Great Mackerel Beach NSW 2108

Living Here

Great Mackerel Beach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 50 people, with a median age of 57. The typical household earns around $1,124 a week, with median rent near $350 a week. Most homes are houses. About 100% of households own their home and 0% rent. Most workers walk to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Bayview - Elanora Heights statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Great Mackerel Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 cafés & restaurants

  • Beach Road Dining
  • Hole in One Cafe
  • Dunes
  • The Joey's
  • Coast Palm Beach
  • 2108 Expresso
• 7 parks

  • Lucinda Park
  • Pittwater Park
  • Iluka Park
  • Ocean Road Reserve
  • Governor Phillip Park
  • Wiltshire Park
  • Hordern Park
• 15 beaches

  • Great Mackerel Beach
  • Currawong Beach
  • Resolute Beach
  • West Head Beach
  • Flannel Flower Beach
  • Snapperman Beach
  • White Horse Beach
  • Portugese Beach
  • Flint and Steel Beach
  • Hungry Beach

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• 1 Catholic church

  • Maria Regina Catholic Church
• 2 optometrists

  • Eyecare Plus Optometrists
  • Beckenham Optometrist
• 5 hospitals

  • Arcadia Pittwater Private Hospital
  • Mona Vale Hospital
  • Woy Woy Public Hospital
  • Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
  • Wyvern Private Hospital
• 1 library

  • Avalon Community Library
• 1 gym

  • Palm Beach Yoga
• 3 golf clubs

  • Palm Beach Golf Course
  • Avalon Golf Course
  • Bayview Golf Club
• 2 dog parks

  • Hitchcock Park Dog Park
  • Careel Bay Off-leash area - small and shy dog area
• 1 hardware store

  • Johnson Bros Mitre 10
• 4 places to stay

  • Pittwater Youth Hostel
  • Patonga Foreshore Caravan & Camping Area
  • Pearl Beach Holiday house
  • The Old School House

Getting around. Train station: Hawkesbury River, 8.3 km north-west · Ferry wharf: Mackerel Beach Wharf, 200 m east · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 2.3 km east.

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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: 35.5% 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.

Demographics

Unemployment 5.3% · Labour-force participation 39.6%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

25,983 bird observations recorded near Great Mackerel Beach — most often seen:

• Little Penguin (4,973)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,303)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,193)
• Noisy Miner (1,145)
• White-cheeked Honeyeater (1,083)
• Australian Magpie (972)
• Little Wattlebird (962)
• Australian Raven (902)
• Australian Brush-turkey (892)
• Pied Currawong (873)
• New Holland Honeyeater (828)
• Silver Gull (816)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (815)

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 Great Mackerel Beach:

• Currawong Beach (0.5 km)
• Coasters Retreat (1.6 km)
• Palm Beach (2.7 km)
• Ku-ring-gai Chase (3.5 km)
• Whale Beach (3.9 km)
• Morning Bay (4.1 km)
• Box Head (4.1 km)
• Lovett Bay (5 km)

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