Suburb profile

Capricorn WA 6642

Capricorn is located in the Outback Western Australia (South) region of Western Australia, postcode 6642. It has 3 properties across 2 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Capricorn, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Capricorn

Capricorn, WA 6642, sits in Outback Western Australia (South) and neighbours Angelo River, Peak Hill, Jigalong and Kumarina. Its 2 streets hold 3 properties, all 3 of them houses and none units.

Census figures are for the Meekatharra area, which differs from the suburb. There the 2021 Census gave 3,153 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,202 a week, the median mortgage repayment $650 a month and the median rent $120 a week. Of 685 dwellings, 551 were separate houses, 28 semi-detached, 11 flats and 45 other. Tenure was 204 owned outright, 48 owned with a mortgage and 278 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Capricorn

  • 3,153Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $1,202Median household incomea week
  • $120Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses551
  • Townhouses and semis28
  • Flats and apartments11
  • Other45

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$650a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 204Owned with a mortgage 48Rented 278Other 155

Streets in Capricorn

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.