West Beach ^{WA 6450}

West Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $660,000, roughly 32% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in West Beach are currently listed at around $1.2 million on average. Based on 6 houses listed in the past six months.

6 of the suburb's 536 dwellings (1.1%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Houses in West Beach rent for around $700 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

3 rentals advertised against an estimated 127 rented homes (2.4%) in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

36 active Airbnb listings: 36 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 5.5% 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.

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $4,175 a year through Esperance based on 2023 figures.

In the year to August 2026, 55 new dwellings were approved across Esperance. That mix is 41 houses and 14 units. Approvals are down 11.1% on the same period a year earlier.

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation

38 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

1.1 km

1.5 km to a named beach

Annual rainfall

606 mm

87 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

25.8°C

11 days ≥ 35°C

Winter min (Jul)

9.0°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.

• Esperance Depot

  Rail Freight Transport

  Top reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Cumene (1-methylethylbenzene) · Toluene (methylbenzene)
  4.1 km
• Southern Ports - Esperance

  Port and Water Transport Terminal Operations

  Top reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide · Carbon monoxide
  4.8 km

$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.

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Currently held by Rick Wilson Liberal

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.

Currently held by Peter Rundle The Nationals WA

Next state election: 10 March 2029.

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.