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ABS 2021 Census · Updated 21 May 2026
Kookynie is a regional centre in Western Australia, Australia, with a population of approximately 99, making it a boutique locality. Located approximately 649 km from the Perth CBD, Kookynie is a regional area in Western Australia. The median household income is $68,224 per year.
Household earnings in Kookynie are below the state average, which may affect long-term capital growth. Distance from major centres is a consideration, though regional markets can offer higher rental yields.
Official Australia Post postcode for Kookynie. A postcode may cover multiple suburbs.
Australia Post Postcode Finder →Usual resident population at the most recent census.
Weekly median rent for occupied homes. Live rental data integration coming soon.
Annual median household income (before tax) across all households.
Straight-line distance from the suburb centroid to the nearest capital city CBD. Actual driving distance will be longer.
Estimated 1 school within or near this suburb.
Find schools near Kookynie on My School →Estimated 1 park and green spaces near this suburb.
Monthly median mortgage repayment for households currently paying off a mortgage.
Proportion of separate houses versus units, townhouses, and other home types. Useful for investors assessing rental demand mix.
Kookynie is a smaller community of 99 — about 2% of the Western Australia suburb median (5,605) — so investors should factor in the narrower buyer pool and longer average time-on-market. Kookynie's median household income of $68,224/year is 32% below the Western Australia suburb median ($99,736) — this is an affordability play where returns lean on yield and patient capital growth rather than demographic premium. Kookynie is 649 km from Perth, so the local market tracks regional employment and lifestyle drivers more than CBD-driven commuter demand. Only 17% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 79% state median), so this is a unit-heavy market where body-corporate decisions and strata supply meaningfully shape investor returns.
How Kookynie stacks up against the median of all Western Australia suburbs in our dataset. Positive values mean Kookynie sits above the state median; negative means below.
| Metric | Kookynie | WA median | Δ vs state |
|---|---|---|---|
| Population | 99 | 5,605 | -98% |
| Median household income | $68,224/yr | $99,736/yr | -32% |
| Distance to CBD | 649 km | 20 km | +3145% |
| Separate houses | 17% | 79% | -62pp |
Pre-inspection briefing for Kookynie — every item is derived from public datasets, with full citations in our data sources page.
Limited buy-and-hold upside: a small population of 99 means liquidity is thin and capital growth tends to lag the wider Western Australia market over full cycles.
Median rental data was not captured for Kookynie. Use current realestate.com.au and Domain listings to triangulate a realistic weekly rent before committing, then feed that number into our rental yield calculator.
Only 17% of dwellings are separate houses (vs 79% WA median) — this is a unit and townhouse market, where cosmetic flips struggle against body-corporate restrictions, thinner after-reno uplift and competing new supply.
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Create free account →Capital-growth expectations for Kookynie are modest for 2026 — incomes 32% below the WA median of $99,736 and a population of 99 suggest gains will lag headline metro markets. Rental fundamentals will need to be verified against live listings, as a clean median rent was not recorded for Kookynie. The EquitySight investment score of 31/100 places Kookynie in the lower tier of Australian suburbs we profile, and overall investor sentiment is cautious heading into the second half of 2026.
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Kookynie scores 31/100 on our EquitySight investment framework — a weak rating. That score is driven by a population of 99, median household income of $68,224/year. Whether it fits your portfolio depends on whether you are targeting cash flow, capital growth, or a value-add renovation — all three are scored with suburb-specific numbers elsewhere on this page.
The main demand drivers in Kookynie are a median household income of $68,224/year, a dwelling mix that is 17% separate houses, roughly 1 schools and 1 parks within the catchment. Together these shape both owner-occupier and tenant demand and are the factors we weight most heavily in the suburb's investment score.
Kookynie has a usual resident population of approximately 99, compared with a Western Australia suburb median of 5,605 — placing it in the lower half of the state's suburbs by size. Population is the clearest proxy for market depth: more residents mean more transactions and typically a shorter average days-on-market on resale.
Kookynie sits 649 km straight-line from the Perth CBD. This is a regional market where CBD distance is only indicative — local industry diversity and commute alternatives matter more.
A reliable median rent was not captured for Kookynie. Benchmark expected weekly rent on realestate.com.au and Domain, or the state rental tribunal's rent dashboard. Most Australian investors target a 4–5% gross yield as a baseline.
A reliable median mortgage figure was not captured for Kookynie. Use our loan serviceability calculator to estimate a realistic monthly repayment for your target purchase price and deposit.
Census data was not complete enough in Kookynie to compute a clean rent-to-mortgage coverage. Use current listings to benchmark weekly rent, then plug your expected purchase price into our rental yield calculator to see whether the investment runs cash-flow positive or negative.
The main risks are a thin buyer pool (99 residents), interest-rate sensitivity, below-median household incomes ($68,224 vs $99,736 state median), a unit-heavy dwelling mix (17% houses) where body-corporate costs and apartment supply affect resale, the broader Western Australia market cycle. Each of these is covered in the Risk Factors section above with suburb-specific numbers rather than generic warnings.
Every number on this page comes from the ABS 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Australia Post postcode reference data, and OpenStreetMap amenity tiles. The investment score, strategy verdicts, and comparison table are computed deterministically from those inputs — no opinion, no estimation. See our full methodology and the data sources and licences for the formulas we use.