Mariginiup WA 6078

Located in Western Australia, Mariginiup sits 37 km from Perth CBD, around 36 minutes by car. The suburb has 876 residents, a median age of 43, and a median household income of $115,544 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 4.5% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $525 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,817. The area shows high bushfire risk and high crime risk. Walkability is low.

Is Mariginiup a good suburb?

Mariginiup scores a C (43/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on safety.

Transit

Some car dependence

Walkability 0/100 · 36.7 km · 36 min drive to Perth

Prices

Median available

Median $1.59M

Safety

High bushfire risk

Fire 74/100 · Crime 66/100 · Flood 0/100

Community

Very advantaged

SEIFA decile 9/10 · median age 43 · 876 residents

C

Liveability Rating

43 / 100 · Ranked #324 in WA

Each bar is Mariginiup's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
24
Bushfire High · Crime Moderate · Flood None
Socio-economic
76
Very advantaged
Walkability
10
Very car-dependent
CBD access
54
36.7 km · 36 min drive to Perth
How it's calculated: Safety rank 24 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 76 × 25% + Walkability rank 10 × 15% + CBD access rank 54 × 10% = 43 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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43 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Mariginiup's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.59 million, roughly 33% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses

$1,595,000

last 4 quarters

86% above its 5 neighbours (median $856,000)

↑ +33.3% year-on-year

Based on 26 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 7 sales $380K
  • 4 bed 12 sales $1.44M
  • 5 bed 5 sales $2.42M

Land

$1,100,000

↓ −65.7% year-on-year

Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Mariginiup are currently listed at around $1.99 million on average. Based on 3 houses listed in the past six months.

$1.99M

3 houses listed in the last 6 months.

3 of the suburb's 258 dwellings (1.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

2 active Airbnb listings: 1 whole home and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.4% 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

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Universities nearby

2.1% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.

Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.

Walkability

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

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
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 Mariginiup.

94
connectivity score / 100
Top 4% in WA
Most common
Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
79%
Premises covered
309
Technology mix
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 79%
Fibre to the curb (FTTC) 18%
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

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
1 in suburb
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
1 in suburb
Childcare
None
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Wanneroo: council population

The whole council area, not just Mariginiup · 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 suburb alone — this suburb'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
9/10
8/10 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
6/10
5/10 within WA
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Mariginiup is home to 876 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $116,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.7%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

876

4.5% since 2016

Median Age

43

4.4% since 2016

Median Household Income

$115,544/yr

8.4% since 2016
Top 19% in WA

Census Median Rent

$525/wk

5.0% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,817/mo

30.0% since 2016

Avg Household Size

3.1

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$39,676/yr

3.7% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

4.7%

21.7% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

6.6%

33.3% since 2016

Total Dwellings

258

2.0% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

90.9%

0.9% since 2016

Houses

97.3%

0.3% since 2016

Rental Stress

23.6%

3.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

29.3%

20.1% since 2016

Work From Home

18.5%

17.8% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 251 (97.3%)
Flats / Apartments 7 (2.7%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 117 (46.2%)
Owned Outright 113 (44.7%)
Renting 23 (9.1%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
62.9%
English Spoken at Home
84.2%
Employment Rate
62.5%
1.1% since 2016
Completed Year 12
39.3%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 105 (23.2%)
Managers 81 (17.9%)
Professionals 66 (14.6%)
Clerical & Administrative 50 (11.0%)
Community & Personal Service 42 (9.3%)
Labourers 40 (8.8%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 33 (7.3%)
Sales 32 (7.1%)

Religion

Christianity 451 (51.5%)
No Religion 328 (37.4%)
Buddhism 16 (1.8%)
Islam 7 (0.8%)
Judaism 5 (0.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 120 (13.7%)
South Africa 25 (2.9%)
Vietnam 15 (1.7%)
New Zealand 12 (1.4%)
Germany 11 (1.3%)
Italy 6 (0.7%)
Ireland 6 (0.7%)
China 5 (0.6%)

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 9 (1.0%)
2011-2015 16 (1.8%)
2001-2010 61 (7.0%)
1991-2000 32 (3.7%)
1981-1990 47 (5.4%)
Before 1981 94 (10.7%)

9 residents (1.0%) 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 (0.8%)
Polish 7 (0.8%)
Vietnamese 6 (0.7%)
Arabic 5 (0.6%)
German 5 (0.6%)

Age Distribution

0-4 36 (4.1%)
5-14 114 (13.0%)
15-19 63 (7.2%)
20-24 53 (6.1%)
25-34 76 (8.7%)
35-44 101 (11.5%)
45-54 103 (11.8%)
55-64 150 (17.1%)
65-74 124 (14.2%)
75-84 44 (5.0%)
85+ 5 (0.6%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 116 (64.1%)
Lone Person 24 (13.3%)
One Parent Families 22 (12.2%)
Group Household 12 (6.6%)
Other Families 7 (3.9%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 252 (67.6%)
Worked from Home 69 (18.5%)
Walked Only 19 (5.1%)
Car (passenger) 15 (4.0%)
Train 15 (4.0%)
Bus 3 (0.8%)

11% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (48 of 453).

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.

Local Jobs

People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.

About 131 people work here; 453 employed residents live here.

Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 55% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.

Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Education

Certificate III & IV 161 (18.4%)
Bachelor Degree 85 (9.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 53 (6.1%)
Postgraduate Degree 20 (2.3%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 14 (1.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 3 (1.2%)
1 car 19 (7.5%)
2 cars 72 (28.2%)
3 cars 76 (29.8%)
4+ cars 85 (33.3%)

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 Mariginiup · 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, 17.3 km

Moderate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
43 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
11.9 km
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 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

3 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.8%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.5 points this year

In postcode 6078, 8 of 987 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (18 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.6%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.00%
2023
0.31%
2024
0.31%
2025
0.81%

Rooftop solar

71
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 9.6 kW each

In postcode 6078, 217 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 306 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 14 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
20
2020
21
2021
27
2022
10
2023
7
2024
17
2025
7
2026
8

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
$8,319
Loan amount
$1,276,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,718,684
Deposit
$319,000
Stamp duty
$73,258
Cash needed at settlement
$392,258

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 suburb'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 suburb's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.

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Common questions about Mariginiup

Is Mariginiup a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Mariginiup is moderate (66/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Mariginiup?

Mariginiup has a high recorded bushfire history (74/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Mariginiup a good place to live?

Mariginiup has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (43/100), 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 Mariginiup?

Mariginiup, WA had a population of 876 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Mariginiup, WA?

The postcode for Mariginiup, WA is 6078.

How far is Mariginiup from Perth?

Mariginiup is 37 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 Mariginiup?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mariginiup was $115,544 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 Mariginiup?

There are too few current rental listings in Mariginiup for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $525, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Mariginiup?

The median age of residents in Mariginiup was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Mariginiup at risk of bushfire?

Mariginiup has a high recorded bushfire history (74/100). 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.

What is the weather like in Mariginiup?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mariginiup, Pearce RAAF (17.3 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 Mariginiup?

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 Mariginiup belong to?

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

How much are council rates in Mariginiup?

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 Mariginiup?

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 Mariginiup in?

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

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