Sunset Beach Geraldton, Western Australia | |||||||||||||||
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Coordinates | 28°43′23″S 114°37′23″E / 28.723°S 114.623°E | ||||||||||||||
Population | 1,558 (SAL 2021)[1] | ||||||||||||||
Postcode(s) | 6530 | ||||||||||||||
Area | 1.9 km2 (0.73 sq mi) | ||||||||||||||
Location | 6 km (4 mi) N of Geraldton | ||||||||||||||
LGA(s) | City of Greater Geraldton | ||||||||||||||
State electorate(s) | Geraldton | ||||||||||||||
Federal division(s) | Durack | ||||||||||||||
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Sunset Beach is an outer northern coastal suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its local government area is the City of Greater Geraldton.
The suburb was gazetted in 1977.[2]
Sunset Beach is bounded by the Chapman River to the south, Chapman Road to the east and the Indian Ocean to the west.[3]
In the 2006 census, Sunset Beach had a population of 1,043.[4]
Sunset Beach residents had a median age of 37, and median incomes were average for the Geraldton region — $473 per week compared with $461 per week. The population of Sunset Beach was predominantly Australian-born - 78.1% as at the 2006 census - and 4.5% of residents identified as Indigenous Australians. 5.18% were born in the United Kingdom.
The most popular religious affiliations in descending order in the 2006 census were Anglican, Roman Catholic, no religion and Uniting.