Mardie vs Fortescue

In both, the large majority of households rent. In Mardie, the large majority of homes are flats or apartments. In Fortescue, about half of homes are flats or apartments and the large majority 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

They split

one each way, out of the 5 things we measure here

  • Mardie has more parks and reserves (5 vs 0)
  • Fortescue has more separate houses rather than flats (54% vs 0%)

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

Renters

Fortescue

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has cheaper rent ($50/wk vs $595/wk)
  • leaves renters under less rental stress (6% vs 53%)

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

Commuting to the city

Mardie

ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here

  • has a shorter drive in (928 min vs 959 min)
  • sits closer to the CBD (1433.8 km vs 1444.9 km)

Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.

Downsizers and retirees

Mardie

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • has more units and townhouses to downsize into (100% vs 46%)

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

Investors

Fortescue

ahead on the one thing that separates them

  • is growing faster (313.0% vs -37.2%)

Weighs population growth.

Where they sit

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

Mardie Fortescue
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.

Mardie Fortescue
Walkability 0 / 0
Mardie — Walkability: 0/100 Fortescue — Walkability: 0/100
Safety 78 / 85
Mardie — Safety: 78/100 Fortescue — Safety: 85/100
Low fire risk 48 / 30
Mardie — Low fire risk: 48/100 Fortescue — Low fire risk: 30/100
Low flood risk 100 / 100
Mardie — Low flood risk: 100/100 Fortescue — Low flood risk: 100/100

Demographics

Mardie rents higher ($595/wk vs $50/wk); Mardie has more residents (609 vs 190).

Mardie Fortescue
Population 609
+69% vs other
 190
Population trend (2016 → 2021) -37.2% +313.0%
Median age 39 40
Median household income $58,500/yr
+20% vs other
 $46,748/yr
Median weekly rent $595/wk
+92% vs other
 $50/wk

Age profile

Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.

Mardie Fortescue
0-4 0.7% / —
Mardie — 0-4: 0.7% Fortescue — 0-4: not among its largest
5-14 1.5% / —
Mardie — 5-14: 1.5% Fortescue — 5-14: not among its largest
15-19 1.3% / 2.1%
Mardie — 15-19: 1.3% Fortescue — 15-19: 2.1%
20-24 4.9% / 11.6%
Mardie — 20-24: 4.9% Fortescue — 20-24: 11.6%
25-34 27.1% / 25.8%
Mardie — 25-34: 27.1% Fortescue — 25-34: 25.8%
35-44 28.1% / 20.0%
Mardie — 35-44: 28.1% Fortescue — 35-44: 20.0%
45-54 20.5% / 23.2%
Mardie — 45-54: 20.5% Fortescue — 45-54: 23.2%
55-64 13.5% / 13.7%
Mardie — 55-64: 13.5% Fortescue — 55-64: 13.7%
65-74 2.5% / 4.2%
Mardie — 65-74: 2.5% Fortescue — 65-74: 4.2%
75-84 — / 2.1%
Mardie — 75-84: not among its largest Fortescue — 75-84: 2.1%
85+ — / —
Mardie — 85+: not among its largest Fortescue — 85+: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.1%).

Who owns and who rents

Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.

Mardie 100.0% renting
Mardie — Owned Outright: 0.0% Mardie — Mortgage: 0.0% Mardie — Renting: 100.0%
Fortescue 100.0% renting
Fortescue — Owned Outright: 0.0% Fortescue — Mortgage: 0.0% Fortescue — Renting: 100.0%
Owned outright Mortgage Renting

What people live in

Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.

Mardie 100.0% flats / apartments
Mardie — Flats / Apartments: 100.0% Mardie — Houses: 0.0%
Fortescue 45.5% flats / apartments
Fortescue — Flats / Apartments: 45.5% Fortescue — Houses: 54.5%
Flats / Apartments Houses

Qualifications

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

Mardie Fortescue
Certificate III & IV 14.6% / 32.6%
Mardie — Certificate III & IV: 14.6% Fortescue — Certificate III & IV: 32.6%
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 2.5% / 10.5%
Mardie — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 2.5% Fortescue — Advanced Diploma / Diploma: 10.5%
Bachelor Degree 6.1% / 6.3%
Mardie — Bachelor Degree: 6.1% Fortescue — Bachelor Degree: 6.3%
Postgraduate Degree 1.8% / 5.3%
Mardie — Postgraduate Degree: 1.8% Fortescue — Postgraduate Degree: 5.3%

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (32.6%).

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.

Mardie Fortescue
New Zealand 4.6% / 7.4%
Mardie — New Zealand: 4.6% Fortescue — New Zealand: 7.4%
England 1.5% / 7.4%
Mardie — England: 1.5% Fortescue — England: 7.4%
China 7.1% / —
Mardie — China: 7.1% Fortescue — China: not among its largest
Ireland — / 6.8%
Mardie — Ireland: not among its largest Fortescue — Ireland: 6.8%
Philippines 2.1% / 4.2%
Mardie — Philippines: 2.1% Fortescue — Philippines: 4.2%
South Africa 0.8% / 2.6%
Mardie — South Africa: 0.8% Fortescue — South Africa: 2.6%
Canada 1.0% / —
Mardie — Canada: 1.0% Fortescue — Canada: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (7.4%).

Development activity

Mardie Fortescue
New dwellings approved 292
across Karratha
 9
across Ashburton
Approvals change year on year +34% +50%

Ranking within WA

Mardie Fortescue
House price —
same for both
Income Higher than 15% of WA Higher than 6% of WA
Schools —
same for both
Walkability Higher than 16% of WA Higher than 44% of WA
Affordability —
same for both
EV adoption Higher than 26% of WA —
NBN connectivity Higher than 9% of WA Higher than 26% of WA

Liveability

Mardie Fortescue
Grade C —
Score 44/100 —
Socio-economic band — below-average income
decile 3/10

Risk profile

Fortescue carries more bushfire risk (70 vs 52).

Mardie Fortescue
Bushfire Moderate
52/100
 High
70/100
Crime Low
22/100
 Low
15/100
Flood None
0/100
same for both
Coastal erosion High
96/100
 None
0/100
Aircraft noise None
0/100
same for both
Industrial facilities nearby 0
within 5 km
same for both

Schools

Mardie Fortescue
Inside the suburb 0 1
Rated above peers 0
same for both
Rated at peers 0
same for both
Rated below peers 0
same for both

Schools in Mardie

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

Schools in Fortescue

  • Roebourne District High School - Ngurrawaana Campus Government · Combined

Amenities in the suburb

Mardie Fortescue
Parks & reserves 5 0
EV chargers 1 0
Waterways 65 20

Mobility

Fortescue sits further from the CBD (1444.9 km vs 1433.8 km).

Mardie Fortescue
Walkability score 0/100
same for both
Distance to Perth 1433.8 km 1444.9 km
Drive time (normal traffic) 928 min 959 min
Electric vehicle share 0.2%
postcode 6714
 0.0%
postcode 6716
Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings 18
postcode 6714
 4
postcode 6716

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.

Mardie Fortescue
Bus 49.0% / 44.8%
Mardie — Bus: 49.0% Fortescue — Bus: 44.8%
Car (driver) 23.6% / 24.5%
Mardie — Car (driver): 23.6% Fortescue — Car (driver): 24.5%
Car (passenger) 13.4% / 17.5%
Mardie — Car (passenger): 13.4% Fortescue — Car (passenger): 17.5%
Walked Only 12.1% / 11.2%
Mardie — Walked Only: 12.1% Fortescue — Walked Only: 11.2%
Worked from Home — / 2.1%
Mardie — Worked from Home: not among its largest Fortescue — Worked from Home: 2.1%
Train 1.9% / —
Mardie — Train: 1.9% Fortescue — Train: not among its largest

Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (49.0%).

Setting

Mardie Fortescue
Elevation 36 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
 265 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre

NBN connectivity

Mardie Fortescue
Connectivity score 15/100
same for both
Most common technology Satellite (Sky Muster)
same for both
Full-fibre (FTTP) share 0%
5 premises
 0%
3 premises

Climate

Mardie Fortescue
Annual rainfall 306 mm 421 mm
Summer max (Jan) 37.3°C —
Winter min (Jul) 13.4°C —

Federal electorate

Mardie Fortescue
Division Durack
same for both
Member Melissa Price
same for both
Party Liberal
same for both

First Home Owner Grant

Mardie Fortescue
Grant amount $10,000
same for both
Property price cap $800,000
same for both
Eligibility New
same for both

Tags

Mardie

Multicultural Rural

Fortescue

Rural
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