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Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) vs Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
State Electorate comparison ≈ 710 km apart · Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) profile · Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) profile
Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral)
Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) and Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) are both remote Western Australian areas with very different economic profiles. Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) is much wealthier, with a typical weekly household income of $3,002 compared to $1,757 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral). This gap is reflected in the workforce, where 29% of people in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) earn $2,000 or more a week, while only 11.2% do in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral). In contrast, Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) has a far higher Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population at 41.4%, compared to 14.8% in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral).
Both areas sit close to the national figure for typical household income in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral), while the typical age of residents is the same in both places at 33. They share similar household sizes, with an average of 2.8 people per home, and similar rates of detached housing. However, the two areas are diverging in some ways; for example, the gap in people moving into the area in the last five years has widened, with Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) now far higher at 52%.
Where they differ most
Demographics & Identity
- First area, 2011: 29,126
- First area, 2016: 4,661
- First area, 2021: 35,352
- Second area, 2021: 47,427
- First area, 2011: 31 yrs
- First area, 2016: 33 yrs
- First area, 2021: 33 yrs
- Second area, 2021: 33 yrs
Age structure
Marital status
Age & sex structure
Bars show the share of each area's own population, so differently sized areas stay comparable.
- 85+ in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 0.2% males, 0.2% females; 85+ in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 0.1% males, 0.1% females
- 80–84 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 0.3% males, 0.3% females; 80–84 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 0.1% males, 0.1% females
- 75–79 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 0.6% males, 0.6% females; 75–79 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 0.2% males, 0.2% females
- 70–74 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 1.1% males, 0.9% females; 70–74 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 0.5% males, 0.4% females
- 65–69 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 1.9% males, 1.6% females; 65–69 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 1.1% males, 0.7% females
- 60–64 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 2.5% males, 2.5% females; 60–64 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 2.4% males, 1.5% females
- 55–59 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 2.9% males, 2.9% females; 55–59 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 3.5% males, 2.1% females
- 50–54 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.5% males, 3.2% females; 50–54 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 3.8% males, 2.7% females
- 45–49 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.2% males, 3.3% females; 45–49 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 4.5% males, 3.0% females
- 40–44 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.3% males, 3.6% females; 40–44 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 5.1% males, 3.4% females
- 35–39 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.8% males, 4.3% females; 35–39 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 6.1% males, 4.8% females
- 30–34 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 4.3% males, 5.0% females; 30–34 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 5.9% males, 5.1% females
- 25–29 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.6% males, 4.4% females; 25–29 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 4.8% males, 4.2% females
- 20–24 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.1% males, 3.3% females; 20–24 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 3.0% males, 2.5% females
- 15–19 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.0% males, 3.2% females; 15–19 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 2.8% males, 2.2% females
- 10–14 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.8% males, 3.8% females; 10–14 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 3.5% males, 3.4% females
- 5–9 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 4.2% males, 4.0% females; 5–9 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 4.2% males, 4.1% females
- 0–4 in Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral): 3.9% males, 3.6% females; 0–4 in Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral): 4.3% males, 3.8% females
Ancestry & Birthplace
Country of birth
Ancestry
Language
Language used at home
Religion
Religious affiliation
Education & Qualifications
Highest year of school
Highest qualification level
Field of qualification
Income
- First area, 2011: $959
- First area, 2016: $875
- First area, 2021: $853
- Second area, 2021: $1,587
- First area, 2011: $1,919
- First area, 2016: $1,337
- First area, 2021: $1,757
- Second area, 2021: $3,002
- First area, 2011: $2,180
- First area, 2016: $988
- First area, 2021: $1,928
- Second area, 2021: $3,327
Household income distribution
Personal income distribution
Health & Disability
Long-term health conditions reported
Number of long-term health conditions
Community Participation
Family & Households
- First area, 2011: 2.7
- First area, 2016: 3.1
- First area, 2021: 2.8
- Second area, 2021: 2.8
Family composition
Household size
Housing & Dwellings
- First area, 2011: $195
- First area, 2016: $55
- First area, 2021: $200
- Second area, 2021: $231
- First area, 2011: $2,000
- First area, 2016: $794
- First area, 2021: $2,167
- Second area, 2021: $1,800
- First area, 2011: 1.10
- First area, 2016: 1.00
- First area, 2021: 1.00
- Second area, 2021: 0.90
How homes are owned or rented
Types of homes
Bedrooms per home
Weekly rent distribution
Monthly mortgage distribution
Transport & Vehicles
How people get to work
Motor vehicles per home
Migration & Movement
Jobs & Industry
Industries people work in
Occupations people work in
Walkability
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Cite this page
Australian Bureau of Statistics. (2021). Kimberley (Mining and Pastoral) vs Pilbara (Mining and Pastoral) [Census of Population and Housing]. CensusAtlas, used under CC BY 4.0. https://censusatlas.au/compare/sed/SED52903/kimberley/vs/SED54403/pilbara