Big Grove

The title of this article is ambiguous. For townships of the same name in the USA, see Big Grove Township .

Big Grove
State :  Australia State : Western Australia
Coordinates : 35 ° 5 '  S , 117 ° 53'  E Coordinates: 35 ° 5 '  S , 117 ° 53'  E
Residents : 199 (2016)
Telephone code : (+61) AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6330 LGA : City of Albany
Big Grove

Big Grove is a place in the Australian state of Western Australia . It's about three miles from Albany on the other side of the bay. The place is located in the traditional settlement area of ​​the Aboriginal tribe of the Mineng .

geography

Big Grove is located on the Torndirrup Peninsula , north of Torndirrup National Park , which encompasses the south coast of the peninsula. To the west of the village is Little Grove and to the east of Goode Beach and Vancouver Peninsula .

To the north, Big Grove has about 3.7 kilometers of coastline at Shoal Bay , a bay on the Great Australian Bight . On this coast lie the headlands Limeburner Point and Limekilns Point .

population

Big Grove had a population of 199 people in 2016, 57.4% male and 42.6% female. There are no Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders among them .

The average age in Big Grove is 59 years, 21 years more than the Australian average of 38 years.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Big Grove ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Accessed June 23, 2019.