Moora tops list of 12 most affordable WA locations

Moora, in Midland WA is the state’s most affordable location, according to RP Data figures.

Median houses prices in the suburb, two hours north of Perth, is $193,637.

In the last 12 months there have been 25 sales in the town. There are currently a number of properties up for grabs.

A two-bedroom cedarwood bungalow at 11 Gardiner Street is listed for sale at $159,950. Agent Laurie Armstrong bills the property as an “investor's delight”.

The house comes on 506 square metres and has two street frontages. It is in the southern edges of the town.

A little bit closer to the centre of town at 80 Gardiner Street is a two-bedroom timber bungalow with an iron roof listed at $145,000 by the same agent.

Armstrong bills the property as being “right on for the first home buyer”. It comes on 1,012 square metres with a shed.

In a higher price bracket, lot 205 Riley Road is listed at more than $390,000. The four-bedroom, two-bathroom home comes on two hectares.

Agent Jason Greay lists the property as being in a quiet area of town close to the Moora Race Club, the local horse racing area.

The property comes with numerous horse related extras.

The wheatbelt town suffered from significant floods in 1999 when cyclone Elaine caused the Moore River to break its banks. This was followed by heavy rainfalls later in the year, which caused a second flood.

At last count the population of the town was 4,642 people, according the 2011 ABS census. There are 2,264 private dwellings. The population is slightly older than the rest of WA, and relatively few are university educated.

The second most affordable suburb in WA is Katanning, 250 kilometres south-east of Perth and then Kambalda West, in Coolgardie.

Just two Perth suburbs feature on the list, Brookdale and Orelia, both on the outer fringes. 

Source: RP Data