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Safety Beach NSW 2456

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Page Electorate › Coffs Harbour LGA › Safety Beach · 459 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Safety Beach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,103 people, with a median age of 46. The typical household earns around $1,837 a week, with median rent near $500 a week. Most homes are houses. About 86% of households own their home and 13% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 8 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

1,103Population
46Median age
$1,837Median household income / wk
$500Median rent / wk
2.7Avg household

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Woolgoolga - Arrawarra statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Safety Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Coffs Harbour Regional Airport, 26 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

😄Very advantaged · 8/10
Economic resources8/10
Education & jobs7/10

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: 33.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Safety Beach

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Tree cover measures, Safety Beach NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202033.1%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202140.4%

Demographics

Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 59.4%

Population by age in Safety Beach
Population by age, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-464
5-14165
15-1952
20-2433
25-3478
35-44143
45-54137
55-64146
65-74202
75-8469
85+16
Dwelling types in Safety Beach
Dwelling types, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House391
Townhouse0
Apartment3
Other0
Households by weekly income in Safety Beach
Households by weekly income, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$65051
$650-1,499111
$1,500-2,999127
$3,000+81
Top ancestries in Safety Beach
Top ancestries, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
English495
Australian435
Scottish168
Irish162
Other119
German52
Housing tenure in Safety Beach
Housing tenure, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned201
Mortgage139
Rented52
Other4
Cars per household in Safety Beach
Cars per household, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
09
1112
2186
356
4+31
Commute to work in Safety Beach
Commute to work, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car362
Train0
Bus0
Tram/ferry0
Walked8
Bicycle0
Home56
Top countries of birth in Safety Beach
Top countries of birth, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
England42
India28
New Zealand24
Scotland9
Germany5
Malaysia5
Languages used at home in Safety Beach
Languages used at home, Safety Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Punjabi52
Mandarin10
German8
French7
Australian Indigenous3
Spanish3

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

11,567 bird observations recorded near Safety Beach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Safety Beach

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

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