Free market report · Data to July 2026
Shark Bay property market
Shark Bay 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.
Shark Bay is home to 1,194 people. On the Buyers First Momentum Dial its house market currently reads at Peak. The number that matters most here: population is compounding at +2.8% a year. People arriving is the rawest form of housing demand. Here's the rest of the picture, in plain numbers.
Houses · cycle position
Peak
The Shark Bay 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.
-14% to +22%
Modelled 12-month price range
0.0%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Not enough unit sales in Shark Bay for a reliable cycle reading. That's common outside the cities, and honest beats guessed.
At a glance · houses
$488,134
Typical house, August 2026
-0.5% a year since 2010
+1.4%
Growth a year, last 10 years
+5.3% a year over the last 5
$271
Rent a week
2.9% gross yield
11 of 15
Years prices fell since 2010
Worst: 2016, -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 Shark Bay on the clock.
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The numbers, explained
Shark Bay in charts.
The typical house in Shark Bay went from $527,039 in 2010 to $488,134 in August 2026. That is -7% in total, -0.5% 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 Shark Bay fell in 11 of the last 15 years
-7%
Since 2010
+1.4%
Per year, last 10 years
11 of 15
Years going backwards
-7.8%
Worst year (2016)
What this shows. How much the typical house price in Shark Bay 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
Shark Bay scores 18 out of 30. Mixed.
prices are rising as fast as they will this cycle, so the easy money has been made
11 of 15 years
3.2 new homes approved per 100 that exist
population growing 2.8% a year
1.4% unemployed, Australia 4.2%
a house costs 6.7 years of a local household's income
What this shows. Seven quick checks on Shark Bay, 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 · Shark Bay vs the 5 most similar councils in WA
Shark Bay has grown more slowly than similar councils over ten years
+5.3% vs +13.3%
A year, last 5 years
+1.4% vs +4.0%
A year, last 10 years
-0.3% vs +2.1%
A year, last 15 years
What this shows. The typical house price in Shark Bay every year, in teal, next to the middle of the five councils in WA closest to it in size and starting price: Coorow, Jerramungup, Goomalling, Cuballing, Chapman Valley. The small "vs" number in each tile is those councils.
Why it matters. Sometimes a slower market is catching up, sometimes it is being passed. The jobs and supply readings on this page tell you which.
Momentum · the last 36 months
Prices in Shark Bay are picking up speed right now
$485,005
3-month price, August 2026
+5.8%
3-month price vs 12-month price
34 vs 33
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
A lot of new homes are being built in Shark Bay
What this shows. For every 100 homes already in Shark Bay, how many new ones the council approved each year. The teal band is the range we call balanced.
Why it matters. Lots of new homes competing with the ones already here. Too much supply is the one thing that turns a strong market into a soft one, so we watch this closely. 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 Shark Bay costs 6.7 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. Stretched, which is where most of the country sits now. Growth from here leans on rising incomes and buyers coming in from outside the area. 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 Shark Bay is $271 a week, up 0.0% in a year
$271
A week, August 2026
0.0%
Change in the last year
n/a
A year, last 5 years
What this shows. What a typical house in Shark Bay rents for each week, month by month.
Why it matters. Rents are moving with inflation. Steady rather than tight.
Rental yield · a year of rent as a share of the price, Shark Bay vs similar councils
Rent covers 2.9% of the price each year in Shark Bay
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 4.0%. 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 Shark Bay.
The population has grown +2.8% a year over the last five years, which is quick by national standards. The growth is mostly people moving in from elsewhere in Australia, 58 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 43 and the median household brings in $1,187 a week (Census 2021). 35% of households rent, a deep tenant pool if you're buying to hold, and more investor competition when stock is tight.
Population · ABS estimates 2015 to 2025
Shark Bay is growing fast: 1,194 people, up +2.8% a year
1,194
People, 2025
+2.8% vs +1.5%
A year, last 5 years · typical WA council
+2.1%
A year, last 10 years
Why it matters. People arriving is the rawest form of housing demand. Every new household needs somewhere to live before anything else happens.
Where the growth came from · last 3 years
Most new residents chose Shark Bay on purpose: 58 moved in from elsewhere in Australia
Net change: +111 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
Shark Bay is about the same age as the typical WA council: median age 43
Shark Bay Typical WA council (middle of 103)
Why it matters. A mixed-age area has demand for most housing types, which makes it easier to sell to whoever the next buyer is.
Income and who owns the homes · Census 2021
Shark Bay is a renters' market: 35% of homes are rented, vs 24% in the typical WA council
Own or paying off Renting Other
Why it matters. Lots of renters means a deep tenant pool if you are buying to hold, and more investor competition when stock is tight.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
18 dwellings were approved in FY26, 15 of them houses. Approvals have been roughly steady year to year.
Homes approved · ABS, by financial year
A lot is being built in Shark Bay: 18 homes approved in FY26
Houses Units, townhouses and other
18
Homes approved, FY26
83%
Of them houses
3.2%
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. New homes compete with the ones already here. Too much supply is the one thing that turns a strong market soft, so this is the number we check first.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$683k of non-residential building was approved in Shark Bay in FY26
Government projects All non-residential
$683k
All sectors, FY26
$51k
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 Shark Bay.
Work here runs on hospitality (20% of jobs), ahead of mining and public administration. 71 more residents are in work than five years ago (+11.5%). That is strong jobs growth, and it usually shows up in housing demand with a lag. Unemployment sits at 1.4%, comfortably under the national 4.2%.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
71 more people in Shark Bay have a job than five years ago
686
Residents in work
1.4% vs 4.2%
Unemployed · Australia
+11.5%
Jobs change, 5 years
Shark Bay Australia
Why it matters. Strong jobs growth shows up in housing demand with a lag. People get the job first and buy the house a year or two later.
Who employs people here · Census 2021
Hospitality is the biggest employer in Shark Bay, 20% 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: Shark Bay sits in decile 5 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 Shark Bay worth buying into?
Put the drivers together and the case for Shark Bay is: a population that keeps growing, net internal migration in its favour, a job base that has expanded. 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 Shark Bay.
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All 16 suburbs and localities in Shark Bay
Carbla · Coburn · Denham · Dirk Hartog Island · Gilroyd · Hamelin Pool · Meadow · Nanga · Nerren Nerren · Shark Bay · Talisker · Tamala · Toolonga · Useless Loop · Woodleigh · Yalardy
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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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