Mingenew WA 6522
451 addresses · 26 streets
Durack Electorate › Mingenew LGA › Mingenew · 310 km from Perth
Living Here
Mingenew is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 258 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,125 a week, with median rent near $150 a week. Most homes are houses. About 75% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 2 of 10 nationally — a more disadvantaged 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: Mingenew itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
2 service stations
1 gym
1 golf club
1 bakery
1 place to stay
Getting around. Airport: Dongara Airport, 51.3 km west.
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: 8.8% 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 | 8.8% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 10.7% |
Demographics
Unemployment 6.2% · Labour-force participation 44.7%
Population by age in Mingenew
| 0-4 | 20 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 24 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 18 |
| 35-44 | 25 |
| 45-54 | 28 |
| 55-64 | 56 |
| 65-74 | 41 |
| 75-84 | 26 |
| 85+ | 9 |
Dwelling types in Mingenew
| House | 86 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 3 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 7 |
Households by weekly income in Mingenew
| <$650 | 23 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 33 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 22 |
| $3,000+ | 11 |
Top ancestries in Mingenew
| Australian | 97 |
|---|---|
| English | 95 |
| Ancestry NS | 48 |
| Irish | 22 |
| Scottish | 19 |
| Aboriginal | 18 |
Housing tenure in Mingenew
| Owned | 47 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 23 |
| Rented | 15 |
| Other | 8 |
Cars per household in Mingenew
| 0 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 28 |
| 2 | 40 |
| 3 | 14 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Mingenew
| Car | 62 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 11 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 0 |
Top countries of birth in Mingenew
| England | 12 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 4 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
428 bird observations recorded near Mingenew — most often seen:
- Australian Raven (25)
- Magpie-lark (25)
- Galah (23)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (23)
- Western Galah (22)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (21)
- Welcome Swallow (20)
- Southern Magpie-lark (18)
- Australian Ringneck (17)
- Western Australian Raven (17)
- Nankeen Kestrel (16)
- Red-capped Robin (15)
- Mistletoebird (13)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Mingenew
- Southern Weebill (13)
- Tree Martin (13)
- Western Striated Pardalote (12)
- Willie Wagtail (12)
- Brown Honeyeater (11)
- Red-tailed Black Cockatoo (11)
- Western Welcome Swallow (11)
- South-west Western Gerygone (10)
- Western Brown Honeyeater (10)
- Western Crested Pigeon (10)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (10)
- Crested Pigeon (9)
- Weebill (9)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (8)
- Mainland Tree Martin (8)
- Rufous Songlark (8)
- Silvereye (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 Mingenew:
- Ikewa (5.4 km)
- Yarragadee (8.6 km)
- Lockier (12.8 km)
- Mooriary (15.1 km)
- Bundanoon (15.5 km)
- Mount Budd (19.2 km)
- Yandanooka (20.1 km)
- Nangetty (20.3 km)
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Streets
- Bride Street (21)
- Broad Street (10)
- Donald Street (11)
- Eleanor Street (18)
- Enanty Street (8)
- Field Street (19)
- Fogarty Street (20)
- Ikewa Street (31)
- Irwin Street (2)
- King Street (50)
- Lee Steere Street (4)
- Linthorne Street (28)
- Midlands Road (43)
- Mingenew-morawa Road (2)
- Moore Street (9)
- Nelson Pearse Street (2)
- Oliver Street (19)
- Phillip Street (15)
- Queen Street (3)
- Shenton Street (39)
- Spring Street (8)
- Victoria Road (49)
- View Street (1)
- Wattle Street (7)
- William Street (23)
- Yandanooka Road (9)
