Wheatbelt, WA
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Drive to the coast
4 min
By road
Nearest major hospital
1h 16m
By road
Airport access
2h 6m
By road
Schools access
Moderate
Average daytime temp
25.3°C
Rainfall
Very dry
Jurien Bay is a small coastal town of about 2,000 people that has been growing quickly, with population up roughly 24% since 2016. The median age is 52, so the community still skews older despite the recent influx. The drive to Perth is about 2 hours 30 minutes away by road, far enough that the town needs to function as its own base but close enough for occasional city trips.
The practical weak point is healthcare: the nearest major hospital is around 1 hour 15 minutes away, and the airport is even farther at just over two hours. The mean daytime temperature is around 25°C, with warm summers, mild winters and very low rainfall.
Remote work and study are easier here than in many tiny coastal towns because the connection type is fixed line. The strong growth rate suggests demand is rising and the town is changing, but the absolute population remains small, so local employment and service choice will still be limited.
Living in Jurien Bay means being comfortable with a coastal regional routine where larger appointments and some travel require planning. It suits people who value a smaller community and can accept that good digital connectivity does not remove the physical distance to hospitals, airports and the capital.
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Jurien Bay suits retirees, families, fishers, marine-tourism workers and remote professionals who want a small coastal town with more year-round substance than a holiday settlement. It is a good match for people who want beaches and boating at the centre of daily life but still value a recognisable town centre and reasonable access back to Perth.
Perth is about 2 hours 30 minutes away and major-hospital access is more than an hour, so some needs still require substantial travel. Tourism creates seasonal variation, and the local professional job market is limited. If regular specialist healthcare is important, a larger centre may be more practical.
Snorkel in Jurien Bay Marine Park
Join a sea-lion wildlife cruise
Hike wildflowers in Lesueur National Park
Camp at Sandy Cape Recreation Park
Median house price
$795,062
No WA-wide median published
Sourced from REIWA (Real Estate Institute of Western Australia) · REIWA, 12 months ending August 2026
Healthcare access
Limited
Shopping & everyday services
Moderate
Supermarket within 10km, limited other retail
Internet connection
Fixed line
Job market by industry
Agriculture — 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 Albany and Toodyay.
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.
Jurien Bay (SAL 50705) · 2021 Census
Older than the country as a whole: 28.8% are 65 or over against 17.2% nationally, and 13.9% are children against 18.2%. Among households, couples without children outnumber couples with them (60.2% of families against 27.6%).
Population
1,985
Population growth
+24.3%
Gingin - Dandaragan (SA2 509021239)
Median age
52 years
Labour force participation
53.8%
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
$632
Per week · ≈ $32,864/year
Median family income
$1,496
Per week
Median household income
$1,187
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
71.1%
Rented
24.6%
Born in Australia
75.2%
Born overseas
14.5%
Doesn't sum to 100% — people who didn't state a birthplace are excluded rather than redistributed.