Macmasters Beach NSW 2251

Living Here

Macmasters Beach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,399 people, with a median age of 49. The typical household earns around $2,190 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 84% of households own their home and 14% rent. Most workers drive 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 Box Head - MacMasters Beach statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Macmasters Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 5 schools

  • Copacabana Public School
  • Coast Community Christian School
  • Avoca Beach Public School
  • Kincumber Public School
  • Kincumber High School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • Macs Beach Cafe
• 5 parks

  • Banavie Reserve
  • Corribeg Reserve
  • Shaun Brinklow Park
  • Susan Fahey Park
  • Yarram Road Park
• 5 beaches

  • MacMasters Beach
  • Little Beach
  • Copacabana Beach
  • Maitland Bay
  • Avoca Beach
• 3 Catholic churches

  • Holy Cross Church
  • Holy Spirit Church
  • St John the Baptist Church
• 1 dentist

  • Avoca Beach Dental
• 6 hospitals

  • Central Coast Day Hospital
  • Woy Woy Public Hospital
  • Brisbane Waters Private Hospital
  • North Gosford Private Hospital
  • Gosford Hospital
  • Think Well Hypnotherapy
• 1 library

  • Kincumber Library
• 2 post offices

  • Copacabana Post Office
  • Avoca Beach Post Office
• 1 service station

  • Avoca Fuel
• 2 golf clubs

  • Breakers Country Club
  • Everglades Golf Club
• 1 dog park

  • Carlo Close Playground
• 1 butcher

  • Avoca Beach Butchery
• 10 places to stay

  • The Palms at Avoca
  • High Tide
  • Kincumber Nautical Village
  • Samaldo Caravan Park
  • Bells at Killcare
  • Tiarri Terrigal
  • Jack and Jill's Beach House
  • Saltwater
  • Bluehaven
  • Star of the Sea

Getting around. Train station: Woy Woy, 9 km west · Ferry wharf: Empire Bay Wharf, 5.1 km west · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 13.3 km south-west.

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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: 72% 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 2.7% · Labour-force participation 57.9%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

19,653 bird observations recorded near Macmasters Beach — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,653)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,105)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (893)
• Noisy Miner (867)
• White-faced Heron (789)
• Little Pied Cormorant (787)
• Australian Magpie (763)
• Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (725)
• Australian Pelican (662)
• Bell Miner (647)
• Australian Brush-turkey (594)
• Black Swan (594)
• Southern Masked Lapwing (593)

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 Macmasters Beach:

• Copacabana (1.8 km)
• Bensville (3 km)
• Bouddi (3.1 km)
• Avoca Beach (3.1 km)
• Kincumber South (3.8 km)
• Kincumber (3.8 km)
• Picketts Valley (4.6 km)
• North Avoca (4.9 km)

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