Free market report · Data to July 2026
Corrigin property market
Corrigin is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Momentum Dial, our 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.
Corrigin is home to 1,052 people. On the Buyers First Momentum Dial its house market currently reads at Peak. Here's the rest of the picture, in plain numbers.
Houses · cycle position
Peak
The Corrigin house 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.
-6% to +31%
Modelled 12-month price range
-0.2%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Corrigin for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
At a glance · houses
$414,026
Typical house, August 2026
+2.8% a year since 2010
+7.2%
Growth a year, last 10 years
+16.9% a year over the last 5
$259
Rent a week
3.3% gross yield
10 of 15
Years prices fell since 2010
Worst: 2015, -8%
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. Cycle data and projections sourced from HtAG Analytics. See Corrigin on the clock.
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The numbers, explained
Corrigin in charts.
The typical house in Corrigin went from $260,118 in 2010 to $414,026 in August 2026. That is +59% in total, +2.8% a year. It went backwards 10 years in a row at one point. Any market can have a bad year. The ones that stack them are the ones that hurt, and this is the number we weigh most.
Houses · price change each year · 2011 to 2026
Prices in Corrigin fell in 10 of the last 15 years
+59%
Since 2010
+7.2%
Per year, last 10 years
10 of 15
Years going backwards
-7.9%
Worst year (2015)
What this shows. How much the typical house price in Corrigin went up or down each year. Teal bars are up years, red bars are down years, and the faded bar is this year so far.
Why it matters. The size of a good year matters less than how many bad years there were and whether they came in a row. Boring? Absolutely. But the length of the down stretch is what decides whether you get out the other side. Typical price at December each year, data from HtAG Analytics.
You don't need to know property to read this. Every chart below opens with the point in one line, then says what it shows and why we care. Teal is a good sign, amber is okay, red means watch it.
The scorecard · 6 things we check
Corrigin scores 17 out of 30. Mixed.
prices are rising as fast as they will this cycle, so the easy money has been made
10 of 15 years
1.1 new homes approved per 100 that exist
population growing 0.1% a year
4.4% unemployed, Australia 4.2%
a house costs 4.8 years of a local household's income
What this shows. Seven quick checks on Corrigin, each scored out of five. Five is the reading we most want to see.
Why it matters. No single number tells you whether an area is a good buy. Together they show whether the pieces line up. These are bands, not rules: a council outside a band can still be the right buy for the right person, and one inside every band can still be wrong for you.
House prices since 2010 · Corrigin vs the 5 most similar councils in WA
Corrigin has outgrown similar councils over ten years
+16.9% vs +7.9%
A year, last 5 years
+7.2% vs +3.5%
A year, last 10 years
+2.9% vs +2.4%
A year, last 15 years
What this shows. The typical house price in Corrigin every year, in teal, next to the middle of the five councils in WA closest to it in size and starting price: Bruce Rock, Williams, Goomalling, Pingelly, Cuballing. The small "vs" number in each tile is those councils.
Why it matters. Beating its peers over a whole decade is worth more than any single hot year. It usually means something real is pulling people here.
Momentum · the last 36 months
Prices in Corrigin are picking up speed right now
$406,443
3-month price, August 2026
+15.0%
3-month price vs 12-month price
48 vs 45
Houses sold, last 12 months vs the 12 before
What this shows. Two versions of the same price. The dotted teal line averages the last three months, so it reacts fast. The grey line averages the last twelve, so it moves slowly. The bars are how many houses sold each month.
Why it matters. The last three months are running ahead of the last twelve. That is what speeding up looks like before it shows in the yearly number.
New homes · approvals as a share of all the homes here
Not many new homes are being built in Corrigin
What this shows. For every 100 homes already in Corrigin, how many new ones the council approved each year. The teal band is the range we call balanced.
Why it matters. Fewer new homes means the ones that exist stay in demand. It can also mean building here is hard or slow, which cuts the same way. The home count is the population divided by the average household size, so treat the rate as a guide rather than a census.
Affordability · house price in years of local household income
A house in Corrigin costs 4.8 years of a local family's income
What this shows. Take the typical house price and divide it by what a typical household here earns in a year. A bar of 7 means seven years of the whole household's income buys one house.
Why it matters. Affordable by Australian standards. There is room for prices to move before the locals get priced out, and locals are the steadiest buyers a market has. Income is the 2021 Census figure carried forward at 3.5% a year, so it is an estimate, not a measurement.
Rents · typical weekly house rent, last 36 months
Rent in Corrigin is $259 a week, down 0.4% in a year
$259
A week, August 2026
-0.4%
Change in the last year
n/a
A year, last 5 years
What this shows. What a typical house in Corrigin rents for each week, month by month.
Why it matters. Rents going backwards means tenants have choices. That is fine for renters and a warning for anyone buying to rent out.
Rental yield · a year of rent as a share of the price, Corrigin vs similar councils
Rent covers 3.3% of the price each year in Corrigin
What this shows. Yield is simple: a whole year of rent divided by the house price. A $500,000 house renting for $500 a week earns $26,000 a year, which is a 5.2% yield.
Why it matters. Lower than similar councils, which are around 4.3%. Prices have run ahead of rents, so you are paying more of the loan yourself while you wait for growth. We don't buy on yield alone and we never set a yield cut-off; it is one piece of the picture, next to growth.
The people
Who lives in Corrigin.
Population growth has been close to flat over the last five years, +0.1% a year. The growth is mostly people moving in from elsewhere in Australia, 18 of them on net over the last three years. Internal migration is the strongest kind of housing demand, because those people chose here on purpose. The median age is 47 and the median household brings in $1,399 a week (Census 2021). 71% of households own or are paying off their home. Owner-occupier markets like this tend to hold their nerve through the cycle, because nobody is forced to sell an address they live at.
Population · ABS estimates 2015 to 2025
Corrigin has stopped growing: 1,052 people, +0.1% a year
1,052
People, 2025
+0.1% vs +1.5%
A year, last 5 years · typical WA council
-1.0%
A year, last 10 years
Why it matters. With few new arrivals, demand here comes from locals moving house, not from growth. Prices can still rise, but they lean on other drivers.
Where the growth came from · last 3 years
Most new residents chose Corrigin on purpose: 18 moved in from elsewhere in Australia
Net change: +28 people over three years.
What this shows. Three ways a place gains or loses people: babies born minus people who died, people who moved here from another part of Australia, and people who arrived from overseas. Bars to the right add people, bars to the left take them away.
Why it matters. People who move here from another part of Australia are the strongest kind of demand. They compared it with somewhere else and picked here.
Age and households · Census 2021
Corrigin is older than the typical WA council: median age 47 vs 42
Corrigin Typical WA council (middle of 103)
Why it matters. An older area leans on retirees and downsizers. Single-level homes near health services do best, and turnover tends to be lower.
Income and who owns the homes · Census 2021
Most homes in Corrigin are owner-occupied: 71% own or are paying off, 21% rent
Own or paying off Renting Other
Why it matters. Owner-occupier markets hold their nerve through the cycle, because nobody is forced to sell the address they live at.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
5 dwellings were approved in FY26, 5 of them houses. Approvals have been roughly steady year to year.
Homes approved · ABS, by financial year
Not much new is being built in Corrigin: 5 homes approved in FY26
Houses Units, townhouses and other
5
Homes approved, FY26
100%
Of them houses
1.1%
New homes per 100 that exist
What this shows. How many new homes the council approved each financial year, split into houses and everything else. Approved is not built, but it is the earliest warning of supply on the way.
Why it matters. When little gets built, the homes already here do not have much competition. Good for prices, as long as people keep arriving.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$513k of non-residential building was approved in Corrigin in FY26
Government projects All non-residential
$513k
All sectors, FY26
$0k
Government, FY26
$0k
Schools and health, last 3 years
What this shows. The dollar value of shops, offices, schools, hospitals and other non-home buildings approved each year. The darker bar is the government's share.
Why it matters. Governments build where they expect people. Schools and hospitals are the most honest signal they give about where families are heading. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report.
Jobs
Who's working in Corrigin.
Work here runs on agriculture (37% of jobs), ahead of retail trade and health care and social assistance. That first number deserves attention: when a quarter of the jobs sit in one industry, the property market inherits that industry's fortunes, good and bad. Unemployment tracks close to the national average at 4.4%. On the ABS advantage index this council ranks in the top 30% of the country, which you'll notice in the price tags.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
502 residents of Corrigin are in work
502
Residents in work
4.4% vs 4.2%
Unemployed · Australia
n/a
Jobs change, 5 years
Corrigin Australia
Why it matters. Employment is close to flat, so housing demand here leans on other drivers: lifestyle, retirees, or people commuting out.
Who employs people here · Census 2021
Agriculture is the biggest employer in Corrigin, 37% of jobs
What this shows. The five industries that employ the most residents, as a share of all jobs. The pill is the ABS advantage score: Corrigin sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally, where 10 is the most advantaged.
Why it matters. One industry carrying a fifth or more of the jobs is a concentration risk. If it wobbles, the whole town feels it.
The outlook
Is Corrigin worth buying into?
The strongest thing the data says for Corrigin is net internal migration in its favour. Against that, weigh heavy reliance on agriculture. None of this guarantees anything. It tells you where to look harder, which is what a report like this is for.
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Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Corrigin.
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All 8 suburbs and localities in Corrigin
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General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026, sourced from HtAG 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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