Broadwater, Western Australia

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

Broadwater Busselton, Western Australia
Beach at Broadwater, Geographe Bay
Broadwater
Coordinates	33°39′S 115°17′E
Population	4,269 (SAL 2021)[1]
Established	1897
Postcode(s)	6280
Area	6.2 km2 (2.4 sq mi)
Time zone	AWST (UTC+8)
Location	6 km (4 mi) from Busselton
LGA(s)	City of Busselton
State electorate(s)	Vasse
Federal division(s)	Forrest

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]