Kununurra

23.0% of Kununurra's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

1,194 family households lived in Kununurra; 39.7% were couple families and 19.3% were one-parent families.

46.4% of local families included children under 15. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Kununurra had 5,494 residents at the 2021 Census.

32.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.

19.4% were 55 or older. That is well below the Rest of WA average.

Separate houses made up 64.2% of occupied private dwellings in Kununurra.

Townhouses and other attached homes represented 14.0% of occupied private dwellings.

Flats and apartments accounted for 7.3% of occupied private dwellings.

15.4% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

19.3% were buying their home with a mortgage.

65.3% rented their home. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

The average household in Kununurra had 2.7 people.

One-person households made up 24.1% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

Two-person households represented 32.6%, while 26.3% had four or more usual residents.

3.9% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

62.7% drove a car as their only travel method. That is almost exactly typical for Rest of WA.

0.9% used only a train, tram or bus, while 11.6% walked or cycled.

10.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about twice the Rest of WA rate.

One-car households formed 34.4% of the total.

55.2% of households had two or more vehicles.

43.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 56.6% reported a different address.

14.7% of residents were born outside Australia. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.

70.0% of residents used only English at home.

12.1% used a language other than English at home.

0.6% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.3% spoke Cantonese and 0.1% spoke Hindi.

14.7% of Kununurra's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.3% was born in Australia.

0.3% of residents were born in China.

0.6% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 75.4%.

English ancestry accounted for 27.8% of ancestry responses in Kununurra.

Australian ancestry made up 28.3% of responses.

Chinese ancestry represented 1.4% of responses.

20.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.

Managers accounted for 15.4% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.9%.

Health care and social assistance employed 17.3% of workers, and education and training employed 10.8%.

The labour-force participation rate was 63.3%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.

43.9% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 13.1% worked part time.

Unemployment was 3.1%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.

60.6% reported no selected long-term health condition.

4.2% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.

5.2% reported asthma, 3.6% arthritis and 3.3% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.

19.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.

Postgraduate degrees accounted for 4.9% of qualification responses.

Diploma-level qualifications represented 10.8%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 29.1%.

Median household income was $2,091 per week in the 2021 Census.

The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $2,019.

Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $266 per week.

Working from home was 3.9% in Kununurra, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.

Outright ownership was 15.4% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.

Renting accounted for 65.3% in Kununurra, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.