Suburb profile

Carnarvon WA 6701

Carnarvon is located in the Outback Western Australia (South) region of Western Australia, postcode 6701. It has 279 properties across 18 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Carnarvon, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Carnarvon

Carnarvon, WA 6701, sits in the Outback Western Australia (South) region and neighbours Babbage Island, Morgantown, Brockman and East Carnarvon. Its 18 streets hold 279 properties, 211 of them houses and 68 units.

At the Census Carnarvon had 4,879 residents, a median age of 41 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,416 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,300 a month and the median rent $215 a week. Of 1,662 dwellings, 1,303 were separate houses, 212 semi-detached, 46 flats and 87 other; 505 were owned outright, 370 owned with a mortgage and 697 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Carnarvon

  • 4,879Peoplelive in the area
  • 41Median ageyears
  • $1,416Median household incomea week
  • $215Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,303
  • Townhouses and semis212
  • Flats and apartments46
  • Other87

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,300a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 505Owned with a mortgage 370Rented 697Other 90

Schools in Carnarvon

  • Carnarvon Christian School

    IndependentPrimary

  • Carnarvon School Of The Air

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Mary Star of the Sea College

    CatholicPrimary and secondary

Streets in Carnarvon

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.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

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