Lifestyle & outdoors

Best Coastal Suburbs in Western Australia

Top coastal and beach suburbs ranked by lifestyle amenities, walkability and overall desirability within the coastal cohort.

Fremantle currently leads this Western Australia list. Top coastal and beach suburbs ranked by lifestyle amenities, walkability and overall desirability within the coastal cohort. 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	Fremantle	100
#2	Bunbury	98
#3	Coral Bay	85
#4	Withers	80
#5	Mount Clarence	79
#6	Watermans Bay	74
#7	City Beach	72
#8	South Fremantle	67
#9	Swanbourne	67
#10	Hillarys	66
#11	Coogee	63
#12	North Beach	62
#13	Mosman Park	62
#14	Prevelly	60
#15	Rockingham	59
#16	North Coogee	58
#17	Kallaroo	54
#18	Dalyellup	53
#19	Gnarabup	53
#20	Mullaloo	53
#21	Mandurah	52
#22	Middleton Beach	52
#23	Drummond Cove	51
#24	North Fremantle	50
#25	Ledge Point	50
#26	Cottesloe	49
#27	Leschenault	49
#28	Abbey	48
#29	Scarborough	47
#30	Usher	47
#31	Myalup	47
#32	Warnbro	47
#33	Binningup	45
#34	Falcon	44
#35	Secret Harbour	44
#36	Trigg	44
#37	Marmion	44
#38	Lancelin	44
#39	Jindalee	43
#40	Kalgan	43
#41	Burnside	42
#42	Ocean Reef	42
#43	Shoalwater	41
#44	Wannanup	41
#45	Burns Beach	41
#46	Dawesville	40
#47	Stratham	40
#48	South Bunbury	40
#49	Cervantes	39
#50	Golden Bay	39

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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