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WA · Augusta Margaret River Council

Gracetown, 6284

Est. population · Jun 2025

282

Growth (1 yr)

+3.3%

Growth (5 yr)

+18.0%

Median age

45

Median income

$1,718/wk

Employment rate

61.1%

University qualified

35.3%

Work from home

16.9%

Languages at home

6.7%non-English

Mostly English at home

2021 Census · usual residence

Desirability score

35.9/100
Below average

479th in WA

Verified 76% confidence

How this score is calculated
  • Beach
  • Green suburb
  • Agricultural
  • Holiday parks
What Gracetown is known for: Beach, Green suburb, Agricultural, Holiday parks

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Suburb profile

Gracetown is a coastal town in Western Australia, in Augusta Margaret River Council. It is close to the Margaret River and the Augusta-Margaret River.

Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group, placing it among the highest-ranked coastal towns, and university qualifications are among the highest in the peer group, and working from home is an exceptional strength. Space is a strength, but car dependence is high. The main trade-offs are thinner park access and thinner dining and café options, with park access 100% below the peer median.

Overall, Gracetown suits people prioritising socio-economic advantage and university qualifications over open space.

Generated from the official metrics on this page. It can omit nuance or contain errors — check the tables and source notes before relying on it.

Strengths and weaknesses

Coastal town · compared with coastal towns in Western Australia (61)

Strengths

  • Socio-economic advantage is among the highest in the peer group
  • University qualifications are among the highest in the peer group
  • Working from home is a relative strength

Weaknesses

  • Park access is thinner than in comparable places
  • Dining and cafés are a relative weakness

What stands out

  • Gracetown Beach
  • Margaret River
  • Augusta-Margaret River
  • Cowaramup Bay
  • River Shire Council
  • Space is a strength, but car dependence is high

Who it suits

  • Families
  • Professionals
  • Retirees
  • StudentsInsufficient data
  • Budget buyersInsufficient data

Housing, growth and risk

How Gracetown compares

A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk

Median house price

—

No data available

Median rent (Census)

$295/wk

2021 Census median weekly rent

Population (ERP)

282

+3.3% annual growth

Dwelling vacancy

63.8%

Census unoccupied dwellings

Livability profile

Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)

How it compares

Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles

Desirability

#34

among Coastal & beach · Mature

Pop. growth

89th

percentile in WA

Rented dwellings

29%

2021 Census tenure

Advantage (IRSAD)

9/10

national SEIFA decile

Population growth

Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years

Housing mix

Dwelling types from the 2021 Census

Risks & flags

Quick scan — open a section below for full context

Living here

Desirability

Ranks & confidence
Desirability score
35.9/100 — Below average
National rank
5442nd in Australia
State rank
479th in WA
Peer rank
#34 among Coastal & beach · Mature suburbs
Cohort rank
#71 among Coastal & beach suburbs
Data confidence
76%

Data sources & freshness

  • Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated

Population

Estimated resident population

282(June 2025)

+3.3% annual · +18.0% over 5 years · 89th percentile in WA

Growth figures & methodology
Annual growth
+3.3%
5-year growth
+18.0%
Change in 1 year
+9
Change in 5 years
+43
Growth rank in WA
89th percentile

ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.

Methodology

Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.

The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~350), extrapolated at +3.3% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.

2021 Census figures

2021 Census

Population
238
Median age
45
Median household income / week
$1,718
Dwelling vacancy
63.8%
Unoccupied private dwellings
136 of 213
Median monthly mortgage
$1,867
Median weekly rent (2021 Census)
$295
Tenure (owned / mortgaged / rented)
46.4% / 24.6% / 29%
Employment rate
61.1%
Travel to work (WFH / public transport / car)
16.9% / 0% / 62.9%
Walked or cycled to work
4.8%
Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
66 / 0 / 0 (+ 5 other)

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%) · Accessibility (12%) · Future Growth (6%)

Employment, household income and owned-outright tenure (2021 Census) Work-from-home and public-transport commute shares (2021 Census) Five-year population change as a healthy-growth band, not a boom bonus

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries

Qualifications

35.3% of adults have a university degree, compared with 23.8% across Western Australia. 13.4% have a trade or vocational qualification.

  • University qualified35.3% · 23.8% WA
  • Diploma qualified10.4% · 9.3% WA
  • Trade / vocational13.4% · 17.8% WA
  • Year 12 or below40.8% · 49.1% WA

Highest qualification field

Main field of the highest non-school qualification (2021 Census).

  • Education18.7%
  • Society and culture14.2%
  • Management and commerce12.7%
  • Health9.7%
  • Natural and physical sciences9.7%
  • Engineering and related technologies9%
How these groups are defined
MeasureDefinition
University qualifiedBachelor degree or higher
Diploma qualifiedAdvanced Diploma / Diploma
Trade / vocationalCertificate III + IV
Year 12Year 12 as highest attainment
Below Year 12Year 11 / 10 / 9 or below

People aged 15 years and over, 2021 Census. University, diploma and trade shares match ABS highest educational attainment (HEAP). Year 12 and below Year 12 are combined in the chart because the General Community Profile reports school-only attainment as a residual.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

University qualifications from the 2021 Census

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Tax & income

Median taxable income (2023–24)
$55,491

30th percentile in WA · -5% vs Australia

Median salary / wages (2023–24)
$57,123

33rd percentile in WA · -12% vs Australia

Residents with rental investments
15.0%

81st percentile in WA · +9% vs Australia

Median super balance (2023–24)
$81,008

73rd percentile in WA · +28% vs Australia

Residents with business income
17.0%

99th percentile in WA · +64% vs Australia

Australian Taxation Office Taxation Statistics 2023–24, individuals Table 25. Figures describe taxpayers who live in postcode 6284 — not a suburb-level official statistic. Rental investment is the share of local taxpayers reporting rental income or loss, not the share of local properties owned by investors.

Counts, net rent & state comparison
Taxpayers in this postcode
2,223
Taxpayers reporting net rent
340
Median net rent
$1,620
Taxpayers reporting business income
367
Taxable income vs state median
-9%
Salary / wages vs state median
-9%
Rental investment vs state median
+25%
Super vs state median
+27%
Business income vs state median
+113%

Percentiles rank this postcode among unique postcodes in WA, so suburbs that share a postcode are not counted twice. Dollar figures are compared with Australia-wide ATO medians from the same release. Median net rent is among taxpayers who reported the rent label and can be negative.

Data sources & freshness

  • Taxation Statistics 2023–24 — individuals by postcode (Table 25) — Australian Taxation Office · Updated · Annual release; taxpayer residential postcode, not suburb boundary

Seasonal & agricultural work

8.1% of employed residents work in agriculture, forestry and fishing, 3.5× the Australian share (2.3%) — compared with 2.3% across Western Australia.

Agriculture, forestry & fishing
8.1%

51st percentile in WA · +252% vs Australia

Resident workers (2021)
10
WHM specified work
Subclass 417 / 462

Postcode 6284

Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census General Community Profile tables G54 (industry of employment) and G56 (industry by occupation), Statistical Area Level (suburb), place of usual residence. Figures are residents’ main job in the week before Census night — not jobs located in the suburb. Agriculture, forestry and fishing is the 1-digit ANZSIC division; grape growing and other 3- and 4-digit industries are not in this datapack. The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Plant and animal cultivation in postcode 6284 (Regional Australia) may count as specified work for Working Holiday Maker visas (subclasses 417 and 462). This is a postcode rule from the Home Affairs instruments — not evidence that seasonal jobs exist here, and not a count of WHM residents. Home Affairs specified work · LIN 22/012 · LIN 22/013. Compilation used: 5 April 2025.

Region employment estimates (SA4, not this suburb)

Jobs and Skills Australia NERO modelled estimates for Bunbury (SA4 501), 2026-08. These figures describe the broader region, not this suburb, and occupations are not added together.

  • Crop Farmers ANZSCO 1212888
  • Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1213795
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farmers ANZSCO 1214706
  • Agricultural, Forestry and Horticultural Plant Operators ANZSCO 7211359
  • Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 8415316
  • Crop Farm Workers ANZSCO 8412304
  • Other Farm, Forestry and Garden Workers ANZSCO 841993
  • Forestry and Logging Workers ANZSCO 841376
  • Mixed Crop and Livestock Farm Workers ANZSCO 841632
  • Aquaculture Workers ANZSCO 841110

Bunbury is a Statistical Area Level 4. Fruit, nut and vegetable workers are not published separately in NERO (they sit under ANZSCO 8412). Jobs and Skills Australia warns not to sum occupations or geographies. NERO data. Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation, Jobs and Skills Australia, Commonwealth of Australia. CC BY 4.0.

Census employed residents counted in G54: 124 · AFF share +252% vs the state.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — industry of employment (G54/G56), place of usual residence — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated · Resident main job in the week before Census night, not jobs located in the suburb

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

  • WHM specified work areas (LIN 22/012 and LIN 22/013) — Department of Home Affairs · 2025-04-05 · Updated · Postcode eligibility for plant and animal cultivation; not a count of WHM residents
  • Nowcast of Employment by Region and Occupation (NERO), SA4 × ANZSCO 4-digit — Jobs and Skills Australia · 2026-08 · Updated · Monthly modelled SA4 estimates; not suburb-level. CC BY 4.0

Community & culture

6.7% speak a language other than English at home; 23.8% born overseas

Language at home
208 English only · 15 other
Non-English at home
6.7%
Born overseas
51 (23.8%)
Australian citizens
203

Religion

66.4%No religion

No religion is the most common response at 66.4%, while Christianity accounts for 18.9%.

MeasureSuburbState
No religion66.4%42.5%
Christianity18.9%41.1%
Other / not stated14.7%16.4%
Christian denominations
DenominationSuburbState
Catholic8%18.7%
Anglican7.6%10.1%

2021 Census — languages spoken at home, birthplace, Indigenous status, and religious affiliation (usual residence). Religion is optional on the Census form.

Data sources & freshness

  • 2021 Census — General Community Profile (including method of travel to work and educational attainment) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated

    The 2026 Census was conducted in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.

Crime & safety

Figures are for the South West Police District, not this suburb alone.

Reported offences are running lower than the same point last year.

Offence counts & rates
Total offences (Jan 2026 to Sep 2026)
8,011
Against the person
2,104
Against property
3,892
Rate per 1,000 residents (annualised)
49.6
State crime-rate percentile
15.6th (higher = more crime)
Decrease (daily rate, partial year)
-35%

Most common offence types

  • Assault (Family)
  • Breach Of Violence Restraint Order
  • Drug Offences
  • Property Damage
  • Stealing

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Crime rate, offences against the person, year-on-year trend and recorded road crash rates

Data sources & freshness

  • WA Police district crime statistics — Western Australia Police Force · Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 → Jan 2026 to Sep 2026; Jan 2026 to Sep 2026 · Updated · Quarterly timeseries XLSX; district-level aggregates

Family & Lifestyle

Amenities

19 mapped amenities

14 beaches · 1 caravan parks · 1 campgrounds

Local character & venue list

Local character

  • Limited walkable amenities nearby
Walkability proxy
0/100
Cafés per 1,000 residents
0
Food & drink per 1,000 residents
0
Parks per 1,000 residents
0
Sport & outdoors(15)
  • Beach (12)
  • Big RockBeach
  • Cowaramup Pt (S)Beach
  • NTWA Bushland covenant (0003) Conservation CovenantNature reserve
Camping & holiday parks(2)
  • Campground
  • Gracetown Caravan ParkCaravan park
Places to stay(1)
  • Karriview LodgeHotel

    40 Forest Road

Other(1)
  • Grace FarmWine

Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually. Campgrounds, beaches, wineries and local trails are included when they sit inside the suburb boundary.

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Food, shopping, recreation and sport per 1,000 residents (OpenStreetMap)

Data sources & freshness

  • Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
  • OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated

Green cover

Green cover of suburb area
1.4%
Woodland / forest cover
1.4%
Parks & woodland features (OSM)
14
Parks (OSM)
0
Typical summer maximum
26°C

Green cover is the share of this suburb's boundary overlapping OpenStreetMap parks, woodland and forest polygons — not a satellite tree-canopy product. Summer maximum is the WorldClim / Open-Meteo seasonal normal already collected for Weather.

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Tree canopy first, then green-cover area and parks per 1,000

Data sources & freshness

  • OpenStreetMap green cover and tree canopy — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated · Park/woodland polygons intersected with suburb boundaries

Health access

Nearest hospital
Margaret River District Hospital (10.9 km)
Nearest hospital type
Hospital
Nearest hospital emergency
Emergency department
GP clinics in suburb
0

GP clinic counts from OpenStreetMap. Bulk-billing figures only include clinics tagged in OSM (sparse and unofficial — not a Medicare list).

Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (12%)

Hospitals, GPs and aged care

Data sources & freshness

NDIS participation

NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
6
Participants per 1,000 residents
21.3

Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.

For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.

Data sources & freshness

Weather

Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.

Summer (Dec–Feb)

Usual max / min
26° / 15°
Rainfall
49 mm · ~6 rainy days

Autumn (Mar–May)

Usual max / min
22° / 13°
Rainfall
242 mm · ~30 rainy days

Winter (Jun–Aug)

Usual max / min
17° / 9°
Rainfall
600 mm · ~75 rainy days

Spring (Sep–Nov)

Usual max / min
20° / 11°
Rainfall
248 mm · ~31 rainy days

Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (12%)

Temperature and humidity comfort

Data sources & freshness

  • Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated

Future & Planning

Heritage

2 heritage places

  • EllensbrookLot 303 Ellen Brook Rd, Gracetown115
  • Glenbourne Homestead134 Old Ellen Brook Rd, Gracetown116

Contributes to desirability score · Environment (12%)

Heritage listings as established streetscape

Data sources & freshness

  • State heritage register — State heritage authority · current · Updated

Hazards

Bushfire planning zone
Overlay applies
Flood / inundation overlay
No mapped inundation on suburb boundary

Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via WA bush fire prone area mapping. Flood cover uses floodplain mapping against the suburb boundary where published.

Contributes to desirability score · Safety (22%)

Bushfire and flood hazard overlays

Data sources & freshness

  • Bushfire and flood planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated

Politics & representation

Federal electorate
Forrest
Member of Parliament
Ben SMALL (Liberal)
Results from
2025 federal election
Electorate enrolment (2025)
117,485
Turnout (2025)
89.3%
Swing since 2022 (2025)
+1.9 pp toward Labor

Two-party preferred (2025)

Coalition 52.2%Labor 47.8%

Estimated suburb voting profile

Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 29.3 km away).

Coalition 44.6%Labor 55.4%

7.6 percentage points more Labor-leaning than the electorate

Estimated swing since 2022: +1.4 pp toward Labor

Nearest polling places

  • CowaramupLabor 55.7% · Coalition 44.3% TPP (2025)10.3 km away
  • Margaret RiverLabor 61.2% · Coalition 38.8% TPP (2025)11.8 km away
  • Margaret River SouthLabor 57.4% · Coalition 42.6% TPP (2025)13.3 km away
  • WitchcliffeLabor 57.8% · Coalition 42.2% TPP (2025)19.8 km away
  • Rosa BrookLabor 48.0% · Coalition 52.0% TPP (2025)20.1 km away

Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.

Data sources & freshness

Socio-economic

IRSAD decile (2021)
9/10
IRSD decile (2021)
10/10

ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).

What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?

IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.

IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.

A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.

Contributes to desirability score · Community (12%)

Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD and IRSD deciles)

Data sources & freshness

More in Augusta Margaret River Council

Other suburbs in the same local government area.

Comparable suburbs

Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of Western Australia.