Coorow, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Coorow is a small wheatbelt town in the Mid West of Western Australia, about 264 kilometres north of Perth and the seat of the Shire of Coorow. Its name comes from an Aboriginal word, variously recorded as 'Curro', for a kind of native portulaca, or as a term meaning 'many mists'. The townsite was gazetted in 1893 and grew through the 1920s and 1930s as the surrounding country was opened up for grain growing. The Coorow Hotel was built in 1929 and 1930, and the Wheat Pool of Western Australia installed grain elevators here in 1932, with the railway carrying the district's harvest to port. Heavy rains flooded the town in 1918 and again in 1932. Grain farming still underpins the local economy today.
Less advantaged than the national average
Coorow is more socio-economically advantaged than about 22% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 933, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Is Coorow a good place to live?
There’s no single answer — it depends on what matters to you. So instead of one mystery number, we break it down: a transparent score on each part of life we can back with public data, and an honest “not yet” on the parts we can’t.
Below the national middle on the data we score
A weighted blend of the 2 components we can score for Coorow from public data. It sits alongside — and reconciles with — the socio-economic Suburb Score above; it is a transparent read, not a complete verdict.
Socio-economic advantage
22/100Less advantaged than the national average
Less advantaged than the national average — the same ABS SEIFA-based Suburb Score (22/100) shown above. Income, education and occupation, as published by the ABS. · ABS SEIFA 2021
Housing affordability
89/100More affordable than most suburbs
Median weekly rent was $150 at the 2021 Census — more affordable than about 89% of suburbs we can compare. Housing data only, no valuations. · ABS Census 2021
Not yet scored
We’d rather leave these open than publish a number we can’t stand behind. Here’s where each one stands.
- Amenities & accessNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap amenity mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- Green spaceNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap green-space mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- TransportNot scored yet — our OpenStreetMap public-transport mapping is still rolling out across suburbs.
- SchoolsNot scored yet — school performance (ACARA / ICSEA) needs a data-reuse licence cleared before we can publish it.
- SafetyNot scored yet — Australia has no single open crime dataset and safety data carries defamation and legal care, so it is gated pending a go/no-go and will be data-only when added.
- CommunityNot scored yet — we won't reduce community to a number from a proxy. We'd rather leave it open than publish an invented value judgement.
A transparent read on public data, not a verdict — and not a measure of any person or community. See our methodology for how each component is worked out and why some aren’t scored yet.
Coorow at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 179
- Median age
- 49
- Median weekly household income
- $1,300
- SEIFA score
- 933
- Local government area
- Coorow
- Coordinates
- -29.8801, 116.0179
Map of Coorow
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Housing & property in Coorow
What it costs to live in Coorow and how residents hold their homes, from the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census.
- Median rent
- $150
- per week
- Median mortgage
- $625
- per month
- Owner-occupied
- 68%
- of dwellings
- Rented
- 18%
- of dwellings
The full tenure and dwelling-type breakdown is in the Coorow demographics section below.
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021. © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. See our methodology.
Coorow demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Coorow using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 29% and 12% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 20 | 11% |
| Youth (15–24) | 21 | 12% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 47 | 26% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 53 | 29% |
| Seniors (65+) | 41 | 23% |
Share of the 182 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 32 | 44% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 17 | 24% |
| Rented | 13 | 18% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 69 | 92% |
| Townhouses & semis | 0 | 0% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 75 occupied private dwellings in Coorow.
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,687
- Median weekly personal income
- $741
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 18 (12%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 9 (6%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 10 (6%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 58 (38%)
- Labour-force participation
- 63%
- Unemployment rate
- 4.1%
- Employed full-time
- 59
- Employed part-time
- 28
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
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Common questions about Coorow
Is Coorow a good place to live?
There's no single answer, so we score what the public data can back. On socio-economic advantage and housing affordability, Coorow rates 44/100 overall (Below the national middle on the data we score). Public transport, schools and safety aren't scored yet — see our methodology for why.
What is the median rent in Coorow?
At the 2021 Census, the median weekly rent in Coorow was $150, and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $625. These are official ABS Census figures — StreetScout publishes housing data only, with no property valuations or agent referrals.
Where is Coorow?
Coorow is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia, in the Coorow local government area.
What is the population of Coorow?
At the 2021 Census, Coorow had a population of about 179.
Is Coorow an advantaged area?
Coorow has an ABS SEIFA score of 933, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 22 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 22% of Australian suburbs.
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