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Western Australia · SA2 511041290

What's going on in Meekatharra

Population 3,153 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#3 of 241 in Western Australia

for % single-parent families (27.6%)

Rank 2

#5 of 241 in Western Australia

for % of adults with no post-school qualification (69.7%)

Rank 3

#6 of 241 in Western Australia

for % Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander (24.3%)

The three dimensions where Meekatharra picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,202 / week
#226 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
38 years
#156 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
40.6%
#34 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
4.8%
#108 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.80
#118 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Meekatharra's sharpest rank is for % single-parent families. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #39 · one rank above Sebastopol - Redan Victoria ↓ #41 · one rank below Tennant Creek Northern Territory

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.