Average rent in Katanning, WA — 2026

Katanning sits below the Western Australia median, with the typical renter paying $200/week — 41% less than the state-wide $337/week baseline (ABS Census 2021). The suburb skews owner-occupied: 65% own outright or with a mortgage, and only 28% rent. Housing stock is dominated by separate houses (92%), with limited high-density development. Population sits at 4,512, the median age is 40, and the most common occupation is Labourers. 20% of residents were born overseas. Katanning is 236km 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outside the inner-ring rent pressure zone — though state-level rent indices show the 2021 baseline is now meaningfully out of date.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.