Big Grove vs Goode Beach
Big Grove is the younger of the two, with a median age of 56 against 63 in Goode Beach. In both, most households own their home and most households are people living alone. In Big Grove, most homes are flats or apartments. In Goode Beach, the large majority of homes are detached houses. On these figures, Goode Beach tends to suit older residents.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Goode Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has more separate houses rather than flats (100% vs 44%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 1 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs mortgage stress.
Renters
Big Grove
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (28% vs 12%)
- has cheaper rent ($175/wk vs $368/wk)
- leaves renters under less rental stress (19% vs 30%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Big Grove
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (8/100 vs 0/100)
- has a shorter drive in (297 min vs 307 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (422.2 km vs 432 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
They split
one each way, out of the 4 things we measure here
- Big Grove is more walkable (8/100 vs 0/100)
- Goode Beach has more residents already 65 and over (47% vs 33%)
Weighs who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Goode Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (18.9% vs 13.1%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Big Grove and Goode Beach drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Goode Beach rents higher ($368/wk vs $175/wk); Goode Beach has higher household incomes ($64,116 vs $47,788).
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 225 | 258 +15% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +13.1% | +18.9% |
| Median age | 56 | 63 |
| Median household income | $47,788/yr | $64,116/yr +34% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $175/wk | $368/wk +110% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (28.7%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (26.0%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (15.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | — | $980,000 |
| Median unit price | — same for both | |
| Median land price | — | $403,000 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 25 days from 7 sales |
Development activity
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 271 across Albany same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -28% same for both | |
Ranking within WA
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | — same for both | |
| Income | Higher than 7% of WA | Higher than 22% of WA |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 69% of WA | Higher than 30% of WA |
| Affordability | — same for both | |
| EV adoption | Higher than 37% of WA | Higher than 38% of WA |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 49% of WA | Higher than 54% of WA |
Liveability
Big Grove is more walkable (8 vs 0).
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 4/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Goode Beach carries more bushfire risk (75 vs 59).
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 59/100 | High 75/100 |
| Crime | Low 15/100 | Low 13/100 |
| Flood | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | Low 37/100 | Low 13/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Waterways | 0 | 1 |
Mobility
Goode Beach sits further from the CBD (432 km vs 422.2 km).
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 8/100 | 0/100 |
| Distance to Perth | 422.2 km | 432 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 297 min | 307 min |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.3% postcode 6330 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 31 postcode 6330 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (75.4%).
Setting
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 8 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 37 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 716 m 3.7 km to a named beach | 562 m 1.3 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 25/100 | 28/100 |
| Most common technology | Fixed wireless same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 0% 42 premises | 0% 172 premises |
Climate
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 859 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 22.4°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 9.6°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $2,591/yr same for both | |
| Council | Albany same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | O'connor same for both | |
| Member | Rick Wilson same for both | |
| Party | Liberal same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Big Grove | Goode Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $800,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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Information shown is provided as-is from Australian government and commercial data sources.
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