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.
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
3 supermarkets
1 pharmacy
1 medical clinic
1 optometrist
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
4 service stations
1 gym
1 playground
1 bakery
1 butcher
1 hardware store
2 hairdressers
1 beauty salon
1 mechanic
Getting around. Airport: Coffs Harbour Regional Airport, 26 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: 33.1% 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 | 33.1% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 40.4% |
Demographics
Unemployment 4% · Labour-force participation 59.4%
Population by age in Safety Beach
| 0-4 | 64 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 165 |
| 15-19 | 52 |
| 20-24 | 33 |
| 25-34 | 78 |
| 35-44 | 143 |
| 45-54 | 137 |
| 55-64 | 146 |
| 65-74 | 202 |
| 75-84 | 69 |
| 85+ | 16 |
Dwelling types in Safety Beach
| House | 391 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 3 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Safety Beach
| <$650 | 51 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 111 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 127 |
| $3,000+ | 81 |
Top ancestries in Safety Beach
| English | 495 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 435 |
| Scottish | 168 |
| Irish | 162 |
| Other | 119 |
| German | 52 |
Housing tenure in Safety Beach
| Owned | 201 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 139 |
| Rented | 52 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Safety Beach
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 112 |
| 2 | 186 |
| 3 | 56 |
| 4+ | 31 |
Commute to work in Safety Beach
| Car | 362 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 8 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 56 |
Top countries of birth in Safety Beach
| England | 42 |
|---|---|
| India | 28 |
| New Zealand | 24 |
| Scotland | 9 |
| Germany | 5 |
| Malaysia | 5 |
Languages used at home in Safety Beach
| Punjabi | 52 |
|---|---|
| Mandarin | 10 |
| German | 8 |
| French | 7 |
| Australian Indigenous | 3 |
| Spanish | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
11,567 bird observations recorded near Safety Beach — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (853)
- Noisy Miner (618)
- Lewin's Honeyeater (581)
- Laughing Kookaburra (573)
- Silver Gull (568)
- Silvereye (516)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (458)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (426)
- Masked Lapwing (419)
- Australian Magpie (411)
- Pacific Black Duck (381)
- Scaly-breasted Lorikeet (369)
- Welcome Swallow (359)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Safety Beach
- Eastern Whipbird (341)
- Crested Pigeon (340)
- Willie Wagtail (334)
- Brown Thornbill (330)
- Magpie-lark (324)
- White-browed Scrubwren (318)
- Australian White Ibis (310)
- Crested Tern (307)
- Little Wattlebird (297)
- Eastern Yellow Robin (285)
- Scarlet Honeyeater (280)
- White-faced Heron (270)
- Australasian Figbird (269)
- Dusky Moorhen (264)
- Eastern Pied Currawong (259)
- Large-billed Scrubwren (259)
- Grey Fantail (248)
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 Safety Beach:
- Mullaway (2 km)
- Woolgoolga (2.1 km)
- Arrawarra Headland (3.2 km)
- Arrawarra (5.3 km)
- Sandy Beach (5.6 km)
- Corindi Beach (7.5 km)
- Emerald Beach (8.2 km)
- Upper Corindi (9.4 km)
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Streets
- Admiralty Drive (64)
- Baroona Street (7)
- Beachcomber Close (7)
- Bosun Street (1)
- Campbell Street (29)
- Ensign Cove (3)
- Helmsman Close (17)
- Humpback Crescent (23)
- Killawarra Close (8)
- Lake View Avenue (40)
- Leplaw Close (5)
- Mariner Drive (35)
- Montgomery Close (5)
- Neptune Close (8)
- Nicholson Close (12)
- Nunga Street (8)
- Ocean Drive (24)
- Ocean Links Close (21)
- Outrigger Place (7)
- Panorama Parade (14)
- Quay Crescent (9)
- Reef Cove (6)
- Rezeik Close (3)
- Safety Beach Drive (75)
- Schofield Drive (21)
- Spinnaker Drive (2)
- Waverider Cove (6)
- Yachtsman Drive (21)
- Young Street (19)
