Skennars Head NSW 2478

Living Here

Skennars Head is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,303 people, with a median age of 47. The typical household earns around $1,674 a week, with median rent near $550 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 16% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. 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 Lennox Head - Skennars Head statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Skennars Head itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 6 schools

  • Xavier Catholic College Ballina
  • Holy Family Catholic Primary School
  • Southern Cross School of Distance Education
  • Southern Cross Primary School
  • Southern Cross Public School
  • Lennox Head Public School
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 6 parks

  • Victor Place Reserve
  • Chickiba Park
  • Pat Morton Lookout
  • Shearwater Reserve
  • Eliza Mackinnon Park
  • Bayview Drive Reserve
• 5 beaches

  • Boulder South Beach
  • Sharpe's Beach
  • Boulder Beach
  • Angel's Beach
  • Shelly Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • Saint Francis Xavier Catholic Church
• 1 dentist

  • Dental at Lennox
• 1 hospital

  • Ballina District Hospital
• 1 vet

  • Lennox Head Veterinary Clinic
• 1 childcare centre

  • Goodstart Early Learning
• 2 libraries

  • Lennox Head Public Library
  • Ballina Public Library
• 2 gyms & sports centres

  • Lennox Head Football Club
  • Surfit 24/7 Gym
• 1 golf club

  • Ballina Golf & Sports Club
• 1 butcher

  • Lennox Head Butchery & Deli
• 14 places to stay

  • Lennox Head Beachfront Apartments
  • Lennox Point Holiday Apartments
  • Santa Fe Motel and Holiday Units
  • Ballina Beach Resort
  • Discovery Parks - Ballina
  • Ballina Colonial Motel
  • Avlon Gardens Motel
  • Ballina Homestead Motel
  • Ballina Rental Village
  • Ballina Palms Boutique Motel

  See all 14 places to stay near Skennars Head →

Getting around. Bus interchange: Byron Byron Gateway Airport Tour Operators, 4.3 km west · Airport: Ballina Byron Gateway Airport, 3.7 km 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: 33.5% 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 4.6% · Labour-force participation 63.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

58,059 bird observations recorded near Skennars Head — most often seen:

• Crested Tern (6,567)
• Silver Gull (3,775)
• Pied Cormorant (3,291)
• Red-necked Stint (3,057)
• Ruddy Turnstone (2,826)
• Little Tern (2,721)
• Australian White Ibis (2,094)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (2,064)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,039)
• Little Black Cormorant (1,879)
• White-faced Heron (1,748)
• Sooty Oystercatcher (1,746)
• Noisy Miner (1,715)

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 Skennars Head:

• Lennox Head (3.3 km)
• East Ballina (3.4 km)
• Ballina (5.1 km)
• Cumbalum (6.4 km)
• South Ballina (7 km)
• Kinvara (7.4 km)
• West Ballina (7.5 km)
• Keith Hall (9.1 km)

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