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
246,147
+3.2% in a year
Change
+7,531
people since 2024
Density
360
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+1,731
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+2,625
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+3,175
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
8/10
7/10 within WA
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
10/10
10/10 within WA
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
5/10
5/10 within WA
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Carabooda is home to 444 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $120,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.8%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

444

0.5% since 2016

Median Age

44

4.8% since 2016

Median Household Income

$119,964/yr

23.0% since 2016
Top 14% in WA

Census Median Rent

$300/wk

200.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,600/mo

24.8% since 2016

Avg Household Size

3.1

3.1% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$36,036/yr

0.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

2.8%

46.2% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

15.3%

86.6% since 2016

Total Dwellings

131

7.4% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

77.3%

11.3% since 2016

Houses

94.7%

7.6% since 2016

Rental Stress

13.0%

145.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

26.0%

1.6% since 2016

Work From Home

21.9%

5.3% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 124 (94.7%)
Flats / Apartments 7 (5.3%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 49 (41.2%)
Owned Outright 43 (36.1%)
Renting 27 (22.7%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
58.1%
English Spoken at Home
77.7%
Employment Rate
65.9%
12.5% since 2016
Completed Year 12
37.8%

Occupations

Managers 48 (19.4%)
Professionals 39 (15.7%)
Technicians & Trades 39 (15.7%)
Labourers 31 (12.5%)
Clerical & Administrative 30 (12.1%)
Sales 14 (5.6%)
Community & Personal Service 13 (5.2%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 12 (4.8%)

Religion

Christianity 207 (46.6%)
No Religion 165 (37.2%)
Buddhism 21 (4.7%)
Islam 4 (0.9%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 49 (11.0%)
Vietnam 13 (2.9%)
South Africa 12 (2.7%)
New Zealand 7 (1.6%)
Thailand 6 (1.4%)
Malaysia 5 (1.1%)
Italy 5 (1.1%)
Germany 4 (0.9%)

When They Arrived

Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.

2016-2021 12 (2.7%)
2011-2015 19 (4.3%)
2001-2010 24 (5.4%)
1991-2000 21 (4.7%)
1981-1990 24 (5.4%)
Before 1981 31 (7.0%)

12 residents (2.7%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Italian 7 (1.6%)
Vietnamese 5 (1.1%)
Thai 4 (0.9%)

Age Distribution

0-4 12 (2.7%)
5-14 66 (14.9%)
15-19 29 (6.5%)
20-24 23 (5.2%)
25-34 55 (12.4%)
35-44 51 (11.5%)
45-54 70 (15.8%)
55-64 75 (16.9%)
65-74 48 (10.8%)
75-84 13 (2.9%)
85+ 8 (1.8%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 59 (70.2%)
Lone Person 14 (16.7%)
One Parent Families 11 (13.1%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 122 (63.5%)
Worked from Home 42 (21.9%)
Walked Only 11 (5.7%)
Car (passenger) 10 (5.2%)
Bus 4 (2.1%)
Train 3 (1.6%)

10% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (26 of 248).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Education

Certificate III & IV 64 (14.4%)
Bachelor Degree 51 (11.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 21 (4.7%)
Postgraduate Degree 10 (2.3%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 8 (1.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 18 (14.3%)
2 cars 39 (31.0%)
3 cars 34 (27.0%)
4+ cars 39 (31.0%)

Council Rates

Wanneroo
FY 2023-24

Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,060 a year through Wanneroo based on 2023 figures.

Avg residential rate
$2,060/yr
Valuation basis
Gross Rental Value / Unimproved Value
GRV for urban, UV for rural/mining

Building Approvals: Wanneroo

The whole council area, not just Carabooda · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 4,125 new dwellings were approved across Wanneroo. That mix is 3,870 houses and 255 units. Approvals are up 17.4% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
4,125dwellings
+17.4% YoY
Houses
3,870
detached dwellings
Units
255
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Pearce RAAF, 29.3 km

Moderate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
47 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
5.7 km
Near high-voltage lines
3.9% of addresses
11 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Annual rainfall
592 mm
68 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
33.5°C
48 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
8.5°C
1 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

3 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.5%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021

In postcode 6033, 3 of 615 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (11 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.00%
2024
0.51%
2025
0.49%

Rooftop solar

97
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 14.1 kW each

In postcode 6033, 146 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 150 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 9 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
10
2020
10
2021
13
2022
11
2023
8
2024
11
2025
4
2026
6

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $800,000.

Cap is $800,000 SOUTH of the 26th parallel (which includes all of metropolitan Perth) and $1,000,000 NORTH of it. We store the southern figure because that is where almost every buyer is; the northern cap is higher, so the stored value never overstates eligibility. The southern cap rose from $750,000 on 7 May 2026 in the 2026-27 Housing Taxation Package. The same package moved the first home owner RATE OF DUTY thresholds, which is a different scheme and lives in the web repo's app/stamp_duty.py.

Verify eligibility with Department of Finance WA

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$10,431
Loan amount
$1,600,000
Total interest over 30 years
$2,155,089
Deposit
$400,000
Stamp duty
$94,116
Cash needed at settlement
$494,116

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueWA

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $800,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Department of Finance WA.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Pearce

Currently held by Tracey Roberts Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Tracey Roberts 56.4% 43.6% -2.4
2022 Tracey Roberts 59.0% 41.0% -14.2
2019 Christian Porter 42.5% 57.5% +3.9

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Wanneroo District

Currently held by Sabine Winton WA Labor

Next state election: 10 March 2029.

Year Winner Won with
2025 Sabine Winton ALP 62.5%
2021 Sabine Winton ALP 78.4%
2017 Sabine Winton ALP 57.2%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.

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Common questions about Carabooda

Is Carabooda a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Carabooda is high (77/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.

What natural hazards affect Carabooda?

Carabooda has a high recorded bushfire history (76/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Carabooda?

Carabooda, WA had a population of 444 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Carabooda, WA?

The postcode for Carabooda, WA is 6033.

How far is Carabooda from Perth?

Carabooda is 45 km from Perth CBD by road, about 36 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Carabooda?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Carabooda was $119,964 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Carabooda?

There are too few current rental listings in Carabooda for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $300, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Carabooda?

The median age of residents in Carabooda was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Carabooda at risk of bushfire?

Carabooda has a high recorded bushfire history (76/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

What is the weather like in Carabooda?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Carabooda, Pearce RAAF (29.3 km away), summer days average 33.5°C, winter nights 8.5°C, 592 mm of rain a year over 68 rainy days, and 48 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Carabooda?

First-home buyers in WA may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $800,000. The grant is administered by Department of Finance WA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Carabooda belong to?

Carabooda sits within the Wanneroo local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Carabooda?

The average residential rates bill through Wanneroo is $2,060 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Carabooda?

Across Wanneroo, 4,125 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 17.4% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Carabooda in?

Carabooda sits within the federal Division of Pearce, currently held by Tracey Roberts (Australian Labor Party).

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