Vasse is a suburb in Western Australia, 232 km from Perth CBD, around 2 hours 40 minutes by car. Population is 2,853; the median age is 39 and the median household income is $94,120 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 15.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $420 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Vasse a good suburb?
Vasse scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on transit.
Mixed results
2 schools
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 232.3 km · 161 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $895K
Moderate crime risk
Fire 18/100 · Crime 46/100 · Flood 41/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 39 · 2,853 residents
Liveability Rating
38 / 100 · Ranked #375 in WAEach bar is Vasse'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.
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Our score
38 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataVasse's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $895,000, roughly 13% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$895,000
In line with its 4 neighbours (median $900,000)
Based on 137 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 16 days — median across 58 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 45 sales $857K
- 4 bed 80 sales $925K
Land
$382,201
Based on 51 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Vasse are currently listed at around $1.1 million on average. Based on 27 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.1M
27 houses listed in the last 6 months.
29 of the suburb's 922 dwellings (3.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Vasse rent for around $900 a week on average, based on 28 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$900/wk
28 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
28 rentals advertised against an estimated 143 rented homes (19.6%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $865/wk
- 29 bonds
- +30% 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 202592 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6280.
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$900/week ($47,000 a year) on a $1.1 million 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
13 active Airbnb listings: 10 whole homes and 3 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.0% 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 Vasse, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,912 students across 2 schools (avg 956)
- • ICSEA 997-1023, median 1010 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Cape Naturaliste College (1,168 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Vasse is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.
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.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Vasse.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 5.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 3.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 3.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 11.4 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 Vasse.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 54%
- Premises covered
- 1,033
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
Busselton: 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 9 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.
Vasse is home to about 2,900 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,853
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$94,120/yr
Census Median Rent
$420/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.9
Median Personal Income
$40,456/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
9.7%
Total Dwellings
922
Owner-Occupier Rate
84.5%
Houses
98.8%
Rental Stress
23.2%
Mortgage Stress
22.1%
Work From Home
8.4%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 92.0%
- Employment Rate
- 65.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 34.7%
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.
33 residents (1.2%) 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.
9.9% of residents (265) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth (241).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,681 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
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (25 of 1,400).
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 $3,028 a year through Busselton based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Busselton
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.
Climate & Setting
from Busselton Shire, 8.0 kmModerate rainfall.
- Elevation
- 18 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 4.0 km
- 4.3 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 624 mm
- 68 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
1 facility within 5 km- 4.9 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Ammonia (total) · Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus
EV adoption
In postcode 6280, 110 of 29,019 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.5% (739 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6280, 8,058 rooftop-solar systems totalling 47.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 13,930 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 535 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 this suburb, 10 across postcode 6280.
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 $895,000 this is $95,000 above 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 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.
Looking at a specific address in Vasse?
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- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 2,853 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Featured in
- #1 in Busselton's highest-income suburbs
- #1 in Busselton suburbs with the largest non-religious population
- #1 in Busselton suburbs where young families live
- #2 in Highest-yielding Busselton suburbs (houses)
- #2 in Busselton's most owner-occupied suburbs
- #3 in Best Busselton suburbs for first-home buyers (houses)
- #3 in Busselton suburbs with the best NBN connectivity
- #4 in Best Busselton suburbs to rent in
- #4 in Busselton suburbs that added the most residents, 2016-2021
- #5 in Busselton suburbs where the most homes are owned outright
- #5 in Busselton suburbs where seniors live
- #6 in Busselton suburbs that grew fastest, 2016-2021
- #6 in Busselton's most educated suburbs
- #6 in The most liveable suburbs in Busselton
- #6 in The safest suburbs in Busselton
- #7 in Busselton suburbs where the most residents moved from a capital city
- #7 in Busselton suburbs with the best public transport
- #10 in Busselton suburbs with the deepest rental markets
- #11 in Busselton suburbs that suit young professionals
- #12 in Most walkable suburbs in Busselton
Nearby suburbs
West Busselton WA 6280
Broadwater WA 6280
Abbey WA 6280
Kealy WA 6280
Ambergate WA 6280
Bovell WA 6280
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Common questions about Vasse
Is Vasse a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Vasse is moderate (46/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Vasse?
Vasse has a low recorded bushfire history (18/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). Flood overlays cover a moderate share of it (41/100). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Vasse a good place to live?
Vasse 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 Vasse?
Vasse, WA had a population of 2,853 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Vasse, WA?
The postcode for Vasse, WA is 6280.
How far is Vasse from Perth?
Vasse is 232 km from Perth CBD by road, about 161 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Vasse?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Vasse was $94,120 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 Vasse?
The median advertised rent in Vasse is $900 a week for houses (28 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Vasse?
The median age of residents in Vasse was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Vasse at risk of bushfire?
Vasse has a low recorded bushfire history (18/100). 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 Vasse?
There are 2 schools inside the Vasse boundary: 1 at and 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 Vasse?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Vasse, Busselton Shire (8 km away), 624 mm of rain a year over 68 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Vasse?
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 Vasse belong to?
Vasse sits within the Busselton local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Vasse?
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 Vasse?
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 Vasse in?
Vasse 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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