Tura Beach NSW 2548

Living Here

Tura Beach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 3,405 people, with a median age of 58. The typical household earns around $1,280 a week, with median rent near $420 a week. Most homes are houses. About 83% 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 5 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

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

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Merimbula Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • High Tide Short Point
• 1 supermarket

  • Woolworths
• 5 beaches

  • Tura Beach
  • North Tura Beach
  • Spencer Park Beach
  • Middle Beach
  • Bar Beach
• 1 Catholic church

  • St Joseph's
• 1 pharmacy

  • Discount Chemist
• 2 dentists

  • Merimbula Denture Clinic & Laboratory
  • Orthodontist
• 1 physiotherapist

  • Sapphire Coast Physiotherapy
• 2 optometrists

  • Jason Harley optometrist
  • EyeQ
• 1 hospital

  • Pambula District Hospital
• 2 service stations

  • Woolworths Petrol
  • EG Australia
• 5 gyms & sports centres

  • Tura Beach Rockpool - Low Tide Only
  • Club Sapphire
  • The Yoga Humm
  • Merimbula Karate School
  • Merimbula Health & Fitness
• 2 golf clubs

  • Tura Beach Country Club
  • Pambula Merimbula Country Club
• 1 butcher

  • Goodalls Quality Meats Merimbula
• 3 hardware stores

  • Total Tools
  • Mitre 10
  • Lighting Design
• 1 mechanic

  • Goodyear Autocare Merimbula
• 38 places to stay

  • Beach Cabins Merimbula
  • Bluewater Apartments
  • Woodbine Park Eco Cabins
  • NRMA Merimbula Beach Holiday Resort
  • The Palms Apartments
  • Capri Apartments
  • Hill View
  • Sapphire Valley Caravan Park
  • Town Centre Motor Inn
  • Albatross Holiday Units

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Getting around. Airport: Merimbula Airport, 5.9 km south.

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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: 42.2% 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 3.2% · Labour-force participation 44.4%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

19,974 bird observations recorded near Tura Beach — most often seen:

• Bell Miner (1,346)
• Silver Gull (1,248)
• Australian Pied Oystercatcher (1,004)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (937)
• Australian Pelican (918)
• Little Pied Cormorant (862)
• Little Wattlebird (824)
• Bar-tailed Godwit (811)
• White-faced Heron (780)
• Superb Fairy-wren (758)
• Masked Lapwing (746)
• Crested Tern (684)
• Eurasian Blackbird (655)

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 Tura Beach:

• Mirador (2.1 km)
• Berrambool (2.9 km)
• Bournda (2.9 km)
• Merimbula (3.8 km)
• Millingandi (6.7 km)
• Yellow Pinch (7.7 km)
• Pambula (9 km)
• Pambula Beach (9.4 km)

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