Little Grove

Little Grove
State :  Australia State : Western Australia
Coordinates : 35 ° 4 ′  S , 117 ° 52 ′  E Coordinates: 35 ° 4 ′  S , 117 ° 52 ′  E
Residents : 1,503 (2016)
Telephone code : (+61) AWST (UTC + 8) Postal code : 6330 LGA : City of Albany
Little Grove

Little Grove is a small, rural town in the Australian state of Western Australia . The place is about four kilometers as the crow flies from Albany on the other side of King George Sound Bay . The place is located in the traditional settlement area of ​​the Aboriginal tribe of the Mineng .

geography

Little 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 Torndirrup and to the southeast is the much smaller Big Grove . In the place are the headlands Pagoda Point , Stuarts Point and Rushy Point . The town also has its own elementary school, Little Grove Primary School, and Mills Park and Gill Park .

To the north, Little Grove has about 3.6 kilometers of coastline at Shoal Bay , a bay on the Great Australian Bight .

It's almost nine kilometers by road to Albany.

population

Little Grove had a population of 1,503 in 2016, of which 51.2% male and 48.8% female. 2.1% (32 people) of these are Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders .

The average age in Little Grove is 45 years, seven years more than the Australian average of 38 years.

traffic

The Frenchman Bay Road leads through the village to Frenchman Bay . The 805 bus also goes to Little Grove.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Australian Bureau of Statistics : Little Grove ( English ) In: 2016 Census QuickStats . June 27, 2017. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
2. ↑ Little Primery School , on det.wa.edu.au. Retrieved June 28, 2019