Kookynie vs Laverton

Laverton is the younger of the two, with a median age of 37 against 41 in Kookynie. In both, the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Kookynie, the large majority of households own their home. In Laverton, most households rent and about half of households are people living alone.

Which one suits you?

There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.

Families with school-age kids

Kookynie

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • has more separate houses rather than flats (200% vs 83%)
  • carries lower crime risk (62/100 vs 96/100)
  • But Laverton has more schools inside the suburb (3 vs 0)

Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, and childcare.

Renters

Kookynie

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $95/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Kookynie

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • sits closer to the CBD (860.7 km vs 968.4 km)
  • has a shorter drive in (636 min vs 672 min)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Kookynie

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • has more residents already 65 and over (18% vs 6%)
  • carries lower crime risk (62/100 vs 96/100)

Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.

Investors

Kookynie

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (135.7% vs 4.1%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Kookynie and Laverton drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.

Kookynie Laverton
Hides rows where both suburbs match

Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.

Side by side, out of 100

Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.

Kookynie Laverton
Walkability 0 / 0
Kookynie — Walkability: 0/100 Laverton — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 38 / 4
Kookynie — Safety: 38/100 Laverton — Safety: 4/100
Low fire risk 52 / 36
Kookynie — Low fire risk: 52/100 Laverton — Low fire risk: 36/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Kookynie — Low flood risk: 100/100 Laverton — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Laverton rents higher ($95/wk vs $0/wk); Laverton has more residents (907 vs 99).

Kookynie Laverton
Population 99 907
+816% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +135.7% +4.1%
Median age 41 37
Median household income $68,224/yr
+16% vs other
 $57,044/yr
Median weekly rent — $95/wk
(not reported on the other side)

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kookynie Laverton
0-4 — / 3.9%
Kookynie — 0-4: not among its largest Laverton — 0-4: 3.9%
5-14 3.0% / 8.3%
Kookynie — 5-14: 3.0% Laverton — 5-14: 8.3%
15-19 — / 4.1%
Kookynie — 15-19: not among its largest Laverton — 15-19: 4.1%
20-24 6.1% / 6.4%
Kookynie — 20-24: 6.1% Laverton — 20-24: 6.4%
25-34 22.2% / 22.9%
Kookynie — 25-34: 22.2% Laverton — 25-34: 22.9%
35-44 22.2% / 14.7%
Kookynie — 35-44: 22.2% Laverton — 35-44: 14.7%
45-54 19.2% / 16.0%
Kookynie — 45-54: 19.2% Laverton — 45-54: 16.0%
55-64 14.1% / 17.0%
Kookynie — 55-64: 14.1% Laverton — 55-64: 17.0%
65-74 11.1% / 4.7%
Kookynie — 65-74: 11.1% Laverton — 65-74: 4.7%
75-84 7.1% / 1.0%
Kookynie — 75-84: 7.1% Laverton — 75-84: 1.0%
85+ — / 0.6%
Kookynie — 85+: not among its largest Laverton — 85+: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.9%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Kookynie 0.0% renting
Kookynie — Owned Outright: 100.0% Kookynie — Mortgage: 0.0% Kookynie — Renting: 0.0%
Laverton 65.8% renting
Laverton — Owned Outright: 22.2% Laverton — Mortgage: 12.0% Laverton — Renting: 65.8%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kookynie 200.0% houses
Kookynie — Houses: 200.0% Kookynie — Townhouses: 0.0% Kookynie — Flats / Apartments: 0.0%
Laverton 83.0% houses
Laverton — Houses: 83.0% Laverton — Townhouses: 12.2% Laverton — Flats / Apartments: 4.8%
Houses Townhouses Flats / Apartments

Where residents were born

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.

Kookynie Laverton
New Zealand 10.1% / 6.1%
Kookynie — New Zealand: 10.1% Laverton — New Zealand: 6.1%
England 6.1% / 2.5%
Kookynie — England: 6.1% Laverton — England: 2.5%
Philippines 3.0% / 1.1%
Kookynie — Philippines: 3.0% Laverton — Philippines: 1.1%
South Africa — / 1.2%
Kookynie — South Africa: not among its largest Laverton — South Africa: 1.2%
Malaysia — / 0.6%
Kookynie — Malaysia: not among its largest Laverton — Malaysia: 0.6%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (10.1%).

Qualifications

Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.

Kookynie Laverton
Certificate III & IV 24.2% / 11.0%
Kookynie — Certificate III & IV: 24.2% Laverton — Certificate III & IV: 11.0%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.1% / 3.3%
Kookynie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1% Laverton — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 3.3%
Bachelor Degree 3.0% / 5.2%
Kookynie — Bachelor Degree: 3.0% Laverton — Bachelor Degree: 5.2%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.7%
Kookynie — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Laverton — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.7%
Postgraduate Degree — / 0.3%
Kookynie — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Laverton — Postgraduate Degree: 0.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (24.2%).

Property market

Kookynie Laverton
Median house price — $165,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $17,500
Typical days to sell (houses) — 16 days
from 3 sales

Ranking within WA

Kookynie Laverton
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 26% of WA Higher than 14% of WA
Schools — Higher than 65% of WA
Walkability Higher than 42% of WA Higher than 20% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 25% of WA Higher than 12% of WA

Liveability

Kookynie Laverton
Grade — D
Score — 23/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
same for both

Risk profile

Laverton carries more crime risk (96 vs 62); Laverton carries more bushfire risk (64 vs 48).

Kookynie Laverton
Bushfire Moderate
48/100
 Moderate
64/100
Crime Moderate
62/100
 High
96/100
Flood None
0/100
same for both
Coastal erosion None
0/100
same for both
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Kookynie Laverton
Inside the suburb 0 3
Rated above peers 0 1
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Kookynie

No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.

Schools in Laverton

  • Laverton School Government · Combined above peers
  • Laverton School - Mulga Queen Campus Government · Combined
  • Mount Margaret Remote Community School Government · Primary

Amenities in the suburb

Kookynie Laverton
Supermarkets 0 1
Parks & reserves 1 0
GPs 0 1
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Waterways 3 2

Mobility

Laverton sits further from the CBD (968.4 km vs 860.7 km).

Kookynie Laverton
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Perth 860.7 km 968.4 km
+13% vs other
Drive time (normal traffic) 636 min 672 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 6431
 0.0%
postcode 6440
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 6
postcode 6431
 12
postcode 6440

How people get to work

Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.

Kookynie Laverton
Car (driver) 40.5% / 45.4%
Kookynie — Car (driver): 40.5% Laverton — Car (driver): 45.4%
Car (passenger) 38.1% / 13.3%
Kookynie — Car (passenger): 38.1% Laverton — Car (passenger): 13.3%
Bus 21.4% / 21.7%
Kookynie — Bus: 21.4% Laverton — Bus: 21.7%
Walked Only — / 15.8%
Kookynie — Walked Only: not among its largest Laverton — Walked Only: 15.8%
Worked from Home — / 2.1%
Kookynie — Worked from Home: not among its largest Laverton — Worked from Home: 2.1%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (45.4%).

Setting

Kookynie Laverton
Elevation 364 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 478 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Kookynie Laverton
Connectivity score 15/100
same for both
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
22 premises
 0%
71 premises

Federal electorate

Kookynie Laverton
Division O'connor
same for both
Member Rick Wilson
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Kookynie Laverton
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Kookynie

Rural

Laverton

Affordable Multicultural Rural

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