Kookynie vs Leonora

In both, most homes are detached houses. In Kookynie, the large majority of households own their home. In Leonora, about half of 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 71%)
  • carries lower crime risk (62/100 vs 96/100)

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

Renters

Kookynie

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($0/wk vs $163/wk)

Weighs rent.

Commuting to the city

Leonora

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (575 min vs 636 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (843.5 km vs 860.7 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Kookynie

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • 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 -15.9%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

Kookynie and Leonora 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 Leonora
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 Leonora
Walkability 0 / 0
Kookynie — Walkability: 0/100 Leonora — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 38 / 4
Kookynie — Safety: 38/100 Leonora — Safety: 4/100
Low fire risk 52 / 100
Kookynie — Low fire risk: 52/100 Leonora — Low fire risk: 100/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Kookynie — Low flood risk: 100/100 Leonora — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Leonora rents higher ($163/wk vs $0/wk); Leonora has more residents (657 vs 99).

Kookynie Leonora
Population 99 657
+564% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +135.7% -15.9%
Median age 41 40
Median household income $68,224/yr $75,660/yr
+11% vs other
Median weekly rent — $163/wk
(not reported on the other side)

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Kookynie Leonora
0-4 — / 5.6%
Kookynie — 0-4: not among its largest Leonora — 0-4: 5.6%
5-14 3.0% / 9.4%
Kookynie — 5-14: 3.0% Leonora — 5-14: 9.4%
15-19 — / 4.6%
Kookynie — 15-19: not among its largest Leonora — 15-19: 4.6%
20-24 6.1% / 5.3%
Kookynie — 20-24: 6.1% Leonora — 20-24: 5.3%
25-34 22.2% / 19.3%
Kookynie — 25-34: 22.2% Leonora — 25-34: 19.3%
35-44 22.2% / 13.1%
Kookynie — 35-44: 22.2% Leonora — 35-44: 13.1%
45-54 19.2% / 15.2%
Kookynie — 45-54: 19.2% Leonora — 45-54: 15.2%
55-64 14.1% / 16.0%
Kookynie — 55-64: 14.1% Leonora — 55-64: 16.0%
65-74 11.1% / 9.3%
Kookynie — 65-74: 11.1% Leonora — 65-74: 9.3%
75-84 7.1% / 4.0%
Kookynie — 75-84: 7.1% Leonora — 75-84: 4.0%
85+ — / 0.5%
Kookynie — 85+: not among its largest Leonora — 85+: 0.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (22.2%).

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%
Leonora 45.9% renting
Leonora — Owned Outright: 37.1% Leonora — Mortgage: 17.0% Leonora — Renting: 45.9%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Kookynie 200.0% houses
Kookynie — Houses: 200.0% Kookynie — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Kookynie — Townhouses: 0.0%
Leonora 70.8% houses
Leonora — Houses: 70.8% Leonora — Flats / Apartments: 23.1% Leonora — Townhouses: 6.2%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

Kookynie Leonora
Certificate III & IV 24.2% / 13.2%
Kookynie — Certificate III & IV: 24.2% Leonora — Certificate III & IV: 13.2%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 6.1% / 5.8%
Kookynie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 6.1% Leonora — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.8%
Bachelor Degree 3.0% / 4.6%
Kookynie — Bachelor Degree: 3.0% Leonora — Bachelor Degree: 4.6%
Postgraduate Degree — / 1.5%
Kookynie — Postgraduate Degree: not among its largest Leonora — Postgraduate Degree: 1.5%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 0.6%
Kookynie — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Leonora — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 0.6%

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

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 Leonora
New Zealand 10.1% / 4.4%
Kookynie — New Zealand: 10.1% Leonora — New Zealand: 4.4%
England 6.1% / 2.6%
Kookynie — England: 6.1% Leonora — England: 2.6%
Philippines 3.0% / 0.9%
Kookynie — Philippines: 3.0% Leonora — Philippines: 0.9%
Thailand — / 1.7%
Kookynie — Thailand: not among its largest Leonora — Thailand: 1.7%
Germany — / 1.4%
Kookynie — Germany: not among its largest Leonora — Germany: 1.4%
India — / 1.2%
Kookynie — India: not among its largest Leonora — India: 1.2%

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

Property market

Kookynie Leonora
Median house price — $200,000
Median unit price — $550,000
Median land price — $585,000

Ranking within WA

Kookynie Leonora
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 26% of WA Higher than 37% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 42% of WA Higher than 56% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption —
same for both
NBN connectivity Higher than 25% of WA Higher than 32% of WA

Liveability

Kookynie Leonora
Grade — D
Score — 28/100
Socio-economic band high-need area
decile 1/10
 below-average income
decile 2/10

Risk profile

Kookynie carries more bushfire risk (48 vs 0); Leonora carries more crime risk (96 vs 62).

Kookynie Leonora
Bushfire Moderate
48/100
 None
0/100
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 Leonora
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0 1

Schools in Kookynie

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

Schools in Leonora

  • Leonora District High School Government · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Kookynie Leonora
Parks & reserves 1 0
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 2
Waterways 3
same for both

Mobility

Kookynie sits further from the CBD (860.7 km vs 843.5 km).

Kookynie Leonora
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Perth 860.7 km
+2% vs other
 843.5 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 636 min 575 min
Electric vehicle share 0.0%
postcode 6431
 0.0%
postcode 6438
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 6
postcode 6431
 20
postcode 6438

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 Leonora
Car (driver) 40.5% / 55.0%
Kookynie — Car (driver): 40.5% Leonora — Car (driver): 55.0%
Car (passenger) 38.1% / 7.1%
Kookynie — Car (passenger): 38.1% Leonora — Car (passenger): 7.1%
Bus 21.4% / 6.2%
Kookynie — Bus: 21.4% Leonora — Bus: 6.2%
Walked Only — / 26.5%
Kookynie — Walked Only: not among its largest Leonora — Walked Only: 26.5%
Worked from Home — / 5.2%
Kookynie — Worked from Home: not among its largest Leonora — Worked from Home: 5.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (55.0%).

Setting

Kookynie Leonora
Elevation 364 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 403 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

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

Federal electorate

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

First Home Owner Grant

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

Tags

Kookynie

Rural

Leonora

Affordable Rural

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