Korbel vs Bruce Rock

Bruce Rock is the younger of the two, with a median age of 49 against 66 in Korbel. In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In Bruce Rock, about half of households are people living alone. On these figures, Korbel tends to suit older residents, while Bruce Rock suits families with children.

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

Korbel

ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (11/100 vs 36/100)
  • has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 85%)
  • But Bruce Rock has more parks and reserves (12 vs 1)

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

First-home buyers

Korbel

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • leaves households under less mortgage stress (4% vs 14%)

Weighs mortgage stress.

Renters

Bruce Rock

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has cheaper rent ($160/wk vs $203/wk)

Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.

Commuting to the city

Bruce Rock

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (191 min vs 204 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (246.2 km vs 257.1 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Korbel

ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here

  • carries lower crime risk (11/100 vs 36/100)
  • has more residents already 65 and over (51% vs 30%)

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

Investors

Korbel

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (18.0% vs 5.5%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Korbel Bruce Rock
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.

Korbel Bruce Rock
Walkability 0 / 4
Korbel — Walkability: 0/100 Bruce Rock — Walkability: 4/100
Safety 89 / 64
Korbel — Safety: 89/100 Bruce Rock — Safety: 64/100
Low fire risk 100 / 78
Korbel — Low fire risk: 100/100 Bruce Rock — Low fire risk: 78/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Korbel — Low flood risk: 100/100 Bruce Rock — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Bruce Rock has more residents (742 vs 59); Korbel skews older (66 vs 49).

Korbel Bruce Rock
Population 59 742
+1158% vs other
Population trend (2016 → 2021) +18.0% +5.5%
Median age 66 49
Median household income $71,500/yr
+10% vs other
 $64,272/yr
Median weekly rent $203/wk
+21% vs other
 $160/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Korbel Bruce Rock
0-4 5.1% / 6.1%
Korbel — 0-4: 5.1% Bruce Rock — 0-4: 6.1%
5-14 — / 13.1%
Korbel — 5-14: not among its largest Bruce Rock — 5-14: 13.1%
15-19 — / 3.9%
Korbel — 15-19: not among its largest Bruce Rock — 15-19: 3.9%
20-24 — / 3.9%
Korbel — 20-24: not among its largest Bruce Rock — 20-24: 3.9%
25-34 13.6% / 8.8%
Korbel — 25-34: 13.6% Bruce Rock — 25-34: 8.8%
35-44 15.3% / 11.5%
Korbel — 35-44: 15.3% Bruce Rock — 35-44: 11.5%
45-54 10.2% / 10.6%
Korbel — 45-54: 10.2% Bruce Rock — 45-54: 10.6%
55-64 22.0% / 12.5%
Korbel — 55-64: 22.0% Bruce Rock — 55-64: 12.5%
65-74 23.7% / 17.5%
Korbel — 65-74: 23.7% Bruce Rock — 65-74: 17.5%
75-84 16.9% / 9.3%
Korbel — 75-84: 16.9% Bruce Rock — 75-84: 9.3%
85+ 10.2% / 3.2%
Korbel — 85+: 10.2% Bruce Rock — 85+: 3.2%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (23.7%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Korbel 19.0% renting
Korbel — Owned Outright: 66.7% Korbel — Mortgage: 14.3% Korbel — Renting: 19.0%
Bruce Rock 26.1% renting
Bruce Rock — Owned Outright: 52.1% Bruce Rock — Mortgage: 21.8% Bruce Rock — Renting: 26.1%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Korbel 100.0% houses
Korbel — Houses: 100.0% Korbel — Flats / Apartments: 0.0% Korbel — Townhouses: 0.0%
Bruce Rock 84.8% houses
Bruce Rock — Houses: 84.8% Bruce Rock — Flats / Apartments: 8.3% Bruce Rock — Townhouses: 6.8%
Houses Flats / Apartments Townhouses

Qualifications

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

Korbel Bruce Rock
Certificate III & IV 13.6% / 12.9%
Korbel — Certificate III & IV: 13.6% Bruce Rock — Certificate III & IV: 12.9%
Bachelor Degree 15.3% / 6.9%
Korbel — Bachelor Degree: 15.3% Bruce Rock — Bachelor Degree: 6.9%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 8.5% / 5.3%
Korbel — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 8.5% Bruce Rock — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 5.3%
Graduate Diploma / Certificate — / 1.8%
Korbel — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: not among its largest Bruce Rock — Graduate Diploma / Certificate: 1.8%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.3%).

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.

Korbel Bruce Rock
New Zealand 6.8% / 1.5%
Korbel — New Zealand: 6.8% Bruce Rock — New Zealand: 1.5%
Netherlands 6.8% / 0.4%
Korbel — Netherlands: 6.8% Bruce Rock — Netherlands: 0.4%
England — / 2.8%
Korbel — England: not among its largest Bruce Rock — England: 2.8%
Philippines — / 0.9%
Korbel — Philippines: not among its largest Bruce Rock — Philippines: 0.9%
Germany — / 0.9%
Korbel — Germany: not among its largest Bruce Rock — Germany: 0.9%
South Africa — / 0.7%
Korbel — South Africa: not among its largest Bruce Rock — South Africa: 0.7%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.8%).

Property market

Korbel Bruce Rock
Median house price — $237,000
Median unit price —
same for both
Median land price — $46,000
Typical days to sell (houses) — 16 days
from 5 sales

Development activity

Korbel Bruce Rock
New dwellings approved 7
across Merredin
 1
across Bruce Rock

Ranking within WA

Korbel Bruce Rock
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 30% of WA Higher than 22% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 3% of WA Higher than 68% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 50% of WA Higher than 41% of WA
NBN connectivity Higher than 42% of WA Higher than 36% of WA

Liveability

Korbel Bruce Rock
Grade — C
Score — 46/100
Socio-economic band mid-range socio-economic
decile 4/10
 below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Bruce Rock carries more bushfire risk (22 vs 0); Bruce Rock carries more crime risk (36 vs 11).

Korbel Bruce Rock
Bushfire None
0/100
 Low
22/100
Crime Low
11/100
 Low
36/100
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

Korbel Bruce Rock
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 Korbel

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

Schools in Bruce Rock

  • Bruce Rock District High School Government · Combined below peers

Amenities in the suburb

Korbel Bruce Rock
Supermarkets 0 1
Cafes & restaurants 0 2
Parks & reserves 1 12
Childcare 0 1
GPs 0 1
Pharmacies 0 1
Hospitals 0 1
Police stations 0 1
Banks & Bank@Post 0 1
Fuel stations 0 1

Mobility

Korbel sits further from the CBD (257.1 km vs 246.2 km).

Korbel Bruce Rock
Walkability score 0/100 4/100
Distance to Perth 257.1 km
+4% vs other
 246.2 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 204 min 191 min
Electric vehicle share 0.4%
postcode 6415
 0.4%
postcode 6418
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 46
postcode 6415
 75
postcode 6418

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.

Korbel Bruce Rock
Car (driver) 75.0% / 66.8%
Korbel — Car (driver): 75.0% Bruce Rock — Car (driver): 66.8%
Worked from Home 25.0% / 15.4%
Korbel — Worked from Home: 25.0% Bruce Rock — Worked from Home: 15.4%
Walked Only — / 12.7%
Korbel — Walked Only: not among its largest Bruce Rock — Walked Only: 12.7%
Car (passenger) — / 2.3%
Korbel — Car (passenger): not among its largest Bruce Rock — Car (passenger): 2.3%
Bicycle — / 1.5%
Korbel — Bicycle: not among its largest Bruce Rock — Bicycle: 1.5%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.0%).

Setting

Korbel Bruce Rock
Elevation 273 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 316 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Korbel Bruce Rock
Connectivity score 19/100 15/100
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
14 premises
 0%
97 premises

Climate

Korbel Bruce Rock
Annual rainfall 312 mm 338 mm
Summer max (Jan) 34.1°C 33.7°C
Winter min (Jul) 6.1°C 6.0°C

Federal electorate

Korbel Bruce Rock
Division Durack O'connor
Member Melissa Price Rick Wilson
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Korbel Bruce Rock
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Korbel

Retirees Rural

Bruce Rock

Affordable Retirees Rural

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