Broadwater, Western Australia

Suburb of Busselton, Western Australia

33°39′S 115°17′E / 33.650°S 115.283°E / -33.650; 115.283Population4,269 (SAL 2021)^[1]Established1897Postcode(s)6280Area6.2 km² (2.4 sq mi)Time zoneAWST (UTC+8)Location6 km (4 mi) from BusseltonLGA(s)City of BusseltonState electorate(s)Vasse Federal division(s)Forrest

Broadwater is a suburb of the Western Australian city of Busselton. At the 2021 census, it had a population of 4,269.

Broadwater was gazetted in 1897; it originally contained what is now the Busselton suburb of Abbey.^[2] It contains a mix of residential areas and tourist accommodation providers, which take advantage of its proximity to the foreshore at Geographe Bay.^[3] A drive-in cinema was built in Broadwater in 1960; by the time of its closure in 2015, it was one of the last such structures in Western Australia.^[4]^[5]

References

^ Australian Bureau of Statistics (28 June 2022). "Broadwater (WA) (suburb and locality)". Australian Census 2021 QuickStats. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
^ Landgate Geonoma database, feature number 100131355, Abbey
^ "Broadwater Foreshore Management Plan" (PDF). City of Busselton. 2005. Retrieved 9 September 2019.
^ "Broadwater". Municipal Heritage Inventory (PDF). City of Busselton. 2013. pp. 43–46. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
^ Taylor, Roxanne (14 March 2015). "Drive-In Busselton Outdoor Cinema to close after 55 years of movies". ABC News. Retrieved 9 September 2019.