Perth suburbs / Merriwa
Merriwa 6030
A free data profile of Merriwa, Perth — home to about 5,194 people across 2,522 properties. Schools & catchments, crime, demographics, health and NBN for every home on the map.
What the data says about Merriwa
Merriwa is a mid-sized Perth suburb, home to about 5,194 people across 2,522 properties. Residents have a median age of 41, close to the Perth median of 40. Households earn a median $1,389/week, below the metro median of $1,868. On safety, Merriwa records about 64 offences per 1,000 residents (FY 2024-25), around the Perth median of 69 — in line with the typical Perth suburb.
It has 3 schools within its bounds, and its public catchment includes Butler Primary School, Clarkson Primary School, Merriwa Primary School (the exact catchment depends on the address). On bushfire risk, about 1% of the suburb is mapped bushfire-prone.
On the NBN, Merriwa was only in small pockets served by fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) as of July 2020 — about 0% of the built-up area — with the rest on older fixed-line or wireless technologies. For health services, the suburb has 2 pathology (blood-test) centres, 1 pharmacy within its bounds.
Generated from WA Police, WA Health, ABS Census 2021, Digital Earth Australia (green cover), ACCC (mobile) and infrastructure.gov.au open data, compared to Perth-metro medians. Housing, tenure & commute: Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (CC BY 4.0). Green cover © DEA/Geoscience Australia (CC BY 4.0). Informational only.
Who lives here
Schools & education
3 schools in Merriwa · nearest nearby:
- Merriwa Education Support Centrein suburb
- Merriwa Primary Schoolin suburb
- Alkimos Baptist Collegein suburb
- Quinns Baptist College140 m
- St Francis Of Assisi Catholic Primary School141 m
- Irene Mccormack Catholic College174 m
- Peter Moyes Anglican Community School333 m
- Clarkson Primary School429 m
Primary: Butler Primary School, Clarkson Primary School, Merriwa Primary School, Quinns Beach Primary School
Secondary: Butler College, Clarkson Community High School
The exact catchment depends on the address — open a specific property on the map to confirm.
Safety & crime
Health & medical
Environment
Getting around
Internet (NBN, 2020)
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