SHIRE OF KONDININ

What SHIRE OF KONDININ does

The Shire of Kondinin is a local government council in Western Australia's Central Eastern Wheatbelt, established in 1925 as the Kondinin Road Board and granted Shire Council status in 1961. It administers a 7,340 km² area encompassing three towns (Kondinin, Karlgarin, and Hyden) with approximately 1,100 residents plus 500 fly-in fly-out mining workers. The Council provides statutory local government services including roads and infrastructure maintenance, waste and recycling collection, town planning and building approvals, environmental health, cemeteries, bush fire management, and animal control, alongside community services such as aged care facilities, child care coordination, libraries, and medical service facilitation.

The Shire's revenue is derived from three primary streams: property rates (differential GRV/UV valuations), user-pays fees and charges (animal registrations, building permits, facility hire, waste disposal), and State/Federal government grants. It operates through two physical offices (Kondinin and Hyden), employs approximately 9 core staff supplemented by shared regional services (e.g., Environmental Health Officer via Roe Regional Organisation of Councils), and leverages partnerships with WACHS for health, Avon Waste for kerbside collection, and Regional Early Education & Development Inc for child care. Key economic drivers within the Shire include wheatbelt agriculture (wheat, canola, sheep, cattle), tourism (Wave Rock attracting 100,000+ visitors annually), and mining (2 active underground mines for nickel sulphides, with gold and lithium exploration active). The technology stack consists of standard local government administrative systems; there is no proprietary digital platform, software product, or AI capability.

Name

SHIRE OF KONDININ

Legal name

Shire of Kondinin

Website

https://kondinin.wa.gov.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

1925

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Shire of Kondinin is a Western Australian local government council serving approximately 1,600 residents and FIFO workers across a 7,340 km² Wheatbelt area through three towns. It provides statutory infrastructure, community, and tourism services funded by property rates, fees, and government grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Local Government Administration

NAICS

Administration of Housing Programs, Urban Planning, and Community Development (9251), Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (924)

SIC

Services-To Dwellings & Other Buildings (7340), Refuse Systems (4953)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYBPAIACAF

Public Works & Municipal Infrastructure (Streets, Stormwater, Facilities)

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

SECONDARYBPAIACAI

Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services

Business & Public Services/Public Sector & Government Administration/Local/Municipal Government Administration

Keywords

• Local government services
• Rural council administration
• Community facilities management
• Waste and recycling services
• Regional tourism promotion

Headquarters

HQ city

Kondinin, Western Australia

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Others

Revenue model

1. Property Rates: Local government rates levied on property valuations (GRV for urban, UV for rural) to fund public works, infrastructure maintenance including roads, paths, parks, sporting grounds, buildings, swimming pools, halls, and libraries.
2. User Pays Services and Fees: Various fees and charges including animal registrations, building permits, planning applications, hire of facilities, waste disposal, cemetery services, and private works.
3. Government Grants: Funding from State and Federal Government for infrastructure projects, community services, and operational support.

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

The Shire of Kondinin is a statutory local government authority that delivers council services (roads, waste and recycling, building approvals, town planning, environmental health, bush fire management, cemeteries, airstrip, animal control, private works) and community services (aged care, child care, libraries, medical services coordination, education support) across three towns in Western Australia's Central Eastern Wheatbelt. It also operates recreation and community facilities (aquatic centres, sporting facilities, halls, pavilions) and promotes regional tourism anchored by the Wave Rock attraction.

Product overview

The Shire of Kondinin is a local government council providing public services across three towns (Kondinin, Karlgarin, and Hyden) in Western Australia's Central Eastern Wheatbelt. The council operates as a single unified organization offering core Council Services (roads, waste management, planning, building, environmental health, cemeteries, bush fire management, private works), Community Services (libraries, aged care, child care, medical services, education support), Recreation & Community Facilities (aquatic centres, sporting facilities, community halls), and Tourism Services promoting local attractions including Wave Rock. The Echo is the council's monthly community newsletter. No digital product platform or software offering exists.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Council Services Statutory local government services for ratepayers and residents, including airstrip operations, animal control, building approvals, bush fire management, cemeteries, environmental health, private works, town planning, waste and recycling, and works and services (roads, parks, paths).
• Community Services

Named customers2 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

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AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WACHS (Western Australian Country Health Service)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerWACHS provides primary health and emergency services at the Hyden WACHS Health Service location. The Shire works with WACHS to coordinate healthcare delivery for the local community including the Hyden Silver Chain services.
• REED (Regional Early Education & Development Inc)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerREED manages the Hyden Child Care service, providing early childhood education and care for families in the Hyden area. The Shire supports this partnership to provide essential child care services for the community.
• Avon WastecoreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorAvon Waste provides the kerbside rubbish and recycling collection service for the Shire of Kondinin, servicing the town sites of Kondinin, Karlgarin, and Hyden on a weekly and fortnightly schedule.
• MobileMusterminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Shire has partnered with MobileMuster, the official product stewardship program of the Australian telecommunications industry, to provide free mobile phone recycling at Shire offices in Kondinin and Hyden.
• Roe Regional Organisation of CouncilscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerThe Shire belongs to the Roe Regional Organisation of Councils (RROC). Through this partnership, the Shire shares an Environmental Health Officer with other member councils. The EHO is based in Corrigin and travels to each shire as required.
• Livingston MedicalcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerLivingston Medical provides GP services at Kondinin (Monday & Wednesday) and Hyden (Tuesday & Thursday). The Shire facilitates access to these medical services for residents through its community services coordination.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Shire of Quairading: Small Wheatbelt shire in WA delivering the same range of municipal services (roads, waste, planning, community facilities) to a similar-sized agricultural population; useful for benchmarking small rural shire operating economics.
• Shire of Corrigin: Neighbouring Wheatbelt shire in Western Australia and fellow member of the Roe Regional Organisation of Councils (RROC); it hosts the shared Environmental Health Officer who also services Kondinin. Operates the same model of rates-funded rural local government services across a similar population scale.
• Shire of Narembeen: Adjacent Central Wheatbelt shire that was one of the source road boards from which Kondinin was originally carved in 1925. Comparable agricultural-based rate base and identical WA local government service model.
• Shire of Wickepin: Small Wheatbelt shire offering directly comparable services (roads, waste, environmental health, recreation, planning) to a similarly small rural population; useful unit-of-comparison for cost structures.
• Shire of Bruce Rock: Eastern Wheatbelt shire operating under the same WA Local Government Act 1995 framework with similar grain-belt exposure, small staff structure, and user-pays/rates/grant funding mix.

Others

• Roe Regional Organisation of Councils (RROC): Voluntary regional organisation of WA Wheatbelt shires (including Kondinin) that delivers shared specialist capacity (e.g., Environmental Health Officer) across member councils; not a competitor but a key operating partner and governance layer for the Shire.
• Western Australian Local Government Association (WALGA): Peak industry body representing all 138 WA local governments including the Shire of Kondinin; relevant as the sectoral association, advocacy and policy framework underpinning shire operations.

Regional players

• Shire of Dundas: Small remote WA shire operating across a large land area with a mining and pastoral economic base; comparable structural profile (low density, mining/agriculture mix, statutory service delivery).
• Shire of Esperance: Larger WA regional shire with a tourism-tilted economy (beaches, national parks) operating the same statutory framework; comparable on tourism-services delivery and regional marketing, though materially larger.

Broad incumbents

• City of Kalgoorlie-Boulder: Major mining-tilted WA local government authority providing comparable statutory services (rates, planning, waste, recreation) but at much larger scale; useful benchmark for mining-driven shire revenue dynamics.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles11 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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