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Perth.
Where the housing market sits.

Mining-economy proxy — undervalued during the 2014-2020 commodity downturn, sharply rerated as iron ore and lithium pricing recovered.

Updated 4m ago Latest data: 2026-04-01 ABS RPPI Perth · RBA · 2021 Census
City gauges
Affordability
1
Extreme — bottom decile
0 · Most expensive100 · Most affordable
Median price (AUD)
A$1,010,000
City-level median home price, source-specific (see below).
Median household income (AUD)
A$96,000
Most recent published metro-level median household income.
Mortgage payment burden
63.2%
30-year amortized payment at current AU rates as a share of median household income.
Momentum
42
Below average
0 · Cooling/declining100 · Running hot
Year-over-year price change
Latest available city-level YoY HPI delta.
Months of supply
Active listings divided by trailing-three-month sales pace.
Days on market
Median days from listing to under contract.
Regime · What the gauges say together

Transitional

Between regime quadrants — affordability and momentum mixed.

Between regime quadrants — affordability and momentum mixed.

Context
Real price growth (3-mo annualized)-0.2%
Headline mortgage rate6.4%
CPI year-over-year3.47%
Leading equity indicators (homebuilders/REITs)-9.8% avg vs 200-day MA · breadth 0/3
Data sources for Perth
  • ABS Residential Dwellings (RES_DWELL) — established house medians
  • ABS CPI
  • RBA tables F1.1 / F6

Full source documentation on /data-sources.

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