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Sandy Beach NSW 2456

1,417 addresses · 48 streets

Page Electorate › Coffs Harbour LGA › Sandy Beach · 454 km from Sydney

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Living Here

Sandy Beach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,913 people, with a median age of 35. The typical household earns around $1,567 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 73% of households own their home and 26% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include Australian, English, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 4 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

2,913Population
35Median age
$1,567Median household income / wk
$420Median 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: Sandy Beach itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

Getting around. Airport: Coffs Harbour Regional Airport, 20.6 km south.

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Socio-economic Standing

🙁Below average · 4/10
Economic resources5/10
Education & jobs4/10

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: 40.3% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Where the trees are in Sandy Beach

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

Tree cover measures, Sandy Beach NSW
Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 202040.3%
Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 202158.6%

Demographics

Unemployment 6.3% · Labour-force participation 62.3%

Population by age in Sandy Beach
Population by age, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
0-4210
5-14445
15-19164
20-24126
25-34461
35-44406
45-54319
55-64351
65-74304
75-8491
85+33
Dwelling types in Sandy Beach
Dwelling types, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
House1,004
Townhouse18
Apartment3
Other0
Households by weekly income in Sandy Beach
Households by weekly income, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
<$650130
$650-1,499326
$1,500-2,999385
$3,000+120
Top ancestries in Sandy Beach
Top ancestries, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Australian1,198
English1,173
Irish331
Scottish323
Other276
Aboriginal183
Housing tenure in Sandy Beach
Housing tenure, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Owned296
Mortgage441
Rented266
Other10
Cars per household in Sandy Beach
Cars per household, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
016
1332
2459
3144
4+65
Commute to work in Sandy Beach
Commute to work, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Car987
Train0
Bus3
Tram/ferry0
Walked17
Bicycle0
Home130
Top countries of birth in Sandy Beach
Top countries of birth, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
India93
England82
New Zealand37
South Africa20
Scotland16
Germany15
Languages used at home in Sandy Beach
Languages used at home, Sandy Beach NSW (ABS Census 2021)
Punjabi149
Tagalog10
Spanish10
Mandarin8
Turkish7
German6

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

12,020 bird observations recorded near Sandy Beach — most often seen:

Show all 30 birds recorded near Sandy 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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