Eaton WA 6232
Eaton is a suburb in Western Australia, 166 km from Perth CBD, around 1 hour 55 minutes by car. Population is 8,669; the median age is 41 and the median household income is $77,220 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the lower-middle tier nationally. Population grew 2.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $340 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. The area shows high flood risk and high crime risk. Of 3 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is moderate.
Is Eaton a good suburb?
Eaton scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
3 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 67/100 · 165.5 km · 113 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $708K
High flood risk
Fire 40/100 · Crime 65/100 · Flood 74/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 41 · 8,669 residents
Liveability Rating
38 / 100 · Ranked #367 in WAEach bar is Eaton's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
38 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataEaton's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $708,000, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$708,350
7% below its 3 neighbours (median $760,000)
Based on 172 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 35 days — median across 96 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $525K
- 3 bed 58 sales $655K
- 4 bed 96 sales $732K
- 5 bed 8 sales $760K
Units
$590,000
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 46 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $520K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Eaton are currently listed at around $782,000 on average. Based on 78 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$782K
78 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$645K
7 units listed in the last 6 months — typical time on market 3 days.
85 of the suburb's 3,223 dwellings (2.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Eaton rent for around $680 a week on average, based on 47 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$680/wk
47 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
49 rentals advertised against an estimated 745 rented homes (6.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $678/wk
- 48 bonds
- +24% since 2023
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. WA's bond data does not record bedrooms or dwelling type, so it covers all rentals together.Change since 2023 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025110 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6232.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$680/week ($35,000 a year) on a $782,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
3 active Airbnb listings: 3 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 0.1% of the suburb's homes.
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
Three schools serve Eaton, and performance is broadly at peer-suburb levels with one standout. Glen Huon Primary School leads the pack.
- • 1,367 students across 3 schools (avg 456)
- • ICSEA 949-958, median 957 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Glen Huon Primary School (511 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Eaton is somewhat walkable on foot — at 67/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Eaton.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 46.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 41.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 25.6 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 13.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Eaton.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 35%
- Premises covered
- 3,862
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
Dardanup: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 20 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 5 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Eaton is home to about 8,700 residents, with a median age of 41, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $77,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
8,669
Median Age
41
Median Household Income
$77,220/yr
Census Median Rent
$340/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,517/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$37,284/yr
Unemployment Rate
5.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.3%
Total Dwellings
3,223
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.9%
Houses
89.6%
Rental Stress
22.9%
Mortgage Stress
23.6%
Work From Home
3.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
36 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 9 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 697 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 77.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 87.6%
- Employment Rate
- 56%
- Completed Year 12
- 30.3%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
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.
118 residents (1.4%) 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.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
4.7% of residents (386) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth (301).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 8,145 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (31 of 3,929).
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
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $2,797 a year through Dardanup based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Dardanup
In the year to August 2026, 83 new dwellings were approved across Dardanup. Almost all of the pipeline is detached houses. Approvals are down 79.7% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Wokalup, 25.0 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 8 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 3.9 km
- Annual rainfall
- 774 mm
- 61 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the suburb 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
12 facilities within 5 km- 1.7 kmBasic Inorganic Chemical ManufacturingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
- 3.6 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Toluene (methylbenzene)
- 3.8 kmRail Freight TransportTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Cumene (1-methylethylbenzene) · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers)
- 4.1 km
- 4.2 kmPort and Water Transport Terminal OperationsTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 6232, 35 of 9,339 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.7% (158 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6232, 3,060 rooftop-solar systems totalling 14.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 4,442 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 115 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.
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.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in postcode 6232.
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.
At $708,350 this is under the $800,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Department of Finance WA.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
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
Currently held by Ben Small Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Ben Small | 47.8% | 52.2% | +1.9 |
| 2022 | Nola Marino | 45.7% | 54.3% | -10.3 |
| 2019 | Nola Marino | 35.4% | 64.6% | +2.0 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Jodie Hanns WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Jodie Hanns ALP | 54.3% |
| 2021 | Jodie Hanns ALP | 73.4% |
| 2017 | Mick Murray ALP | 64.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
Looking at a specific address in Eaton?
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 8,669 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Eaton
Is Eaton a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Eaton is moderate (65/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Eaton?
Eaton has a moderate recorded bushfire history (40/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a high share of it (74/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Eaton a good place to live?
Eaton has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (38/100), ranked against other WA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Eaton?
Eaton, WA had a population of 8,669 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Eaton, WA?
The postcode for Eaton, WA is 6232.
How far is Eaton from Perth?
Eaton is 166 km from Perth CBD by road, about 113 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Eaton?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Eaton was $77,220 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 Eaton?
The median advertised rent in Eaton is $680 a week for houses (47 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Eaton?
The median age of residents in Eaton was 41 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Eaton at risk of bushfire?
Eaton has a moderate recorded bushfire history (40/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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.
How are the schools in Eaton?
There are 3 schools inside the Eaton boundary: 1 above and 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Eaton walkable?
Eaton scores 67/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Eaton?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Eaton, Wokalup (25 km away), 774 mm of rain a year over 61 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Eaton?
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 Eaton belong to?
Eaton sits within the Dardanup local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Eaton?
The average residential rates bill through Dardanup is $2,797 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Eaton?
Across Dardanup, 83 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 79.7% 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 Eaton in?
Eaton sits within the federal Division of Forrest, currently held by Ben Small (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2023–24
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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