Kununurra bushfire risk
Of Kununurra’s 3,670 mapped properties, 19.7% are in a mapped bushfire-prone area. Flood mapping for this area is coming soon.
For context, Kununurra’s bushfire exposure is in line with the WA average of 21.7%.
Check a specific Kununurra address
Risk varies property by property.
Hazard exposure
Where the hazards are in Kununurra
Flood and bushfire areas across Kununurra. Zoom in to see how they fall relative to individual streets.
Crime near Kununurra
Kununurra sits in the Kimberley police district, which recorded 17,520 reported offences in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 17,520 total. Figures are for the whole Kimberley police district (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.
Zoning in Kununurra
Kununurra is mostly future urban. The most common zones:
Emerging community — earmarked for future urban development; not yet fully built out.
Zone: Urban development
Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.
Zone: Infrastructure Services
Check your council’s planning scheme for what this zone allows.
Zone: Medical Services
Who lives in Kununurra
At the 2021 Census, 14.6% of Kununurra’s 5,494 residents were born overseas.
Top ancestries
Top countries of birth
Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.
Development near Kununurra
Wyndham-East Kimberley council approved 58 new dwellings in the 12 months to Jun 2026.
New dwellings approved across the whole Wyndham-East Kimberley council area (not just Kununurra). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.
Nearby suburbs
Other suburbs in Wyndham-East Kimberley
Compare Kununurra with the rest of the council area, largest first.
Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.