Sunset Beach, Western Australia Explained

Type:suburb
Sunset Beach
City:Geraldton
State:wa
Lga:City of Greater Geraldton
Local Map:yes
Zoom:13
Coordinates:-28.723°N 114.623°W
Postcode:6530
Stategov:Geraldton
Fedgov:Durack
Dist1:6
Dir1:N
Location1:Geraldton
Near-Ne:Glenfield
Near-W:Indian Ocean
Near-E:Glenfield
Near-S:Bluff Point
Near-Se:Spalding

Sunset Beach is an outer northern coastal suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Greater Geraldton.

The suburb was gazetted in 1977.

Geography

Sunset Beach is bounded by the Chapman River to the south, Chapman Road to the east and the Indian Ocean to the west.

Demographics

In the, Sunset Beach had a population of 1,043.

Sunset Beach residents had a median age of 37, and median incomes were average for the Geraldton region — $473 per week compared with $461 per week. The population of Sunset Beach was predominantly Australian-born - 78.1% as at the 2006 census - and 4.5% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians. 5.18% were born in the United Kingdom.

The most popular religious affiliations in descending order in the 2006 census were Anglican, Roman Catholic, no religion and Uniting.