Located in Western Australia, Cable Beach sits 2,226 km from Perth CBD, around 24 hours 25 minutes by car. The suburb has 5,730 residents, a median age of 34, and a median household income of $113,412 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the middle range nationally. The suburb grew 5.4% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $371 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. Cable Beach is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded flood exposure. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Cable Beach a good suburb?
Cable Beach scores a D (30/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on schools and safety.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 13% in WA
Some car dependence
Walkability 39/100 · 2225.8 km · 1466 min drive to Perth
Median available
Median $765K
High crime risk
Fire 54/100 · Crime 92/100 · Flood 0/100
Mid-range socio-economic
SEIFA decile 6/10 · median age 34 · 5,730 residents
Liveability Rating
30 / 100 · Ranked #447 in WAEach bar is Cable Beach's rank among WA suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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Our score
30 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataCable Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $765,000, about 7% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$765,000
7% below its 3 neighbours (median $823,000)
Based on 188 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 42 days — median across 89 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 6 sales $260K
- 2 bed 16 sales $541K
- 3 bed 82 sales $700K
- 4 bed 65 sales $890K
- 5 bed 15 sales $1.35M
Units
$350,000
Based on 72 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 53 days — median across 34 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 27 sales $225K
- 2 bed 24 sales $370K
- 3 bed 16 sales $545K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Cable Beach are currently listed at around $790,000 on average. Based on 88 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$790K
88 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$325K
34 units listed in the last 6 months.
122 of the suburb's 1,794 dwellings (6.8%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Cable Beach rent for around $1,025 a week on average, based on 36 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$1,025/wk
36 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$850/wk
9 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
45 rentals advertised against an estimated 947 rented homes (4.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- All rentals
- $975/wk
- 47 bonds
- +20% since 2023
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies. WA's bond data does not record bedrooms or dwelling type, so it covers all rentals together.Change since 2023 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202563 Severely unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 48% of its income on the median rent in postcode 6726.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$1,025/week ($53,000 a year) on a $790,000 median
$850/week ($44,000 a year) on a $325,000 median
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
72 active Airbnb listings: 57 whole homes and 15 rooms. Whole homes are about 2.8% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2014Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 601 m
- Rate
- -0.41 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -2.2 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Three schools serve Cable Beach, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 312 students across 2 schools (avg 156)
- • Sectors: 2 Catholic, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 836-871, median 854 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Cable Beach Primary School (299 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Cable Beach is car-dependent on foot — at 39/100, most errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 1 park and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Cable Beach.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 11.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 6.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 8.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 10.2 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Cable Beach.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 3%
- Premises covered
- 2,638
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Broome: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 14 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Cable Beach is home to about 5,700 residents, with a median age of 34, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $113,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
5,730
Median Age
34
Median Household Income
$113,412/yr
Census Median Rent
$371/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,167/mo
Avg Household Size
2.7
Median Personal Income
$60,632/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
12.9%
Total Dwellings
1,794
Owner-Occupier Rate
47.2%
Houses
77.6%
Rental Stress
17.0%
Mortgage Stress
22.9%
Work From Home
5.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
267 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 21 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 903 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 71.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 75.4%
- Employment Rate
- 65.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 39.7%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
178 residents (3.1%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
12.6% of residents (675) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Perth (485).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,356 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (16 of 2,889).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,011 people work here; 2,889 employed residents live here.
Mostly a place people commute from: 0.3 jobs per working resident. At least 65% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $4,421 a year through Broome based on 2023 figures.
Building Approvals: Broome
In the year to August 2026, 113 new dwellings were approved across Broome. That mix is 103 houses and 10 units. Approvals are down 24.0% on the same period a year earlier.
Climate & Setting
from Broome Airport, 2.7 kmModerate rainfall — very hot summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 14 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 592 m
- 3.6 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 753 mm
- 38 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 33.7°C
- 74 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 14.7°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
4 facilities within 5 km- 2.3 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Ethylbenzene
- 2.6 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Toluene (methylbenzene) · Benzene
- 3.4 kmFossil Fuel Electricity GenerationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 4.7 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Cyclohexane
EV adoption
In postcode 6726, 6 of 3,419 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (68 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 6726, 356 rooftop-solar systems totalling 3.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 2,030 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 42 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $800,000.
Cap is $800,000 SOUTH of the 26th parallel (which includes all of metropolitan Perth) and $1,000,000 NORTH of it. We store the southern figure because that is where almost every buyer is; the northern cap is higher, so the stored value never overstates eligibility. The southern cap rose from $750,000 on 7 May 2026 in the 2026-27 Housing Taxation Package. The same package moved the first home owner RATE OF DUTY thresholds, which is a different scheme and lives in the web repo's app/stamp_duty.py.
Mortgage repayments
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with RevenueWA
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $800,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Department of Finance WA.
At $765,000 this is under the $800,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Department of Finance WA.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Melissa Price Liberal
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Melissa Price | 39.9% | 60.1% | -5.5 |
| 2022 | Melissa Price | 45.7% | 54.3% | -9.2 |
| 2019 | Melissa Price | 35.2% | 64.8% | +3.7 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Divina D'Anna WA Labor
Next state election: 10 March 2029.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Divina D'Anna ALP | 64.0% |
| 2021 | Divina D'Anna ALP | 71.5% |
| 2017 | Josie Farrer ALP | 63.0% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2023, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: Western Australian Electoral Commission.
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Common questions about Cable Beach
Is Cable Beach a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Cable Beach is high (92/100, ranked against other WA suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect Cable Beach?
Cable Beach has a moderate recorded bushfire history (54/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). No mapped flood overlay applies. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Cable Beach a good place to live?
Cable Beach has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (30/100), ranked against other WA suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Cable Beach?
Cable Beach, WA had a population of 5,730 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Cable Beach, WA?
The postcode for Cable Beach, WA is 6726.
How far is Cable Beach from Perth?
Cable Beach is 2,226 km from Perth CBD by road, about 1466 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Cable Beach?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Cable Beach was $113,412 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Cable Beach?
The median advertised rent in Cable Beach is $1,025 a week for houses (36 listings) and $850 a week for units (9 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Cable Beach?
The median age of residents in Cable Beach was 34 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Cable Beach at risk of bushfire?
Cable Beach has a moderate recorded bushfire history (54/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Cable Beach?
There are 3 schools inside the Cable Beach boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Cable Beach walkable?
Cable Beach scores 39/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the weather like in Cable Beach?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Cable Beach, Broome Airport (2.7 km away), summer days average 33.7°C, winter nights 14.7°C, 753 mm of rain a year over 38 rainy days, and 74 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Cable Beach?
First-home buyers in WA may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $800,000. The grant is administered by Department of Finance WA; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Cable Beach belong to?
Cable Beach sits within the Broome local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Cable Beach?
The average residential rates bill through Broome is $4,421 a year (2023). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Cable Beach?
Across Broome, 113 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 24.0% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Cable Beach in?
Cable Beach sits within the federal Division of Durack, currently held by Melissa Price (Liberal).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2023–24
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2025
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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