Suburb profile

Merkanooka WA 6625

Merkanooka is located in the Outback Western Australia (South) region of Western Australia, postcode 6625. It has 52 properties across 20 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Merkanooka, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Merkanooka

Merkanooka, WA 6625, sits in the Outback Western Australia (South) region and neighbours Holmwood, Pintharuka, Bowgada and Dudawa. Its 20 streets hold 52 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Morawa area, which covers the whole suburb. At the 2021 Census Morawa had 3,876 residents, a median age of 47 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,310 a week, the median mortgage repayment $800 a month and the median rent $175 a week. Of 1,339 dwellings, 1,253 were separate houses, 37 semi-detached and 22 other; 649 were owned outright, 255 owned with a mortgage and 279 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Merkanooka

  • 3,876Peoplelive in the area
  • 47Median ageyears
  • $1,310Median household incomea week
  • $175Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,253
  • Townhouses and semis37
  • Other22

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$800a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 649Owned with a mortgage 255Rented 279Other 156

Streets in Merkanooka

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.