Bluff Point WA 6530
926 addresses · 26 streets
Durack Electorate › Greater Geraldton LGA › Bluff Point · 377 km from Perth
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Living Here
Bluff Point is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 1,381 people, with a median age of 52. The typical household earns around $1,359 a week, with median rent near $260 a week. Most homes are houses. About 64% of households own their home and 33% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Geraldton statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Bluff Point itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 cafés & restaurants
1 supermarket
1 Catholic church
1 pharmacy
2 doctors & medical clinics
2 optometrists
1 vet
1 childcare centre
1 library
1 post office
2 gyms & sports centres
2 golf clubs
1 bakery
2 hardware stores
1 hairdresser
3 mechanics
1 electrician
Getting around. Bus interchange: Transwa Geraldton, 3.8 km south · Airport: Geraldton Airport, 10.2 km south-east.
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: 7.3% 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 | 7.3% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 8.5% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4.3% · Labour-force participation 55.4%
Population by age in Bluff Point
| 0-4 | 43 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 134 |
| 15-19 | 60 |
| 20-24 | 62 |
| 25-34 | 110 |
| 35-44 | 135 |
| 45-54 | 191 |
| 55-64 | 190 |
| 65-74 | 205 |
| 75-84 | 151 |
| 85+ | 108 |
Dwelling types in Bluff Point
| House | 389 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 151 |
| Apartment | 13 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Bluff Point
| <$650 | 120 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 162 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 135 |
| $3,000+ | 99 |
Top ancestries in Bluff Point
| English | 595 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 519 |
| Irish | 167 |
| Scottish | 127 |
| Other | 99 |
| Ancestry NS | 85 |
Housing tenure in Bluff Point
| Owned | 236 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 118 |
| Rented | 185 |
| Other | 17 |
Cars per household in Bluff Point
| 0 | 30 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 225 |
| 2 | 202 |
| 3 | 61 |
| 4+ | 34 |
Commute to work in Bluff Point
| Car | 499 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 4 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 9 |
| Bicycle | 5 |
| Home | 27 |
Top countries of birth in Bluff Point
| England | 78 |
|---|---|
| South Africa | 22 |
| New Zealand | 20 |
| Philippines | 17 |
| Scotland | 9 |
| Fiji | 8 |
Languages used at home in Bluff Point
| Afrikaans | 14 |
|---|---|
| Italian | 11 |
| Tagalog | 10 |
| Nepali | 8 |
| Thai | 8 |
| Vietnamese | 6 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
5,069 bird observations recorded near Bluff Point — most often seen:
- Laughing Turtle-dove (423)
- Rock Dove (302)
- Magpie-lark (298)
- Willie Wagtail (264)
- Silver Gull (260)
- White-plumed Honeyeater (234)
- Singing Honeyeater (220)
- Southern Willie Wagtail (216)
- Southern Magpie-lark (210)
- South-western Singing Honeyeater (198)
- Welcome Swallow (195)
- Western Australian Raven (187)
- Western White-plumed Honeyeater (174)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Bluff Point
- Crested Pigeon (163)
- Nankeen Kestrel (149)
- Pacific Gull (145)
- Giinbaywarraymal (138)
- Australian Raven (133)
- South-western Spotted Scrubwren (122)
- Galah (112)
- Pied Cormorant (111)
- Western Welcome Swallow (109)
- Western Red Wattlebird (97)
- Black-faced Cuckoo-shrike (95)
- Western Silvereye (95)
- Little Black Cormorant (90)
- Western Galah (89)
- Western Grey Shrike-thrush (83)
- Pacific Black Duck (79)
- Mistletoebird (78)
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 Bluff Point:
- Spalding (0.9 km)
- Sunset Beach (1.9 km)
- Webberton (2 km)
- Beresford (2.1 km)
- Strathalbyn (2.8 km)
- Wonthella (3.1 km)
- Waggrakine (3.8 km)
- Moresby (3.9 km)
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Streets
- Catherine Street (40)
- Cecily Street (15)
- Champion Bay Rise (19)
- Chapman Road (185)
- Charles Street (59)
- Crowtherton Street (61)
- Davis Street (2)
- Edwin Crescent (14)
- Elphick Avenue (37)
- Frederick Street (14)
- Fuller Street (35)
- Green Street (3)
- Hallet Place (5)
- Harrison Street (60)
- Hemsley Place (14)
- Hosken Street (33)
- Hungerford Street (8)
- Kempton Street (119)
- Lands Edge Close (16)
- Malcolm Street (33)
- Mitchell Street (11)
- Morris Street (22)
- O'connor Street (12)
- Railway Street (76)
- Settlers Close (10)
- St Georges Close (23)
