Karlkurla suburb profile
Karlkurla is a residential suburb of Kalgoorlie-Boulder in Western Australia's Goldfields, set on the town fringe where native scrub and red earth shape the landscape. The suburb sits beside Karlkurla Bushland Park, with walking tracks, lookouts and open sandy reserves that give the area a dry, outdoors character.
Housing is predominantly low-rise, with brick and rendered homes on generous blocks and newer streets of single-storey dwellings. Local life centres on outdoor recreation, pocket parks and neighbourhood shops, and road connections lead into Kalgoorlie's main commercial and civic precincts.
Karlkurla property market performance
Karlkurla recorded six house sales over the last 3 months and houses had a median days on market of 9 over 12 months. No reliable median price is published for houses or units because too few properties of either type have sold recently. With the unit 3-month sale count missing, Karlkurla reads as a house market.
| Houses | Units | |
|---|---|---|
Median price Past 3 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in value Past 12 months | 5.7% | N/A |
Sold Past 3 months | 6 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | 9 | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Karlkurla demographics
Karlkurla is a community with incomes above the median for Western Australia, many renters and families with children.
Couple families with children make up 63.3% of families and rented homes account for 52.3% of dwellings. At the 2021 Census 270 people lived in Karlkurla.
| Suburb | WA | |
|---|---|---|
Median age years | 33 | 38 |
Median household income weekly | $3,075 | $1,815 |
Couples with children share of families | 63.3% | 44.6% |
Couples without children share of families | 24.1% | 38.8% |
One-parent families share of families | 12.7% | 15.1% |
Homes owned outright share of homes | 4.7% | 30.2% |
Homes with a mortgage share of homes | 43.0% | 41.4% |
Homes rented share of homes | 52.3% | 28.3% |
Suburbs near Karlkurla
Some popular suburbs near Karlkurla include:
How does Karlkurla compare to nearby suburbs?
- House price growth: Property prices in nearby West Lamington have risen 16.4% more than in Karlkurla over the past year.
- Selling speed for houses: Properties in Karlkurla are selling 57.1% faster than in Somerville.

