Meckering WA 6405
465 addresses · 45 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Cunderdin LGA › Meckering · 114 km from Perth
Living Here
Meckering is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 232 people, with a median age of 45. The typical household earns around $1,083 a week, with median rent near $183 a week. Most homes are houses. About 85% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 3 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Cunderdin statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Meckering itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 parks
1 service station
1 golf club
Getting around. Train station: Meckering, 900 m east.
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: 1.8% 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 | 1.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 2.2% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.2% · Labour-force participation 50.8%
Population by age in Meckering
| 0-4 | 14 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 31 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 5 |
| 25-34 | 15 |
| 35-44 | 33 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 38 |
| 65-74 | 44 |
| 75-84 | 12 |
| 85+ | 5 |
Dwelling types in Meckering
| House | 80 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Meckering
| <$650 | 10 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 38 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 19 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Meckering
| Australian | 115 |
|---|---|
| English | 95 |
| Ancestry NS | 28 |
| Scottish | 25 |
| German | 17 |
| Irish | 12 |
Housing tenure in Meckering
| Owned | 43 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 25 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in Meckering
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 21 |
| 2 | 30 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Meckering
| Car | 60 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 4 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 9 |
Top countries of birth in Meckering
| England | 10 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 10 |
| South Africa | 4 |
| Netherlands | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
448 bird observations recorded near Meckering — most often seen:
- South-western Australian Magpie (25)
- Magpie-lark (23)
- South-western Yellow-throated Miner (21)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (21)
- Australian Ringneck (19)
- Galah (19)
- Southern Magpie-lark (19)
- Weebill (17)
- Western Australian Raven (17)
- Western Galah (17)
- Willie Wagtail (17)
- Australian Raven (16)
- Brown Honeyeater (16)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Meckering
- Red Wattlebird (16)
- Western Red Wattlebird (16)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (14)
- Crested Pigeon (13)
- Singing Honeyeater (13)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (13)
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (13)
- Yellow-throated Miner (13)
- Striated Pardalote (12)
- Nankeen Kestrel (11)
- Pied Butcherbird (11)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (11)
- Black-shouldered Kite (10)
- Western Crested Pigeon (10)
- Western Striated Pardalote (9)
- Little Corella (8)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (8)
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 Meckering:
- Meenaar (10.8 km)
- Warding East (12.4 km)
- Waeel (13.1 km)
- Greenwoods Valley (13.8 km)
- Caljie (16.8 km)
- Southern Brook (18.8 km)
- Grass Valley (19.8 km)
- Throssell (20.2 km)
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Streets
- Antonio Road (1)
- Beebering Road (2)
- Bird Street (18)
- Bourke Street (13)
- Brockman Street (5)
- Bulgin Road (2)
- Burges Road (1)
- Burges Street (17)
- Byfield Street (25)
- Cameron Street (9)
- Clifton Street (10)
- Coline Road (1)
- Collins Street (3)
- Combley Street (2)
- Dempster Street (42)
- Dowerin-meckering Road (10)
- Dreyer Street (19)
- Dunlop Street (18)
- Gabbedy Place (6)
- Goomalling-meckering Road (10)
- Great Eastern Highway (5)
- Gregory Street (19)
- Hackett Street (5)
- Johnston Street (32)
- Kelly Street (13)
- Knight Street (13)
- Lawley Street (13)
- Leeming Street (7)
- Loton Road (23)
- Martin Street (4)
- Mitchell Street (12)
- Moore North Road (9)
- Moore Road (1)
- Quellington Road (4)
- Richardson Street (17)
- Ridley Street (10)
- Snook Street (2)
- Snooke Road (11)
- Solomon Street (4)
- Stewart Road (2)
- Throssell Road (1)
- Throssell Street (18)
- Vanzetti Street (17)
- Wilding Road (1)
- Wilson Street (8)
