# Kwinana vs Mandurah — 2021 Census comparison

Indigenous Area comparison · about 55 km apart

Kwinana and Mandurah are two Western Australian areas with different levels of local accessibility. Mandurah is more walkable, with 45.7% of homes in a 15-minute-city walkshed compared to 33.1% in Kwinana. More people in Mandurah live within a short walk of groceries (47.4% versus 35.1%) and health services (30.2% versus 19.1%). However, Kwinana has far more homes within a 15-minute walk of a school, at 66.7% compared to 52.7% in Mandurah.

Both areas have tracked closely in some key figures since 2011, and they remain very similar today in terms of street connectivity and typical First Nations incomes. This similarity extends to the First Nations population, though Mandurah has a larger total number of people and a younger typical age of 20, while in Kwinana the typical age is noticeably older at 25.

## First Nations

| Statistic | Kwinana | Mandurah | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| First Nations people | 2,016 | 2,771 | 755 larger in Mandurah |  |
| Median age | 25 yrs | 20 yrs | 5 yrs older in Kwinana |  |
| Year 12 | 27.0% | 34.9% | 7.9 pts higher in Mandurah |  |
| Unemployment | 17.2% | 16.1% | 1.1 pts higher in Kwinana |  |
| Median income | $540 | $510 | $30 higher in Kwinana |  |
| Household income | $1,484 | $1,427 | $57 higher in Kwinana |  |
| Indigenous language | 5.5% | 8.0% | 2.5 pts higher in Mandurah |  |

## Walkability

| Statistic | Kwinana | Mandurah | Gap | Trend |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Walk score | 3.9 | 4.6 | 0.7 higher in Mandurah |  |
| Types ≤15 min | 3.6 | 4.3 | 0.7 more in Mandurah |  |
| 15-min city | 33.1% | 45.7% | 12.6 pts higher in Mandurah |  |
| Walk to shops | 35.1% | 47.4% | 12.3 pts higher in Mandurah |  |
| Walk to transit | 78.8% | 88.4% | 9.6 pts higher in Mandurah |  |
| Walk to school | 66.7% | 52.7% | 14.0 pts higher in Kwinana |  |
| Walk to a park | 88.1% | 92.3% | 4.3 pts higher in Mandurah |  |
| Walk to health | 19.1% | 30.2% | 11.1 pts higher in Mandurah |  |
| Intersections/km² | 62 | 63 | 1 higher in Mandurah |  |
| Mean slope | 6.1% | 4.8% | 1.3 pts higher in Kwinana |  |

Interactive comparison: https://censusatlas.au/compare/iare/IARE505011/kwinana/vs/IARE507009/mandurah