Cottage Point NSW 2084
84 addresses · 4 streets
Mackellar Electorate › Northern Beaches LGA › Cottage Point · 28 km from Sydney
Living Here
Cottage Point is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 96 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $2,750 a week, with median rent near $607 a week. Most homes are houses. About 76% of households own their home and 24% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Ancestry NS. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Terrey Hills - Duffys Forest statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Cottage Point itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
1 school
1 café or restaurant
1 beach
2 Catholic churches
1 optometrist
1 library
2 golf clubs
1 mechanic
1 electrician
2 places to stay
Getting around. Train station: Cowan, 4 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Lovett Bay Wharf, 7 km east · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 11.6 km east.
Socio-economic Standing
Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.
Tree cover
🌳 Tree canopy: 77.7% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 77.7% |
|---|---|
| Surveyed canopy, Greater Sydney aerial survey, 2019 | 98.0% |
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 100.0% |
Demographics
Population by age in Cottage Point
| 0-4 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 0 |
| 15-19 | 8 |
| 20-24 | 6 |
| 25-34 | 8 |
| 35-44 | 10 |
| 45-54 | 10 |
| 55-64 | 22 |
| 65-74 | 28 |
| 75-84 | 8 |
| 85+ | 3 |
Dwelling types in Cottage Point
| House | 41 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Cottage Point
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 6 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 7 |
| $3,000+ | 14 |
Top ancestries in Cottage Point
| English | 33 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 30 |
| Ancestry NS | 15 |
| Irish | 13 |
| Scottish | 10 |
| Other | 10 |
Housing tenure in Cottage Point
| Owned | 17 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 11 |
| Rented | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Cars per household in Cottage Point
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 8 |
| 2 | 21 |
| 3 | 8 |
| 4+ | 6 |
Commute to work in Cottage Point
| Car | 10 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 18 |
Top countries of birth in Cottage Point
| England | 8 |
|---|---|
| Iran | 3 |
Languages used at home in Cottage Point
| Persian | 3 |
|---|
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
8,824 bird observations recorded near Cottage Point — most often seen:
- Australian Brush-turkey (1,738)
- Welcome Swallow (403)
- Little Wattlebird (360)
- Eastern Spinebill (343)
- New Holland Honeyeater (293)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (291)
- Rainbow Lorikeet (287)
- Eastern Whipbird (286)
- Pied Currawong (265)
- Brown Thornbill (263)
- Yellow-faced Honeyeater (262)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (256)
- Laughing Kookaburra (251)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Cottage Point
- Spotted Pardalote (249)
- Noisy Miner (243)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (228)
- White-browed Scrubwren (222)
- Grey Fantail (219)
- White-eared Honeyeater (218)
- Silvereye (212)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (211)
- Australian Raven (206)
- Australian Magpie (199)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (198)
- Superb Fairy-wren (196)
- Superb Lyrebird (191)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (188)
- Grey Butcherbird (185)
- Red Wattlebird (183)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (178)
Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Cottage Point:
- Cowan (4.5 km)
- Berowra (5.3 km)
- Berowra Heights (6 km)
- Ku-ring-gai Chase (6 km)
- Duffys Forest (6.5 km)
- Elvina Bay (7.2 km)
- Lovett Bay (7.3 km)
- Terrey Hills (7.4 km)
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Streets
- Anderson Place (1)
- Cottage Point Road (28)
- Cowan Drive (44)
- Notting Lane (11)
