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Western Australia · SA2 507051190

What's going on in Safety Bay - Shoalwater

Population 12,039 · open in Google Maps ↗ · compare with another suburb

Top rank

#31 of 241 in Western Australia

for Unemployment rate (6.9%)

Rank 2

#37 of 241 in Western Australia

for Median age (46)

Rank 3

#78 of 241 in Western Australia

for % single-parent families (14.7%)

The three dimensions where Safety Bay - Shoalwater picks up its best ranks, state or national whichever is sharper.

Snapshot

Five fixed dimensions covered for every SA2. Rank shown is whichever of state or national gives the lower number — i.e. the most "top X" framing.

Median household income (weekly)
$1,355 / week
#193 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Median age
46 years
#37 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

% of households renting
24.8%
#106 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Unemployment rate
6.9%
#31 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Average persons per bedroom
0.70
#213 of 241 in Western Australia

Source: ABS Census 2021 about this dataset get the data yourself ↗

Walk the ranking

Safety Bay - Shoalwater's sharpest rank is for Unemployment rate. These are the places sitting either side of it nationally — each one carries its own neighbours, so the walk keeps going.

↑ #349 · one rank above Murray Bridge South Australia ↓ #351 · one rank below Derwent Valley Tasmania

Next door

Boundary: ABS ASGS Edition 3 (2021) SA2. Each source row links to a plain-language summary on About and to the data provider's portal — never a direct download.