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Cable Beach WA 6726

3,475 addresses · 122 streets

Durack Electorate › Broome LGA › Cable Beach · 1682 km from Perth

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Living Here

Cable Beach is a suburb of Western Australia, home to about 5,730 people, with a median age of 34. The typical household earns around $2,181 a week, with median rent near $371 a week. Most homes are houses. About 46% of households own their home and 52% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Aboriginal. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

5,730Population
34Median age
$2,181Median household income / wk
$371Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Broome statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cable Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Broome International Airport, 1.6 km east.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙂Above average · 6/10
Economic resources3/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 11.2% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Cable Beach

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Cable Beach WA
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202011.2%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202117.5%

Demographics

Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 67.7%

Population by age in Cable Beach
Population by age, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
0-4374
5-14936
15-19328
20-24297
25-34994
35-44879
45-54815
55-64621
65-74359
75-8499
85+25
Dwelling types in Cable Beach
Dwelling types, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
House1,393
Townhouse231
Apartment58
Other99
Households by weekly income in Cable Beach
Households by weekly income, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
<$650196
$650-1,499315
$1,500-2,999517
$3,000+498
Top ancestries in Cable Beach
Top ancestries, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian1,798
English1,723
Aboriginal1,217
Ancestry NS752
Irish511
Other489
Housing tenure in Cable Beach
Housing tenure, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
Owned329
Mortgage479
Rented903
Other32
Cars per household in Cable Beach
Cars per household, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
097
1595
2669
3268
4+118
Commute to work in Cable Beach
Commute to work, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
Car2,035
Train0
Bus21
Tram/ferry0
Walked137
Bicycle67
Home133
Top countries of birth in Cable Beach
Top countries of birth, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
England166
New Zealand124
Philippines102
China38
South Africa34
Germany31
Languages used at home in Cable Beach
Languages used at home, Cable Beach WA (ABS Census 2021)
Australian Indigenous164
Tagalog40
Spanish39
Mandarin38
Italian37
Filipino36

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

89,654 bird observations recorded near Cable Beach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Cable Beach

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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