Kwolyin, WA

By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan · Updated 30 May 2026

71/100

Suburb Score

More advantaged than the national average

Kwolyin is more socio-economically advantaged than about 71% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 1025, 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.

Kwolyin at a glance

Population (2021): 20
Median age: 62
Median weekly household income: $2,749
SEIFA score: 1025
Coordinates: -31.9871, 117.7303

Kwolyin demographics (2021 Census)

The figures below profile Kwolyin 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 84%, 0% of homes are rented, and 0% of residents were born overseas.

Age profile

Age group	People	Share
Children (0–14)	0	0%
Youth (15–24)	0	0%
Young adults (25–44)	0	0%
Mid-life (45–64)	16	84%
Seniors (65+)	3	16%

Share of the 19 people counted by age.

Housing and households

Tenure	Dwellings	Share
Owned outright	4	100%
Owned with a mortgage	0	0%
Rented	0	0%

Dwelling type	Dwellings	Share
Houses	9	100%
Townhouses & semis	0	0%
Flats & apartments	0	0%

Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 9 occupied private dwellings in Kwolyin.

Average household size: 2 people
Median weekly family income: $3,750
Median weekly personal income: $2,167

Community and culture

Born overseas: 0 (0%)
Speaks a language other than English at home: 0 (0%)
Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander: 0 (0%)

Work and education

Completed Year 12: 10 (59%)
Labour-force participation: 82.4%
Employed full-time: 9
Employed part-time: 5

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.

Common questions about Kwolyin

Where is Kwolyin?

Kwolyin is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.

What is the population of Kwolyin?

At the 2021 Census, Kwolyin had a population of about 20.

Is Kwolyin an advantaged area?

Kwolyin has an ABS SEIFA score of 1025, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 71 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 71% of Australian suburbs.