Queenscliff NSW 2096
2,191 addresses · 13 streets
Warringah Electorate › Northern Beaches LGA › Queenscliff · 12 km from Sydney
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Living Here
Queenscliff is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,407 people, with a median age of 36. The typical household earns around $2,903 a week, with median rent near $650 a week. Most homes are apartments. About 54% of households own their home and 46% rent. Most workers work from home. 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 Freshwater - Brookvale statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Queenscliff itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
36 schools
- Stella Maris College - Main Campus
- Stella Maris College - Benedict Campus
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School
- Stewart House School
- Northern Beaches Secondary College Mackellar Girls Campus
- Harbord Public School
- St Mary's Catholic School
- St Kieran's Catholic Primary School
- Northern Beaches Secondary College Freshwater Senior Campus
- Manly West Public School
1 physiotherapist
4 beauty salons
2 electricians
Getting around. Train station: St Leonards, 9.5 km south-west · Bus interchange: Cremorne Point Wharf, Milson Rd, 8.8 km south-west · Ferry wharf: Manly Wharf, 2 km south · Airport: Rose Bay Seaplane Base, 9.9 km south.
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: 8% 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 | 8.0% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 16.3% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3% · Labour-force participation 75.5%
Population by age in Queenscliff
| 0-4 | 201 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 230 |
| 15-19 | 123 |
| 20-24 | 156 |
| 25-34 | 899 |
| 35-44 | 640 |
| 45-54 | 416 |
| 55-64 | 379 |
| 65-74 | 219 |
| 75-84 | 109 |
| 85+ | 43 |
Dwelling types in Queenscliff
| House | 254 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 43 |
| Apartment | 1,197 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Queenscliff
| <$650 | 100 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 184 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 441 |
| $3,000+ | 693 |
Top ancestries in Queenscliff
| English | 1,437 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 892 |
| Irish | 496 |
| Other | 467 |
| Scottish | 401 |
| Italian | 221 |
Housing tenure in Queenscliff
| Owned | 390 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 407 |
| Rented | 676 |
| Other | 11 |
Cars per household in Queenscliff
| 0 | 131 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 721 |
| 2 | 502 |
| 3 | 97 |
| 4+ | 37 |
Commute to work in Queenscliff
| Car | 585 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 45 |
| Tram/ferry | 10 |
| Walked | 37 |
| Bicycle | 26 |
| Home | 1,193 |
Top countries of birth in Queenscliff
| England | 382 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 99 |
| Brazil | 88 |
| United States | 68 |
| South Africa | 49 |
| France | 45 |
Languages used at home in Queenscliff
| Spanish | 98 |
|---|---|
| Portuguese | 88 |
| French | 53 |
| German | 39 |
| Italian | 36 |
| Polish | 17 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
123,820 bird observations recorded near Queenscliff — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (9,857)
- Australian Brush-turkey (8,604)
- Noisy Miner (8,267)
- Australian Magpie (7,811)
- Pied Currawong (6,747)
- Australian Raven (6,608)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (6,584)
- Silver Gull (6,447)
- Laughing Kookaburra (5,450)
- Welcome Swallow (5,153)
- Grey Butcherbird (4,689)
- New Holland Honeyeater (4,229)
- Eastern Whipbird (4,060)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Queenscliff
- Little Wattlebird (3,616)
- Rock Dove (3,155)
- Red Wattlebird (3,059)
- Little Black Cormorant (2,488)
- Common Myna (2,475)
- Masked Lapwing (2,402)
- Little Pied Cormorant (2,384)
- White-faced Heron (2,274)
- White-browed Scrubwren (2,264)
- Silvereye (2,113)
- Superb Fairy-wren (2,104)
- Pacific Black Duck (2,034)
- Crested Tern (1,967)
- Little Penguin (1,861)
- Australian White Ibis (1,766)
- Red-whiskered Bulbul (1,724)
- Crested Pigeon (1,628)
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 Queenscliff:
- Freshwater (0.7 km)
- North Manly (1.4 km)
- Curl Curl (1.4 km)
- Manly Vale (1.5 km)
- Manly (1.6 km)
- Fairlight (1.7 km)
- North Curl Curl (2.3 km)
- Balgowlah (2.5 km)
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Streets
- Aitken Avenue (46)
- Bridge Road (23)
- Cavill Street (48)
- Crown Road (477)
- Dalley Street (190)
- Dowling Street (50)
- Greycliffe Street (165)
- Highview Avenue (20)
- Hill Street (46)
- Pavilion Street (139)
- Pittwater Road (4)
- Queenscliff Road (982)
- Undercliff Road (1)