Question 1

Is West Beach a nice place to live?

Accepted Answer

West Beach sits beside the Southern Ocean with long sandy beaches, dune scrub and low-rise homes that give frequent sea glimpses.

The community is older, with many households owning their homes outright, and couples without children are the largest family group, making up 45.8% of families. Life in West Beach centres on outdoor time, beach walks, fishing, wind and water sports and birdwatching in the coastal heath, while shops and services are a short drive into Esperance town centre and the suburb keeps a laid-back seaside rhythm with a noticeable seasonal holiday presence. West Beach is part of the Esperance Bay sand back-passing project, with a buried pipeline that pumps sand dredged from Bandy Creek along the Castletown foreshore, and the Shire has endorsed containerised diesel booster pumps for the permanent back-passing system.

Question 2

Is it expensive to live in West Beach?

Accepted Answer

West Beach hasn't had enough recent sales or rentals to put reliable house or unit prices and rents on record. Without those current price and rent figures, it's not possible to say how expensive it is to live in West Beach compared with local incomes. A median household income is recorded from the most recent Census, but that single figure alone doesn't give a clear picture of housing costs here.

Everyone's financial situation is different, so it's important to consider your own circumstances when deciding which suburb is right for you.

Question 3

Is West Beach a good place to invest?

Accepted Answer

The standout figure for West Beach is a strong 40.6% rise in median house values over the past 12 months. That movement represents capital growth for houses on this page, and there isn't enough recent data here to show how rents or unit values moved.

This information has been prepared without taking your objectives, needs and overall financial situation into account. It is not meant to be a substitute for professional financial advice. For this reason, you should consider the appropriateness of the information and, if necessary, seek appropriate professional advice.

	Houses	Units
Median price Past 3 months	N/A	N/A
Change in value Past 12 months	40.6%	N/A
Sold Past 3 months	3	N/A
Median days on market Past 12 months	15	N/A
Average rent Past 12 months	N/A	N/A
Change in rent Past 12 months	N/A	N/A

	Suburb	WA
Median age years	44	38
Median household income weekly	$2,105	$1,815
Couples with children share of families	44.3%	44.6%
Couples without children share of families	45.8%	38.8%
One-parent families share of families	8.9%	15.1%
Homes owned outright share of homes	41.9%	30.2%
Homes with a mortgage share of homes	34.4%	41.4%
Homes rented share of homes	23.7%	28.3%

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