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31 Charles St, Northam WA 6401

House

$515,000

Last sold

21 Oct 2025

3

Bedrooms

1

Bathrooms

1

Car spaces

547 m²

Land

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Districts View

What should you know about this lot before spending serious money?

Why this property?

  • FactLast recorded sale $515,000 (21 Oct 2025).(Recorded sale)
  • FactLand 547 m²; no building size recorded.(Property record)
  • CalculationRecorded House sales in Northam (last 5 years) with land size: median $523/m² of land (n=110). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.(Districts recorded sales)

What could make it worth more?

No upside evidence detected in the data Districts holds for this lot.

What could make it worth less?

No detected risks — but see the checklist: absence of evidence is not an all-clear.

What should you verify next?

  1. 1Official planning layers are still retrieving for this parcel — check back before relying on zoning or overlay absence.
  2. 2No hazard layer has been retrieved — confirm flood, bushfire and heritage exposure from council mapping before an offer.

Each line above is labelled. A fact is quoted from the named source, with its date. A calculation is worked out by Districts from those facts — you can check the arithmetic. An interpretation is Districts' opinion of what the evidence means, not a fact, a valuation, or advice. Anything we haven't retrieved yet is marked as missing rather than treated as a pass.

Price evidence

What this lot has actually traded at

Last sold

$515,000

21 Oct 2025 · derived via latest_sale

Sources disagree on the sale price. All recorded figures are shown in the history below — Districts does not pick a winner.

Local land rate: recorded House sales in Northam (last 5 years) with land size have a median of $523/m² of land (n=110). Districts calculation from recorded sales — not a valuation.

Northam at a glance

7,634

People

$520,000

Median sale

$510/wk

Median rent

5.10%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 108 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Northam report →

Vs Northam

-1.0%

Median sale

Suburb $520,000

+0.05 pp

Gross yield

Suburb 5.10%

Suburb median $520,000 from 108 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation, not a portal figure.

Planning

Planning and development

Planning data is being calculated

Development activity

Data unavailable

Source

  • Provider: unavailable
  • Dataset: unavailable
  • Retrieved: not yet retrieved
  • Version: planning-v1

Planning facts are copied from official government GIS where available. Where an official property PDF exists (VicPlan, PlanBuild), Districts stores and serves that original document. Neither is a planning certificate, survey, or advice.

Site

Terrain

Terrain has not been calculated for this property yet.

Slope is calculated on a projected metric grid from a public DEM clip of the official parcel. This is not a survey, engineering, or insurance assessment.

Flood, bushfire and heritage

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Flood

Not retrieved

Flood exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Bushfire

Not retrieved

Bushfire exposure has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Heritage

Not retrieved

Heritage listing has not been retrieved from any source for this property yet. Unknown is not the same as clear.

Records

Property history

2025$310k$515k
  • Sold (recorded)
  1. Sold$515,00021 Oct 2025
  2. Listedprice unknowncompleted20 Aug 2025
  3. Sold$310,00017 Apr 2025
  4. Listedprice unknowncompleted20 Jan 2025

Events are recorded observations from public listings, kept with their source and date. Missing values are shown as unknown, never estimated.

Capital growth

WA

Why this lot, not just this suburb

Why could this property outperform?

WA full cadastre is not free for commercial use. Lot optionality cannot be computed from official geometry. Listed land size is 547 m² — that is not official geometry. A suburb median or growth rate is not a reason this particular lot would outperform. Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

What could kill that thesis?

Confidence: low

Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.” Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property.

Rental

Income, competition, and yield

What will it realistically rent for?

Confidence: low

No advertised rent is recorded. Suburb median rent $510/week — not this address. An inferred likely-rent range is not shown until official bond series are loaded for this dwelling type and bedrooms.

What competition will it face?

Current comparable rental listings within 400 m of this lot are not loaded. Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property. Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded. Suburb vacancy or leased-tape days are not this property’s competition.

What does the yield actually look like?

Confidence: low

Yield cannot be shown without both a price and a rent figure. Net yield is not estimated from gross advertising copy. Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Verdict

What this means for this property

Districts view

Not enough official evidence yet to underwrite this as an investment.

Detail

The same ten questions apply to every property. Missing flood, nearby DAs, achieved rents, or lot geometry is unknown — not “no.”

Read more

Do not treat a suburb median, an advertised yield, or a listing score as the case for this lot.

The evidence loaded so far isn't enough on its own to change a buy, offer, or walk-away decision for this property.

Evidence

What is known for this property

Districts asks the same ten questions of every property. If one shows as unknown, that data isn't published for this state or hasn't been loaded yet — the question stays visible so you can see exactly what's missing.

1 of 10 questions answered so far

  • Development optionality of this lot

    Unknown

    WA full cadastre is not free for commercial use. Lot optionality cannot be computed from official geometry. Listed land size is 547 m² — that is not official geometry.

  • Nearby development pipeline

    Unknown

    Nearby development applications are not loaded for this property.

  • Honest achievable rent

    Knownlow

    This is not “bond data says this address leases for $X.” The comparable figure is a suburb advertised/median rent, not this property. Official bond files (postcode or suburb × type × bedrooms) are not loaded yet.

  • Rental supply pressure

    Unknown

    Supply pressure needs comparable listings near this lot plus a nearby DA pipeline. Neither is loaded.

  • Why is this cheap?

    Unknown

    The constraint stack has not been retrieved for this lot, so Districts cannot explain a discount versus land size.

  • Lot-level flood

    Unknown

    Official flood overlay has not been retrieved (pending). Missing layer is unknown, not “no.”

  • Catalyst exposure

    Unknown

    Funded catalyst catchments are not loaded. A TOD badge is not this product.

  • This lot's DA history

    Unknown

    Development applications have not been queried for this parcel.

  • Statutory land value versus ask

    Unknown

    Statutory land value is not available as free bulk data in this jurisdiction. Do not fake it with a suburb median.

  • Net yield / holding costs

    Unknown

    Net yield / holding costs are not estimated outside NSW without inventing land tax.

Area

Northam in one glance

Northam at a glance

7,634

People

$520,000

Median sale

$510/wk

Median rent

5.10%

Suburb gross yield

Median sale from 108 recorded sales (last 12 months) — a Districts calculation.

See the full Northam report →

Keep researching

  • Why Northam? Read the area thesis →
  • What else is on the market in Northam →
  • Other records on Charles St →

Listing material

Listed by Gilmour Property Group WA

Charming Cottage built in 1910

A gate in the picket fence welcomes you to this original three bedroom weatherboard cottage. The home is set on a 547sqm well fenced block, that is within walking distance to the main shopping area of the town. Whilst a lot of hard work has gone into the renovations, there are still a few things to finish and the back yard is mostly a blank canvas, so you can still add your stamp to this spacious home.

Features of the home include: High ceilings and traditional wide central hallway that leads to living areas. Feature pressed tin ceilings in several rooms. King sized bedroom one and two, Queen sized bedroom three. Generous family dining area with French doors, central lounge. The kitchen area has been stripped out and is ready to fit a new kitchen (Bunnings have a Northam outlet). Neat central bathroom. For your year round comfort, there is ducted evaporative air conditioning, a slow combustion heater and there are solar panels to help with the electricity bills.

At the rear of the home is a large patio, good color bond fencing, a few small sheds, one has power. To the side of the house you have a secure carport and room for another car to park as well.

Read the full description

Northam has three supermarkets, speciality stores, Bunnings, restaurants, hospital, train service to Perth and much more. This might just be the ideal place for you to live on an affordable budget.

> Original 1910 Weatherboard 3x1 Cottage

> Well fenced secure 547sqm block

> Mostly renovated

> Solar Panels, Air conditioning

> Traditional High ceilings & central Hall

> Garden sheds and Carport

> Walk to Main street, shops & restaurants

> The property is being sold in as is where is condition

Listing description written by Jo Hallam, Gilmour Property Group WA — reproduced as published, not verified by Districts.

Property features

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