Australian Demographic Profile
Meru, WA 6530
Census-grade demographic profile. ABS Census 2021, adjusted to 2026.
Population
~193
Median age
32
Median income
Mid-high
$800-$999/wk
Top profile
Young
64%
Profile composition (top three)
- Young singles and non-workers64%
- Retired and semi-retired35%
- Children0.20%
Full 8-profile breakdown in the suburb report.
Population overview
- Synthetic individuals
- ~193
- Sex split
- F 5.7% / M 94%
- Tertiary-qualified
- 3.1%
Generated from ABS Census 2021 conditionals using Bayesian reconstruction, adjusted to 2026.
Age structure
- Children (0-14)0%
- Young adults (15-24)16%
- Early career (25-39)54%
- Mid career (40-59)29%
- Senior (60+)1.6%
Income distribution
Median individual income bracket in Meru: Mid-high ($800-$999/wk).
- No / not stated100%
- Low ($1-$499/wk)0%
- Mid ($500-$1.5k)0%
- High ($1.5k-$3k)0%
- Very high ($3k+)0%
Top occupations
- Managers100%
Full occupation breakdown in the suburb report.
Compared to WA and Australia
| Meru | WA avg | AUS avg | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 32 | 42 | 42 |
| Tertiary-qualified | 3.1% | 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 →