Bremer Bay, WA
By Lauren McCaleb · Reviewed by Dylan Duncan ·
Bremer Bay is a small coastal settlement on the south coast of Western Australia, in the Shire of Jerramungup, about 180 kilometres east of Albany and 515 kilometres south-east of Perth. It lies on the lands of the Southern Noongar, or Koreng, people. John Septimus Roe named the bay after Gordon Bremer in 1831; European settlers followed from the 1850s, and the town was known as Wellstead until 1962. A telegraph station built in 1875 on the old east–west line still stands, now a café. Bremer Bay is loved above all for its beaches — the main one only a ten-minute walk from town — and its quiet marina. A couple of hundred people live here year-round, with numbers swelling to thousands each summer.
Around the national middle
Bremer Bay is more socio-economically advantaged than about 47% of the 14,462 Australian suburbs we score, based on the ABS SEIFA index (raw score 982, where about 1000 is the national average).
A socio-economic measure from ABS Census data — not a measure of how good a suburb is to live in or visit. How we calculate this.
Bremer Bay at a glance
- Population (2021)
- 424
- Median age
- 53
- Median weekly household income
- $1,210
- SEIFA score
- 982
- Coordinates
- -34.3969, 119.2556
Bremer Bay demographics (2021 Census)
The figures below profile Bremer Bay using the Australian Bureau of Statistics 2021 Census; every percentage is a share of a clearly stated Census count, so each one traces back to the source. At a glance, the largest age group is mid-life (45–64) at 30%, 22% of homes are rented, and 14% of residents were born overseas.
Age profile
| Age group | People | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Children (0–14) | 59 | 14% |
| Youth (15–24) | 24 | 6% |
| Young adults (25–44) | 81 | 19% |
| Mid-life (45–64) | 127 | 30% |
| Seniors (65+) | 126 | 30% |
Share of the 417 people counted by age.
Housing and households
| Tenure | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Owned outright | 82 | 46% |
| Owned with a mortgage | 41 | 23% |
| Rented | 39 | 22% |
| Dwelling type | Dwellings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 156 | 88% |
| Townhouses & semis | 4 | 2% |
| Flats & apartments | 0 | 0% |
Tenure and dwelling shares are of the roughly 178 occupied private dwellings in Bremer Bay.
- Median weekly rent
- $220
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,508
- Average household size
- 2.1 people
- Median weekly family income
- $1,432
- Median weekly personal income
- $742
Community and culture
- Born overseas
- 55 (14%)
- Speaks a language other than English at home
- 13 (3%)
- Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander
- 8 (2%)
Work and education
- Completed Year 12
- 163 (46%)
- Labour-force participation
- 58.3%
- Unemployment rate
- 1.9%
- Employed full-time
- 125
- Employed part-time
- 68
Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing, 2021 (General Community Profile, by Suburb and Locality). © Australian Bureau of Statistics, released under CC BY 4.0. How we group bands and derive each share is set out on our methodology page.
Common questions about Bremer Bay
Where is Bremer Bay?
Bremer Bay is a suburb of Western Australia, Australia.
What is the population of Bremer Bay?
At the 2021 Census, Bremer Bay had a population of about 424.
Is Bremer Bay an advantaged area?
Bremer Bay has an ABS SEIFA score of 982, where about 1000 is the national average — higher scores indicate greater relative socio-economic advantage. That gives it a Suburb Score of 47 out of 100 — more socio-economically advantaged than about 47% of Australian suburbs.
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