Free market report · Data to July 2026
Northampton property market
Northampton is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Slowing
The Northampton house market is still growing, but the pace has come off its fastest point. Slowing markets often keep rising for years, just less quickly.
-3% to +18%
Modelled 12-month price range
+0.4%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Peak
The unit market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.
-12% to +22%
Modelled 12-month price range
0.0%
Modelled 12-month rent change
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Northampton on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Northampton.
Population · ABS estimates
3,459
People (2025)
+1.1%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.
Households · Census 2021
53
Median age
$1,110
Median household income per week
71% own or are paying off their home, 20% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
31 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are roughly steady year to year.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
1,630
Employed residents
3.8%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
18 more residents are in work than five years ago (+1.1%). Employment is close to flat, so housing demand leans on other drivers.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$3m
All sectors, FY26
$2m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $991k | $2m |
| FY25 | $1m | $3m |
| FY26 | $2m | $3m |
Public building spend here is trending up. Governments build where they expect people. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Northampton.
All 18 suburbs and localities in Northampton
Ajana · Alma · Binnu · Bowes · Coolcalalaya · East Bowes · Eurardy · Gregory · Horrocks · Isseka · Kalbarri · Kalbarri National Park · Northampton · Ogilvie · Sandy Gully · West Binnu · Yallabatharra · Zuytdorp
Free · Pulled together by hand
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General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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