Mid West, WA
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Drive to the coast
3 min
By road
Nearest major hospital
2 min
By road
Airport access
11 min
By road
Schools access
Excellent
Average daytime temp
26.6°C
Rainfall
Very dry
Around 33,000 people live in Geraldton’s urban area, which makes it a regional city that functions at a different scale from the small country towns we cover. Population growth has been modest at roughly 2% since 2016 and the median age is 40, pointing to a relatively settled community rather than a fast-growth corridor. The drive to Perth is about 4 hours 30 minutes away by road, too far to play a routine role in weekday life.
That distance is partly offset by an airport only about ten minutes away and a major hospital within a few minutes. Average daytime temperatures are warm at around 27°C, summers are hot and rainfall is low. Fixed-line internet supports normal home and business connectivity. The practical message for a mover is that Geraldton needs to stand on its own, and at this size it has a stronger base for doing so than the small towns around it.
The road distance to Perth makes spontaneous city errands unrealistic, but local healthcare and airport access reduce the sense of remoteness. The strongest fit is someone looking for a warm, self-contained regional centre and comfortable treating the capital as an occasional destination rather than a routine one.
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Geraldton works for families, tradespeople, professionals and watersports enthusiasts who want a genuine regional city on the coast. It suits people who need hospitals, schools, an airport and a broader job market but still want fishing, beaches and wind sports to be part of normal life. It is a more practical relocation than the smaller Coral Coast towns for multi-income households.
Perth is about 4 hours 30 minutes away, so the city must meet most of your weekly needs locally. The economy has a strong resources, trades and logistics component, which will suit some professions better than others. Hotter, windier conditions are also part of the lifestyle, particularly for people arriving from the South West.
Snorkel or dive the Abrolhos Islands
Visit the Museum of Geraldton
See St Francis Xavier Cathedral
Follow the Yamaji Drive Trail
Median house price
$580,000
No WA-wide median published
Median weekly rent (3-bed house)
$550
≈ $2,383/month
Sourced from REIWA (Real Estate Institute of Western Australia) · REIWA, 12 months ending August 2026
Healthcare access
Excellent
Shopping & everyday services
Good
4–9 shopping centres within 20km
Internet connection
Fixed line
Plus 13 more within 20km — showing the 8 closest.
Job market by industry
Trades — 14.6%
Largest share of local jobs
Employment figures cover this town's wider statistical region, not the town alone — you'll see the same figures for Kalbarri, Esperance, Hopetoun, Kalgoorlie-Boulder, Exmouth, Denham, Coral Bay and Carnarvon.
The score ranks this region against other regions for the same occupation, not against other jobs here — a low score means it isn't a regional stronghold for that field, not that there are no vacancies. Counts online job advertisements, so trades and farm work hired by word of mouth are undercounted, and outside capital cities this is published at a regional level larger than one town.
Geraldton (UCL 512003) · 2021 Census
The age profile is close to the national one, with 17.9% aged 65 or over against 17.2% and 19.8% children against 18.2%.
Population
32,717
Population growth
+1.8%
Geraldton (SA2 511041285)
Median age
40 years
Labour force participation
59.4%
Growth is measured across the wider area named under the figure, which can be a different size to the town.
Share of total population in each band — rounding means these won't land on exactly 100%.
Couples are a share of total families; lone-person households are a share of total households — different bases, not one breakdown.
Median personal income
$766
Per week · ≈ $39,832/year
Median family income
$1,954
Per week
Median household income
$1,485
Per week
Personal is one person's income; family and household cover everyone living together — a single-income household will show a lower household figure than its highest earner's personal one. Personal income also covers every resident aged 15 and over, retirees included, so it reads low in a town with an older population even where household income is solid.
Owner-occupied
65.1%
Rented
31.2%
Born in Australia
76.1%
Born overseas
14.5%
Doesn't sum to 100% — people who didn't state a birthplace are excluded rather than redistributed.