Meerup WA 6262
109 addresses · 19 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Manjimup LGA › Meerup · 300 km from Perth
Living Here
Meerup is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 159 people, with a median age of 51. The typical household earns around $1,109 a week, with median rent near $230 a week. Most homes are houses. About 89% of households own their home and 11% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Pemberton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Meerup itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 library
1 hardware store
2 places to stay
Getting around. Airport: Manjimup Airport, 43 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: 45.4% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 45.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 68.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6% · Labour-force participation 61.9%
Population by age in Meerup
| 0-4 | 6 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 23 |
| 15-19 | 10 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 15 |
| 45-54 | 29 |
| 55-64 | 24 |
| 65-74 | 26 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Meerup
| House | 54 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Meerup
| <$650 | 14 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 14 |
| $3,000+ | 6 |
Top ancestries in Meerup
| English | 78 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 56 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Irish | 18 |
| Other | 16 |
| Aboriginal | 12 |
Housing tenure in Meerup
| Owned | 31 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 20 |
| Rented | 6 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Meerup
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 11 |
| 2 | 19 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 13 |
Commute to work in Meerup
| Car | 46 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 23 |
Top countries of birth in Meerup
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 6 |
| Philippines | 5 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
60 bird observations recorded near Meerup — most often seen:
- South-western Grey Fantail (4)
- Straw-necked Ibis (4)
- Twenty-eight Parrot (4)
- Pacific Black Duck (3)
- South-western Scarlet Robin (3)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (3)
- Square-tailed Kite (3)
- Western Australian Raven (3)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (3)
- Australian Shelduck (2)
- Australian White Ibis (2)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (2)
- South-west Western Rosella (2)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Meerup
- South-western Australian Magpie (2)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (2)
- Western Red Wattlebird (2)
- Western Rosella (2)
- Western Splendid Fairy-wren (2)
- Australasian Grebe (1)
- Australian Magpie (1)
- Australian Ringneck (1)
- Australian Wood Duck (1)
- Black Swan (1)
- Cattle Egret (1)
- Coastal Spotted Pardalote (1)
- Emu (1)
- Eyre Peninsula Yellow Robin (1)
- Fan-tailed Cuckoo (1)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1)
- Mainland Tree Martin (1)
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 Meerup:
- Northcliffe (5.6 km)
- Boorara Brook (9 km)
- Crowea (10.2 km)
- Callcup (14.5 km)
- Windy Harbour (20.5 km)
- Collins (21.5 km)
- Yeagarup (22.2 km)
- Pemberton (22.3 km)
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Streets
- Bracken Rise (4)
- Caesia Road (3)
- De Rusett Road (1)
- Double Bridge Road (22)
- Gabbedy Road (3)
- Gould Road (1)
- Guernsey Gully Road (5)
- Gumnut Road (5)
- Holiwell Road (6)
- Jay Road (3)
- Karrang Close (3)
- Ladhams Road (3)
- Meerup Road (8)
- Pemberton-northcliffe Road (2)
- Pioneer Road (6)
- Richardson Road (17)
- Rifle Range Road (1)
- Tattenham Road (12)
- Windy Harbour Road (4)
