Australian Demographic Profile
Meekatharra, WA 6642
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~810
Median age
32
Median income
Mid-high
$800-$999/wk
Top profile
Young
56%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers56%
- Retired and semi-retired20%
- Trades and technical workers7.2%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~810
- Sex split
- F 43% / M 57%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 8.6%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)18%
- Young adults (15-24)15%
- Early career (25-39)27%
- Mid career (40-59)24%
- Senior (60+)16%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Meekatharra: Mid-high ($800-$999/wk).
- No / not stated45%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)21%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)18%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)14%
- Very high ($3k+)2.4%
Top occupations
- Machinery Operators and Drivers19%
- Technicians and Trades Workers19%
- Managers19%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to WA and Australia
| Meekatharra | WA avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 8.6% | 17% | 19% |
What's in the full report
- ✓ Full 8-profile composition with percentages
- ✓ All 47 demographic variables broken down
- ✓ Income vs occupation cross-tabulation
- ✓ Family composition by age group
- ✓ Country of birth and language distributions
- ✓ Educational attainment by age cohort
- ✓ Branded HTML, PDF, CSV exports
- ✓ Citation-ready format
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Methodology
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditional tables using Bayesian reconstruction. Validated against real Census distributions with a median person-level SRMSE of 0.05 across 7,780 suburbs. Read the full methodology →