Broadwater, Western Australia

Broadwater
Busselton, Western Australia
Beach at Broadwater, Geographe Bay
Broadwater
Coordinates33°39′S 115°17′E / 33.650°S 115.283°E / -33.650; 115.283
Population4,269 (SAL 2021)
Established1897
Postcode(s)6280
Area6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Time zoneAWST (UTC+8)
Location6 km (4 mi) from Busselton
LGA(s)City of Busselton
State 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. It contains a mix of residential areas and tourist accommodation providers, which take advantage of its proximity to the foreshore at Geographe Bay. 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.