Kununurra WA 6743
Located in Western Australia, Kununurra sits 3,226 km from Perth CBD, around 35 hours 30 minutes by car. The town has 5,494 residents, a median age of 33, and a median household income of $108,732 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The town grew 3.5% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $266 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,019. Kununurra is characterised by high crime risk and high bushfire risk. 3 schools sit within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Kununurra a good town?
Kununurra scores a D (19/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on schools, transit, and safety.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 16% in WA
Car-dependent
Walkability 0/100 · 3225.5 km · 2132 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $490K
High bushfire risk
Fire 73/100 · Crime 97/100 · Flood 0/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 5/10 · median age 33 · 5,494 residents
Liveability Rating
19 / 100 · Ranked #523 in WAEach bar is Kununurra's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
19 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKununurra's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $490,000, about 8% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$490,000
Based on 129 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 34 days — median across 42 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 7 sales $365K
- 3 bed 50 sales $382K
- 4 bed 58 sales $608K
Units
$384,500
Based on 32 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 37 days — median across 6 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 16 sales $339K
- 3 bed 11 sales $389K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kununurra are currently listed at around $499,000 on average. Based on 31 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$499K
31 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$474K
4 units listed in the last 6 months.
35 of the suburb's 1,608 dwellings (2.2%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kununurra rent for around $740 a week on average, based on 6 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$740/wk
6 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
7 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,050 rented homes (0.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $560/wk
- 35 bonds
- +20% since 2023
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. WA's bond data does not record bedrooms or dwelling type, so it covers all rentals together.Change since 2023 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 2025127 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6743.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$740/week ($38,000 a year) on a $499,000 median
Based on a small sample (6 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
6 active Airbnb listings: 5 whole homes and 1 room. Whole homes are about 0.3% of the town's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Schools
Three schools serve Kununurra, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,151 students across 3 schools (avg 384)
- • Sectors: 1 Independent, 1 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 668-857, median 788 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: East Kimberley College (1,010 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Kununurra is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car. Within the town there are 2 supermarkets, 23 parks and 8 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Kununurra.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 6%
- Premises covered
- 2,417
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Wyndham-East Kimberley: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 14 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 9 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this town rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Kununurra is home to about 5,500 residents, with a median age of 33, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $109,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,494
Median Age
33
Median Household Income
$108,732/yr
Census Median Rent
$266/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,019/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$59,956/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
22.2%
Total Dwellings
1,608
Owner-Occupier Rate
34.7%
Houses
64.1%
Rental Stress
12.7%
Mortgage Stress
22.3%
Work From Home
4.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
268 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 76 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 953 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 67.1%
- English Spoken at Home
- 70.0%
- Employment Rate
- 61.3%
- Completed Year 12
- 33.2%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
203 residents (3.7%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
10.9% of residents (556) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth (387).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,088 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
Local Jobs
People who work in this town against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,502 people work here; 2,597 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident).
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $4,494 a year through Wyndham-East Kimberley based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Wyndham-East Kimberley
In the year to August 2026, 58 new dwellings were approved across Wyndham-East Kimberley. That mix is 35 houses and 23 units.
Climate & Setting
from Kimberley Res.station, 16.9 kmHigh rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 98 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Annual rainfall
- 1,131 mm
- 54 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 36.3°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 13.8°C
Elevation is the ground at the town centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 6743, 12 of 4,433 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.2% (98 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6743, 445 rooftop-solar systems totalling 4.9 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,251 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 14 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $800,000.
Cap is $800,000 SOUTH of the 26th parallel (which includes all of metropolitan Perth) and $1,000,000 NORTH of it. We store the southern figure because that is where almost every buyer is; the northern cap is higher, so the stored value never overstates eligibility. The southern cap rose from $750,000 on 7 May 2026 in the 2026-27 Housing Taxation Package. The same package moved the first home owner RATE OF DUTY thresholds, which is a different scheme and lives in the web repo's app/stamp_duty.py.
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueWA
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $800,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Department of Finance WA.
At $490,000 this is under the $800,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Department of Finance WA.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Melissa Price Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Melissa Price | 39.9% | 60.1% | -5.5 |
| 2022 | Melissa Price | 45.7% | 54.3% | -9.2 |
| 2019 | Melissa Price | 35.2% | 64.8% | +3.7 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Divina D'Anna WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Divina D'Anna ALP | 64.0% |
| 2021 | Divina D'Anna ALP | 71.5% |
| 2017 | Josie Farrer ALP | 63.0% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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Common questions about Kununurra
Is Kununurra a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kununurra is high (97/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Kununurra?
Kununurra has a high recorded bushfire history (73/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kununurra a good place to live?
Kununurra has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (19/100), ranked against other WA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Kununurra?
Kununurra, WA had a population of 5,494 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kununurra, WA?
The postcode for Kununurra, WA is 6743.
How far is Kununurra from Perth?
Kununurra is 3,226 km from Perth CBD by road, about 2132 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kununurra?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kununurra was $108,732 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Kununurra?
The median advertised rent in Kununurra is $740 a week for houses (6 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kununurra?
The median age of residents in Kununurra was 33 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kununurra at risk of bushfire?
Kununurra has a high recorded bushfire history (73/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Kununurra?
There are 3 schools inside the Kununurra boundary: 2 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
What is the weather like in Kununurra?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kununurra, Kimberley Res.station (16.9 km away), summer days average 36.3°C, winter nights 13.8°C, and 1,131 mm of rain a year over 54 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Kununurra?
First-home buyers in WA may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $800,000. The grant is administered by Department of Finance WA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Kununurra belong to?
Kununurra sits within the Wyndham-East Kimberley local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kununurra?
The average residential rates bill through Wyndham-East Kimberley is $4,494 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Kununurra?
Across Wyndham-East Kimberley, 58 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Kununurra in?
Kununurra sits within the federal Division of Durack, currently held by Melissa Price (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2023–24
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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