Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Beach Lifestyle in Western Australia

Coastal suburbs ranked for beach access, outdoor recreation and the lifestyle amenities that define seaside living.

Bunbury currently leads this Western Australia list. Coastal suburbs ranked for beach access, outdoor recreation and the lifestyle amenities that define seaside living. The index is relative to this list (100 = the top suburb here), not an overall suburb rating. Very small localities can rank highly when nearby services score well — check population and housing on each profile before treating a rank as a place to live.

Rank	Suburb	Index
#1	Bunbury	100
#2	Fremantle	98
#3	Coral Bay	90
#4	Mount Clarence	85
#5	South Fremantle	66
#6	Withers	64
#7	Rockingham	57
#8	Mosman Park	56
#9	Watermans Bay	54
#10	City Beach	54
#11	Mandurah	52
#12	Hillarys	51
#13	Prevelly	51
#14	Swanbourne	48
#15	Scarborough	46
#16	Middleton Beach	46
#17	Cottesloe	44
#18	Drummond Cove	44
#19	Coogee	44
#20	North Fremantle	43
#21	Abbey	43
#22	North Beach	43
#23	Gnarabup	42
#24	North Coogee	41
#25	Mullaloo	41
#26	Falcon	40
#27	Dawesville	38
#28	Ocean Reef	37
#29	Shoalwater	37
#30	South Bunbury	36
#31	Jindalee	36
#32	Kallaroo	33
#33	Cervantes	33
#34	Burns Beach	33
#35	Kronkup	33
#36	Port Kennedy	32
#37	Leschenault	31
#38	Dunsborough	31
#39	Sorrento	31
#40	Golden Bay	30
#41	Iluka	30
#42	Burnside	29
#43	Dalyellup	29
#44	Marmion	29
#45	Singleton	29
#46	Trigg	29
#47	Warnbro	29
#48	Secret Harbour	28
#49	Stratham	28
#50	San Remo	28

Index shows relative strength within this list. 100 is the top-ranked suburb; lower values are further from the leader, not an overall suburb rating.

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