Moonyoonooka, Western Australia

Moonyoonooka
Western Australia
Moonyoonooka is located in Western Australia
Moonyoonooka
Moonyoonooka
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Coordinates28°46′56″S 114°43′20″E / 28.78222°S 114.72222°E / -28.78222; 114.72222
Population286 (SAL 2021)[1]
Postcode(s)6532
Area158.9 km2 (61.4 sq mi)
LGA(s)City of Greater Geraldton
State electorate(s)Geraldton
Federal division(s)Durack

Moonyoonooka is a rural locality on the eastern margin of Geraldton, in the Mid West region of Western Australia. It contains Geraldton Airport. At the 2016 census, Moonyoonooka had a population of 245. Of employed people, 22.4% worked in the vegetable horticulture industry. Notably 9.1% of residents speak Vietnamese at home, eight times the national average.[2]

Moonyoonooka is the site of Glengarry Homestead, the birthplace of Edith Cowan, the first Australian woman to serve as a member of parliament.[3]

  1. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Moonyoonooka (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022. Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (27 June 2017). "Moonyoonooka (State Suburb)". 2016 Census QuickStats. Retrieved 5 May 2019. Edit this at Wikidata
  3. ^ "Municipal Inventory of Heritage Places Place Record: Glengarry" (PDF). City of Greater Geraldton. 13 December 2018. p. 4. Retrieved 5 May 2019.