Meekatharra WA 6642

Living Here

Meekatharra is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 849 people, with a median age of 33. The typical household earns around $1,273 a week, with median rent near $110 a week. Most homes are houses. About 36% of households own their home and 51% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Aboriginal, English, Australian. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 1 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Meekatharra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Meekatharra itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Meekatharra District High School
• 1 supermarket

  • IGA
• 1 hospital

  • Meekatharra Hospital
• 1 post office

  • Meekatharra Post Office
• 3 service stations

  • BP
  • Ampol
  • Shell
• 2 places to stay

  • Auskimotel
  • Meekatharra Accommodation Centre

Getting around. Train station: Meekatharra, 950 m south-west · Airport: Meekatharra Airport, 3.7 km south-east.

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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: 2.4% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 8% · Labour-force participation 48.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

741 bird observations recorded near Meekatharra — most often seen:

• Zebra Finch (53)
• Magpie-lark (49)
• Yellow-throated Miner (48)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (46)
• Western White-plumed Honeyeater (37)
• Whistling Kite (37)
• Inland Yellow-throated Miner (36)
• Little Crow (36)
• Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (36)
• Southern Magpie-lark (34)
• Western Crested Pigeon (29)
• Crested Pigeon (23)
• Nankeen Kestrel (21)

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 Meekatharra:

• Karalundi (54.4 km)

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