Suburb profile
Mount Magnet WA 6638
Mount Magnet is located in the Outback Western Australia (South) region of Western Australia, postcode 6638. It has 549 properties across 25 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Mount Magnet, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet, WA 6638, sits in Outback Western Australia (South) and neighbours Cooladar Hill, Daggar Hills and Paynesville. Its 25 streets hold 549 properties, 519 of them houses and 30 units.
Census figures are for the Meekatharra area, which has 3,153 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income is $1,202 a week, the median mortgage repayment $650 a month and the median rent $120 a week. Of 685 dwellings, 551 are separate houses, 28 semi-detached, 11 flats and 45 other; 204 are owned outright, 48 owned with a mortgage and 278 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Mount Magnet
- 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
Schools in Mount Magnet
Mount Magnet District High School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Mount Magnet District High School
GovernmentPrimary and secondary
Streets in Mount Magnet
- Angel Street4 properties
- Attwood Street89 properties
- Burrows Court10 properties
- Criddle Street38 properties
- Dowden Place12 properties
- Fitzgerald Street6 properties
- Great Northern Highway1 property
- Hepburn Street103 properties
- Jensen Close13 properties
- Jones Street12 properties
- Kennedy Court15 properties
- Laurie Street55 properties
- Lockyer Street12 properties
- Moses Street13 properties
- Mount Road1 property
- Naughton Street3 properties
- Priestley Street27 properties
- Richardson Street24 properties
- Scott Close23 properties
- Sirdar Place14 properties
- Slavin Court1 property
- Thurkle Cove2 properties
- Warren Street4 properties
- Watson Street59 properties
- Welcome Street8 properties
Neighbouring suburbs
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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.