# Kwinana vs Bunbury — 2021 Census comparison

Indigenous Area comparison · about 127 km apart

Kwinana and Bunbury are both regional hubs in Western Australia, but they offer very different levels of accessibility. Bunbury is very walkable, while Kwinana is mostly car-dependent. In Bunbury, 60.1% of homes are within a 15-minute walk of health services and 66.0% are near groceries, compared to just 19.1% and 35.1% in Kwinana. Bunbury also has far more homes within a 15-minute walk of a school and public transport.

Both areas share similar outcomes for their First Nations residents, including a typical age of 25 and an unemployment rate of 17.2%. This shared experience extends to the typical personal income for First Nations people, which is nearly identical in both places. While Kwinana has a larger Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population with 2,016 people compared to 1,402 in Bunbury, the two areas remain closely aligned in these key community measures.

## First Nations

| Statistic | Kwinana | Bunbury | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First Nations people | 2,016 | 1,402 | 614 larger in Kwinana |  |
| Median age | 25 yrs | 25 yrs |  |  |
| Year 12 | 27.0% | 28.0% | 1.0 pts higher in Bunbury |  |
| Unemployment | 17.2% | 17.2% |  |  |
| Median income | $540 | $505 | $35 higher in Kwinana |  |
| Household income | $1,484 | $1,343 | $141 higher in Kwinana |  |
| Indigenous language | 5.5% | 6.8% | 1.3 pts higher in Bunbury |  |

## Walkability

| Statistic | Kwinana | Bunbury | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walk score | 3.9 | 6.0 | 2.1 higher in Bunbury |  |
| Types ≤15 min | 3.6 | 5.9 | 2.3 more in Bunbury |  |
| 15-min city | 33.1% | 68.9% | 35.7 pts higher in Bunbury |  |
| Walk to shops | 35.1% | 66.0% | 30.9 pts higher in Bunbury |  |
| Walk to transit | 78.8% | 91.5% | 12.7 pts higher in Bunbury |  |
| Walk to school | 66.7% | 78.5% | 11.8 pts higher in Bunbury |  |
| Walk to a park | 88.1% | 95.1% | 7.1 pts higher in Bunbury |  |
| Walk to health | 19.1% | 60.1% | 41.1 pts higher in Bunbury |  |
| Intersections/km² | 62 | 58 | 4 higher in Kwinana |  |
| Mean slope | 6.1% | 4.0% | 2.1 pts higher in Kwinana |  |

Interactive comparison: https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE505011/kwinana/vs/IARE507003/bunbury