Tarcoola Beach is a southern coastal suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia

Western Australia

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. Its Local Government Area

Local Government Areas of Western Australia

The Australian state of Western Australia is divided into 141 local government areas...

 is the City of Greater Geraldton

City of Greater Geraldton

The City of Greater Geraldton is a Local Government Area in the Mid West region of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth on the Indian Ocean...

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The suburb was gazetted in 1985-1986.

Geography

Tarcoola Beach is a narrow strip about 3.2 kilometres (2 mi) in length, and is located between Brand Highway

Brand Highway

Brand Highway is a 362 kilometre main highway linking the northern outskirts of Perth, the capital of Western Australia, to the port city of Geraldton in Western Australia's Mid West region. Together with North West Coastal Highway, it forms part of the Western Australian coastal link to the...

 and the Indian Ocean

Indian Ocean

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 at the southern entrance to Geraldton.

Demographics

At the 2006 census, Tarcoola Beach had a population of 1,422.

Tarcoola Beach residents had a median age of 37, and the median individual income were above-average for the region — $656 per week compared with $461 per week. The population of Tarcoola Beach was predominantly Australian-born - 78.9% as at the 2006 census - while 6.39% were born in the United Kingdom. 6.57% reported one or more parents of Italian

Italian Australians

-Characteristics :The 2006 Census counted 199,124 persons who were born in Italy. However, 852,417 persons identified themselves as having Italian ancestry, either alone or in combination with another ancestry . Italian is the fifth most identified ancestry in Australia behind 'Australian',...

 birth, while small numbers of Filipinos were also present.

The most popular religious affiliations in descending order in the 2001 census were Roman Catholic

Roman Catholic Church in Australia

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, Anglican

Anglican Church of Australia

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, no religion and Uniting

Uniting Church in Australia

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Facilities

Tarcoola Beach contains a number of accommodation options, including a caravan park and several motels and B&B

Bed and breakfast

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s. The suburb contains no schools or shopping facilities, relying in both cases on neighbouring Mount Tarcoola

Mount Tarcoola, Western Australia

Mount Tarcoola is a southern suburb of Geraldton, Western Australia. Its Local Government Area is the City of Greater Geraldton.The northern part of the suburb was gazetted in 1972 by the Town of Geraldton, and the southern part was gazetted in 1979 by the Shire of Greenough.-Geography:Mount...

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