Sunset Beach, Western Australia

Infobox Australian Place | type = suburb
name = Sunset Beach
city = Geraldton
state = wa


caption =
lga = City of Geraldton-Greenough
postcode = 6530
pop = 1,043 (2006 census)
area = 1.6
est =
stategov = Geraldton
fedgov = O'Connor
dist1 = 6 |dir1 = N
location1= Geraldton
near-nw =
near-n =
near-ne = Glenfield
near-w = "Indian Ocean"
near-e = Glenfield
near-sw =
near-s = Bluff Point
near-se = Spaldingcoord|-28.723|114.623|type:city(1043)_region:AU-WA_scale:30000|format=dms|display=title

Sunset Beach is an outer northern coastal suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Geraldton-Greenough.

The suburb was gazetted in 1977. [Gazette WA | title = Naming of Locality - Sunset Beach - Town of Gerladton | file = 3038/71 | page = 1977:849 | date = 25 March 1977]

Geography

Sunset Beach is bounded by the Chapman River to the south, Chapman Road to the east and the Indian Ocean to the west.Streetsmart WA|maps=Map G1]

Demographics

At the 2006 census, Sunset Beach had a population of 1,043.Census 2006 AUS|id=SSC55641|name=Sunset Beach (State Suburb)|accessdate=2007-06-29]

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.

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