Carnamah WA 6517
435 addresses · 42 streets
Durack Electorate › Carnamah LGA › Carnamah · 251 km from Perth
Living Here
Carnamah is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 407 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,350 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 59% of households own their home and 29% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Morawa statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Carnamah itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 supermarket
2 parks
1 Catholic church
1 medical clinic
1 childcare centre
1 post office
1 service station
1 golf club
1 mechanic
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Morawa Airport, 56 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 0.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 0.7% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 1.8% |
Demographics
Unemployment 2.1% · Labour-force participation 56.7%
Population by age in Carnamah
| 0-4 | 24 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 40 |
| 15-19 | 11 |
| 20-24 | 19 |
| 25-34 | 48 |
| 35-44 | 69 |
| 45-54 | 47 |
| 55-64 | 64 |
| 65-74 | 62 |
| 75-84 | 23 |
| 85+ | 11 |
Dwelling types in Carnamah
| House | 152 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 5 |
| Other | 4 |
Households by weekly income in Carnamah
| <$650 | 32 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 47 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 41 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Carnamah
| Australian | 166 |
|---|---|
| English | 151 |
| Ancestry NS | 71 |
| Scottish | 52 |
| Irish | 35 |
| German | 23 |
Housing tenure in Carnamah
| Owned | 72 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 46 |
| Other | 19 |
Cars per household in Carnamah
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 49 |
| 2 | 64 |
| 3 | 20 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Carnamah
| Car | 125 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 18 |
| Bicycle | 7 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Carnamah
| England | 19 |
|---|---|
| Germany | 4 |
| New Zealand | 4 |
| India | 3 |
| Ireland | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
318 bird observations recorded near Carnamah — most often seen:
- Yellow-throated Miner (21)
- Magpie-lark (17)
- Willie Wagtail (17)
- Australian Raven (14)
- Nankeen Kestrel (13)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (13)
- Tree Martin (13)
- Galah (11)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (11)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (11)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (11)
- Southern Magpie-lark (11)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (11)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Carnamah
- Western Galah (11)
- Australian Ringneck (10)
- Crested Pigeon (10)
- Rufous Songlark (10)
- Singing Honeyeater (10)
- South-western Australian Magpie (10)
- Welcome Swallow (10)
- Brown Honeyeater (8)
- Pied Butcherbird (8)
- Western Australian Raven (8)
- White-fronted Honeyeater (8)
- Grey-fronted Honeyeater (7)
- Mainland Tree Martin (7)
- Red Wattlebird (7)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (7)
- Western Crested Pigeon (7)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (6)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Carnamah:
- Three Springs (21.6 km)
- Womarden (22.9 km)
- Coorow (24.6 km)
- Kadathinni (26.7 km)
- Waddy Forest (32.4 km)
- Dudawa (34.9 km)
- Eganu (37 km)
- Arrino (38.7 km)
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Streets
- Bierman Place (14)
- Billeroo Road (1)
- Billeroo-coorow Road (1)
- Bowman Street (13)
- Bradley Road (2)
- Brand Mudge Road (2)
- Bunjil-carnamah Road (8)
- Carnamah-eneabba Road (26)
- Carnamah-perenjori Road (7)
- Caron Road (2)
- Caron Street (34)
- Chapman Street (1)
- Chatfield Clarke Road (2)
- Cooragabba Street (5)
- Dawson Touche Road (1)
- Forrest Street (2)
- Forrester Avenue (13)
- Fowler Road (1)
- Inja Street (9)
- King Street (21)
- Lucas Drive (10)
- Lucas Rokich Road (1)
- Macpherson Street (61)
- Martin Road (3)
- Midlands Road (14)
- Nairn Street (8)
- Newman Street (16)
- Niven Crescent (9)
- Parker Street (9)
- Perenjori-three Springs Road (1)
- Pope Road (1)
- Radhill Road (2)
- Railway Avenue (32)
- Robertson Street (27)
- Rowland Road (1)
- Slater Street (46)
- Turner Road (4)
- Waters Road (3)
- Winchester East Road (4)
- Winchester South Road (1)
- Winchester West Road (1)
- Yarra Street (16)
