Big Grove WA 6330
80 addresses · 8 streets
O'Connor Electorate › Albany LGA › Big Grove · 396 km from Perth
Living Here
Big Grove is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 225 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $919 a week, with median rent near $175 a week. Most homes are houses. About 67% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Little Grove - Elleker statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Big Grove itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
2 parks
1 beach
1 Catholic church
2 hospitals
1 service station
2 golf clubs
Getting around. Airport: Albany Regional Airport, 16.9 km north-west.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 69.4% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 69.4% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 84.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 12.8% · Labour-force participation 47%
Population by age in Big Grove
| 0-4 | 3 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 22 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 3 |
| 25-34 | 6 |
| 35-44 | 20 |
| 45-54 | 39 |
| 55-64 | 39 |
| 65-74 | 56 |
| 75-84 | 19 |
| 85+ | 0 |
Dwelling types in Big Grove
| House | 46 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 57 |
Households by weekly income in Big Grove
| <$650 | 34 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 32 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 15 |
| $3,000+ | 13 |
Top ancestries in Big Grove
| English | 121 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 101 |
| Scottish | 21 |
| German | 16 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Irish | 11 |
Housing tenure in Big Grove
| Owned | 55 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 19 |
| Rented | 29 |
| Other | 7 |
Cars per household in Big Grove
| 0 | 4 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 44 |
| 2 | 35 |
| 3 | 16 |
| 4+ | 4 |
Commute to work in Big Grove
| Car | 55 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 14 |
Top countries of birth in Big Grove
| England | 22 |
|---|---|
| Canada | 3 |
| Germany | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
18,609 bird observations recorded near Big Grove — most often seen:
- Common Bronzewing (921)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (894)
- New Holland Honeyeater (827)
- South-western New Holland Honeyeater (772)
- Australian Pelican (768)
- White-faced Heron (767)
- Red-winged Fairy-wren (758)
- Silver Gull (738)
- Red-capped Parrot (701)
- Western Silvereye (646)
- Western Spinebill (641)
- South-western Australian Magpie (637)
- Little Pied Cormorant (628)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Big Grove
- Western Australian Raven (622)
- Giinbaywarraymal (611)
- Western Red Wattlebird (606)
- Silvereye (583)
- Western Welcome Swallow (562)
- South-west Western Rosella (558)
- South-western Grey Fantail (546)
- Red-eared Firetail (544)
- Australian Pied Oystercatcher (520)
- Laughing Turtle-dove (508)
- South Australian Golden Whistler (497)
- Australian White Ibis (496)
- Australian Raven (482)
- Crested Tern (467)
- Great Cormorant (461)
- Southern Magpie-lark (425)
- Black Swan (423)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Big Grove:
- Torndirrup (2.3 km)
- Little Grove (2.7 km)
- Vancouver Peninsula (4.1 km)
- Goode Beach (4.4 km)
- Frenchman Bay (5.7 km)
- Port Albany (6 km)
- Albany (6.6 km)
- Middleton Beach (7.1 km)
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Streets
- Frenchman Bay Road (39)
- Humphrey Road (5)
- Limeburners Road (5)
- Panorama Road (7)
- Quaranup Road (1)
- Rainbows End (14)
- Shoal Bay Retreat (8)
- Torndirrup Road (1)
