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WA 6530 · Greater Geraldton
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
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ABS 2021
Tarcoola Beach, Western Australia
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Tarcoola Beach WA
Based on 44 sales in the preceding 12 months
$722,000
Up 28.9% over 12 months
Based on 15 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$700 per week
Up 21.7% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Tarcoola Beach, WA is currently $722,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Tarcoola Beach has a 12-month growth rate of 28.9% for houses and 45.5% for units.
Two-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $654,000, Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $680,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $760,000 in Tarcoola Beach.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Tarcoola Beach is $700 per week. The median house rent has increased 21.7% over the last 12 months.
The median price of apartments and units for sale in Tarcoola Beach is $700,000, which has increased 45.5% since the same time last year.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Tarcoola Beach is 7,028 offences per 100,000 residents — 22% below the Rest of WA benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Tarcoola Beach.
Overall crime rate
7,028
offences per 100,000 residents
22% belowRest of WA
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Tarcoola Beach WA 6530 is in Western Australia, within Rest of WA.
1,360 people call Tarcoola Beach home, with an average of 2.4 people per household and a median household income of $2,157 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
4.8% of workers in Tarcoola Beach worked from home on Census day.
4.3% of Tarcoola Beach residents were born in England.
43.2% of people in Tarcoola Beach described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Tarcoola Beach WA 6530.
18.5% of Tarcoola Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
381 family households lived in Tarcoola Beach; 40.7% were couple families and 10.0% were one-parent families.
34.4% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Tarcoola Beach had 1,360 residents at the 2021 Census.
22.9% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
34.3% were 55 or older. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 72.6% of occupied private dwellings in Tarcoola Beach.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 26.3% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 0.0% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
37.6% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.
36.6% were buying their home with a mortgage.
25.7% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of WA average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Tarcoola Beach had 2.4 people.
One-person households made up 24.6% of occupied homes. That is somewhat below the Rest of WA average.
Two-person households represented 39.9%, while 22.1% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
4.8% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
69.9% drove a car as their only travel method. That is well above the Rest of WA average.
2.0% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.9% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
2.5% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of WA rate.
One-car households formed 32.0% of the total.
64.3% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
63.4% were at the same address five years earlier, while 36.6% reported a different address.
16.5% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of WA average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
87.8% of residents used only English at home.
6.6% used a language other than English at home.
0.0% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.7% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
16.5% of Tarcoola Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 83.5% was born in Australia.
0.4% of residents were born in China.
0.0% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 88.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 43.2% of ancestry responses in Tarcoola Beach.
Australian ancestry made up 38.7% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 1.2% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
24.9% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of WA average.
Managers accounted for 14.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 11.3%.
Health care and social assistance employed 17.5% of workers, and education and training employed 12.4%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 68.6%, compared with 59.4% across Rest of WA.
41.4% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 21.9% worked part time.
Unemployment was 3.5%, compared with 4.2% across Rest of WA.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
61.9% reported no selected long-term health condition.
6.5% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
6.5% reported asthma, 7.4% arthritis and 4.2% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
22.9% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of WA average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 5.2% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 16.5%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 37.1%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $2,157 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,647.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $300 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 4.8% in Tarcoola Beach, compared with 7.1% across Rest of WA.
Outright ownership was 37.6% locally and 34.1% across Rest of WA. That is somewhat above the Rest of WA average.
Renting accounted for 25.7% in Tarcoola Beach, against 32.2% across Rest of WA.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $722,000, while units and apartments sit at $700,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 381 local families, and 18.5% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
4-bedroom houses have a median around $760,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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