Kojonup, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Kojonup is a town in the Great Southern region of Western Australia, about 256 kilometres south-east of Perth on the road to Albany. It lies in the country of the Noongar people, in particular the Kaneang language group, and takes its name from kodja, a Noongar word for the stone axe once made from rock found nearby. A government surveyor reached the district in 1837, led by Noongar guides to a reliable freshwater spring, and a small military post was set up to protect travellers and the mail. Stone barracks built in 1845 still stand and rank among the oldest buildings in the state. Wool farming later became the mainstay. The award-winning Kodja Place visitor centre now tells the area's Aboriginal and settler stories side by side.
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Kojonup is more socio-economically advantaged than about 18% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 923, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Kojonup a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Kojonup from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
18/100Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs
Among Australia's less advantaged suburbs — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (18/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
78/100More affordable than the national median
Median weekly rent was $200 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 78% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Kojonup at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 1,157
- Median age
- 46
- Median weekly household income
- $1,273
- SEIFA score
- 923
- Local government area
- Kojonup
- Coordinates
- -33.8298, 117.1636
Map of Kojonup
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Housing & property in Kojonup
What it costs to live in Kojonup and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $200
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $1,083
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 60%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 33%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Kojonup demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Kojonup demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Kojonup using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 27% and 18% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 215 | 19% |
| Youth (15–24) | 81 | 7% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 264 | 23% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 310 | 27% |
| Seniors (65+) | 277 | 24% |
Share of the 1,147 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 167 | 36% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 110 | 24% |
| Rented | 153 | 33% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 431 | 91% |
| Townhouses & semis | 30 | 6% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 474 occupied private dwellings in Kojonup.
- Average household size
- 2.2 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,839
- Median weekly personal income
- $793
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 193 (18%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 86 (8%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 90 (8%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 384 (42%)
- Labour-force participation
- 60.5%
- Unemployment rate
- 2.3%
- Employed full-time
- 291
- Employed part-time
- 198
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Kojonup
Is Kojonup a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Kojonup rates 38/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Kojonup?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Kojonup was $200, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,083. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Kojonup?
Kojonup is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Kojonup local government area.
What is the population of Kojonup?
At the 2021 Census, Kojonup had a population of about 1,157.
Is Kojonup an advantaged area?
Kojonup has an ABS SEIFA score of 923, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 18 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 18% of Australian suburbs.
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