Average rent in Cooloongup, WA — 2026

Cooloongup sits below the Western Australia median, with the typical renter paying $300/week — 11% less than the state-wide $337/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 72% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 25% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (93%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 8,503, the median age is 42, and the most common occupation is Technicians and Trades Workers. 29% of residents were born overseas. Cooloongup is 39km from Perth, often putting it outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date. Your reported figure above gives the live read; the Census number anchors the historical baseline.