Moresby WA 6530

Living Here

Moresby is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 944 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $2,224 a week, with median rent near $345 a week. Most homes are houses. About 92% of households own their home and 8% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Waggrakine Primary School
  • Strathalbyn Christian College
  • Bluff Point Primary School
  • Saint Lawrence's Primary School
  • Geraldton Camp School
  • Meekatharra School of the Air
• 6 parks

  • Forrester Park
  • Chapman River Regional Park
  • Tersonia Public Open Space
  • Jenner Park
  • GBSC Sports Park
  • Hamersley Park
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Francis Xavier Cathedral Geraldton
• 2 hospitals

  • St John of God Geraldton Hospital
  • Geraldton Health Campus
• 1 post office

  • Australia Post Office Bluff Point
• 2 service stations

  • Ampol Sunset Beach
  • Caltex
• 1 gym

  • Spalding Park Tennis Club
• 2 golf clubs

  • Spalding Park Golf Club
  • Geraldton Golf Club
• 2 hardware stores

  • Sydney Tools
  • Bunnings Warehouse
• 3 mechanics

  • Sunset Mechanical
  • Freo Group Geraldton
  • Siv's Autos
• 1 electrician

  • Shmick Auto Electrics
• 4 places to stay

  • Wintersun Hotel
  • Sunset Beach Holiday Park
  • Geraldton Caravan Park
  • Rhodeside Lodge

Getting around. Bus interchange: Transwa Geraldton, 6.8 km south-west · Airport: Geraldton Airport, 9.1 km south-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 4.5% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 2.8% · Labour-force participation 66.3%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

2,603 bird observations recorded near Moresby — most often seen:

• Laughing Turtle-dove (206)
• South-western Singing Honeyeater (150)
• Singing Honeyeater (139)
• White-plumed Honeyeater (133)
• Willie Wagtail (133)
• Magpie-lark (129)
• Crested Pigeon (118)
• South-western Spotted Scrubwren (109)
• Southern Willie Wagtail (98)
• Welcome Swallow (95)
• Southern Magpie-lark (86)
• Western Silvereye (82)
• Western Grey Shrike-thrush (80)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Moresby:

• Waggrakine (2.2 km)
• Spalding (3.2 km)
• Strathalbyn (3.4 km)
• Sunset Beach (3.6 km)
• Bluff Point (3.9 km)
• Webberton (4.1 km)
• Woorree (4.3 km)
• Beresford (5.2 km)

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