West Beach, Western Australia Explained

Type:suburb
West Beach
City:Esperance
State:wa
Lga:Shire of Esperance
Local Map:yes
Zoom:11
Coordinates:-33.874°N 121.878°W
Postcode:6450
Stategov:Roe
Fedgov:O'Connor
Dist1:4
Dir1:SW
Location1:Esperance
Near-Nw:Pink Lake
Near-N:Sinclair
Near-Ne:Esperance
Near-E:Southern Ocean
Near-Sw:Southern Ocean
Near-S:Southern Ocean
Near-Se:Southern Ocean

West Beach is a suburb of Esperance, a town in south-eastern Western Australia south of Esperance's central business district, extending southwesterly for several kilometres along the southern coast. Its local government area is the Shire of Esperance.

The suburb was gazetted in 1971.

Demographics

In the, West Beach had a population of 1,507. West Beach residents had a median age of 39, which was higher than the regional average, and the median individual income was $591 per week compared with $454 per week in the Esperance region. 2.3% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians.