Murchison WA 6630
19 addresses · 5 streets
Durack Electorate › Murchison LGA › Murchison · 560 km from Perth
Living Here
Murchison is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 30 people, with a median age of 44. The typical household earns around $1,625 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 37% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Scottish. 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: Murchison itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 service station
1 place to stay
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: 0.1% 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 | 0.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 0.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.8% · Labour-force participation 80.8%
Population by age in Murchison
| 0-4 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 3 |
| 15-19 | 0 |
| 20-24 | 0 |
| 25-34 | 5 |
| 35-44 | 4 |
| 45-54 | 8 |
| 55-64 | 7 |
| 65-74 | 0 |
| 75-84 | 0 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Murchison
| House | 9 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 5 |
Households by weekly income in Murchison
| <$650 | 0 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 3 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 5 |
| $3,000+ | 0 |
Top ancestries in Murchison
| Australian | 17 |
|---|---|
| English | 11 |
| Scottish | 7 |
| Irish | 6 |
| Dutch | 3 |
| German | 3 |
Housing tenure in Murchison
| Owned | 3 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 4 |
| Rented | 5 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Murchison
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 0 |
Commute to work in Murchison
| Car | 4 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 10 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 3 |
Top countries of birth in Murchison
| South Africa | 4 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
601 bird observations recorded near Murchison — most often seen:
- Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater (36)
- Chiming Wedgebill (34)
- Inland Yellow-throated Miner (32)
- Western Galah (27)
- Western White-plumed Honeyeater (27)
- Southern Magpie-lark (26)
- Whistling Kite (26)
- Yellow-throated Miner (25)
- Port Lincoln Parrot (24)
- Chestnut-rumped Thornbill (20)
- Pied Butcherbird (20)
- Red-capped Robin (19)
- Western Crested Pigeon (19)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Murchison
- Zebra Finch (19)
- Crested Pigeon (18)
- Magpie-lark (18)
- Galah (17)
- Northern Crested Bellbird (17)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (17)
- Western Pied Butcherbird (17)
- White-fronted Honeyeater (16)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (16)
- Rufous Songlark (15)
- Willie Wagtail (15)
- Common Bronzewing (14)
- South-western Australian Magpie (14)
- Southern Rufous Whistler (14)
- Little Crow (13)
- Pied Honeyeater (13)
- South-western Black-faced Woodswallow (13)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
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Streets
- Carnarvon-mullewa Road (1)
- Kurara Way (11)
- Mulga Crescent (5)
- New Forest-yallalong Road (1)
- Office Road (1)