Quedjinup WA 6281

Located in Western Australia, Quedjinup sits 252 km from Perth CBD, around 2 hours 50 minutes by car. The suburb has 420 residents, a median age of 48, and a median household income of $108,576 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 2.9% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $400 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. The area shows no recorded flood exposure. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Quedjinup sits at $1.98 million, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only six sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$1,975,000

Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

87 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 34% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6281.

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.

Short-Stay Rentals

30 active Airbnb listings: 29 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 12.4% 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

Two schools serve Quedjinup, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.

38
out of 100
Weak
2 schools in this suburb
1 below similar · 1 unrated
  • • 48 students in one school (avg 48)
  • • Largest: Dunsborough Christian College (48 students)

Primary

Dunsborough Christian College (closed sub-campus)
Independent

Combined

Independent · PP-8 · 48 students
ICSEA 1028 (higher than 59% of Australian schools) · 16% top-SEA students
Below similar

Walkability

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

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 11% 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 Quedjinup.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
256
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

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 suburb boundary.

Busselton: council population

The whole council area, not just Quedjinup · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
46,184
+2.2% in a year
Change
+995
people since 2024
Density
32
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+70
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+657
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+268
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
10/10
10/10 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
9/10
9/10 within WA
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Quedjinup is home to 420 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $109,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

420

2.9% since 2016

Median Age

48

11.6% since 2016

Median Household Income

$108,576/yr

18.5% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$400/wk

23.1% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,167/mo

14.1% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

3.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$44,512/yr

10.6% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

60.1%

27.2% since 2016

Total Dwellings

148

28.7% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

89.0%

1.5% since 2016

Houses

97.3%

0.8% since 2016

Rental Stress

19.2%

4.3% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

24.0%

3.6% since 2016

Work From Home

23.8%

48.8% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 144 (97.3%)
Flats / Apartments 4 (2.7%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 67 (45.9%)
Owned Outright 63 (43.2%)
Renting 16 (11.0%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
78.6%
English Spoken at Home
94.0%
Employment Rate
57.3%
4.8% since 2016
Completed Year 12
53.6%

Occupations

Professionals 57 (29.5%)
Technicians & Trades 37 (19.2%)
Managers 24 (12.4%)
Labourers 24 (12.4%)
Community & Personal Service 21 (10.9%)
Clerical & Administrative 20 (10.4%)
Sales 11 (5.7%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 7 (3.6%)

Religion

No Religion 226 (53.8%)
Christianity 165 (39.3%)
Buddhism 4 (1.0%)
Judaism 4 (1.0%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 24 (5.7%)
New Zealand 4 (1.0%)
South Africa 4 (1.0%)
Germany 4 (1.0%)
Scotland 3 (0.7%)
Japan 3 (0.7%)
Ireland 3 (0.7%)
Netherlands 3 (0.7%)

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 0 (0.0%)
2011-2015 5 (1.2%)
2001-2010 8 (1.9%)
1991-2000 9 (2.1%)
1981-1990 11 (2.6%)
Before 1981 43 (10.2%)

0 residents (0.0%) 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.

German 4 (1.0%)

Age Distribution

0-4 18 (4.3%)
5-14 63 (15.0%)
15-19 24 (5.7%)
20-24 12 (2.9%)
25-34 20 (4.8%)
35-44 47 (11.2%)
45-54 59 (14.0%)
55-64 72 (17.1%)
65-74 65 (15.5%)
75-84 34 (8.1%)
85+ 3 (0.7%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 59 (71.1%)
Lone Person 18 (21.7%)
One Parent Families 3 (3.6%)
Group Household 3 (3.6%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 105 (69.5%)
Worked from Home 36 (23.8%)
Walked Only 6 (4.0%)
Car (passenger) 4 (2.6%)

2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (3 of 193).

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

Bachelor Degree 74 (17.6%)
Certificate III & IV 70 (16.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 40 (9.5%)
Postgraduate Degree 23 (5.5%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 20 (4.8%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 19 (12.8%)
2 cars 58 (39.2%)
3 cars 47 (31.8%)
4+ cars 18 (12.2%)

Council Rates

Busselton
FY 2023-24

Households face an average residential rates bill of $3,028 a year through Busselton based on 2023 figures.

Avg residential rate
$3,028/yr
Valuation basis
Gross Rental Value / Unimproved Value
GRV for urban, UV for rural/mining

Building Approvals: Busselton

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

In the year to August 2026, 440 new dwellings were approved across Busselton. That mix is 421 houses and 19 units. Approvals are up 9.1% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
440dwellings
+9.1% YoY
Houses
421
detached dwellings
Units
19
townhouses + apartments

Climate & Setting

from Cape Naturaliste, 12.3 km

Moderate rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
112 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
3.4 km
Annual rainfall
669 mm
94 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
27.0°C
3 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
11.1°C
0 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

2 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.7%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.07% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 6281, 62 of 8,644 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.9% (252 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.6%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.07%
2022
0.12%
2023
0.32%
2024
0.55%
2025
0.72%

Rooftop solar

48
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.3 kW each

In postcode 6281, 2,471 rooftop-solar systems totalling 15.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,112 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
147
2020
239
2021
245
2022
233
2023
183
2024
233
2025
119
2026
75

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
$10,300
Loan amount
$1,580,000
Total interest over 30 years
$2,128,150

13 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 6281.

Deposit
$395,000
Stamp duty
$92,828
Cash needed at settlement
$487,828

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 Forrest

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

Vasse District

Currently held by Libby Mettam Liberal Party

Next state election: 10 March 2029.

Year Winner Won with
2025 Libby Mettam LP 63.4%
2021 Libby Mettam LP 54.3%
2017 Libby Mettam LP 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.

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Common questions about Quedjinup

Is Quedjinup a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Quedjinup is low (14/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Quedjinup?

Quedjinup has a low recorded bushfire history (24/100, 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.

What is the population of Quedjinup?

Quedjinup, WA had a population of 420 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Quedjinup, WA?

The postcode for Quedjinup, WA is 6281.

How far is Quedjinup from Perth?

Quedjinup is 252 km from Perth CBD by road, about 172 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Quedjinup?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Quedjinup was $108,576 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 Quedjinup?

There are too few current rental listings in Quedjinup for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $400, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Quedjinup?

The median age of residents in Quedjinup was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Quedjinup at risk of bushfire?

Quedjinup has a low recorded bushfire history (24/100). 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 Quedjinup?

There are 2 schools inside the Quedjinup boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

What is the weather like in Quedjinup?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Quedjinup, Cape Naturaliste (12.3 km away), summer days average 27°C, winter nights 11.1°C, 669 mm of rain a year over 94 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Quedjinup?

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 Quedjinup belong to?

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

How much are council rates in Quedjinup?

The average residential rates bill through Busselton is $3,028 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Quedjinup?

Across Busselton, 440 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 9.1% 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 Quedjinup in?

Quedjinup sits within the federal Division of Forrest, currently held by Ben Small (Liberal).

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