Whale Beach NSW 2107
349 addresses · 8 streets
Mackellar Electorate › Northern Beaches LGA › Whale Beach · 31 km from Sydney
Living Here
Whale Beach is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 315 people, with a median age of 60. The typical household earns around $3,285 a week, with median rent near $950 a week. Most homes are houses. About 82% of households own their home and 15% rent. Most workers work from home. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Scottish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.
Over time — Census 2001 → 2021
Dashed line: district figures for the Avalon - Palm Beach statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Whale Beach itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
2 supermarkets
2 Catholic churches
2 dentists
1 physiotherapist
2 optometrists
2 childcare & kindergartens
1 library
1 post office
2 service stations
1 butcher
1 hardware store
1 mechanic
1 electrician
1 place to stay
Getting around. Ferry wharf: Careel Bay Wharf, 1.2 km south-west · Airport: Palm Beach Water Airport, 2.9 km north.
Socio-economic Standing
Greenery
🌳 Tree canopy: 52.3% satellite estimate · 2021
Demographics
Population by age in Whale Beach
| 0-4 | 7 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 27 |
| 15-19 | 12 |
| 20-24 | 11 |
| 25-34 | 30 |
| 35-44 | 26 |
| 45-54 | 22 |
| 55-64 | 59 |
| 65-74 | 56 |
| 75-84 | 53 |
| 85+ | 7 |
Dwelling types in Whale Beach
| House | 118 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 0 |
| Apartment | 0 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in Whale Beach
| <$650 | 5 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 11 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 24 |
| $3,000+ | 60 |
Top ancestries in Whale Beach
| English | 156 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 85 |
| Scottish | 51 |
| Irish | 48 |
| Ancestry NS | 36 |
| Other | 18 |
Housing tenure in Whale Beach
| Owned | 72 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 26 |
| Rented | 18 |
| Other | 4 |
Cars per household in Whale Beach
| 0 | 0 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 49 |
| 2 | 49 |
| 3 | 23 |
| 4+ | 7 |
Commute to work in Whale Beach
| Car | 36 |
|---|---|
| Train | 0 |
| Bus | 0 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 0 |
| Bicycle | 0 |
| Home | 63 |
Top countries of birth in Whale Beach
| England | 18 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 9 |
| Vietnam | 4 |
| Germany | 3 |
| South Africa | 3 |
| United States | 3 |
Languages used at home in Whale Beach
| Italian | 4 |
|---|---|
| Vietnamese | 3 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
16,694 bird observations recorded near Whale Beach — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (1,967)
- Laughing Kookaburra (1,299)
- Noisy Miner (1,250)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,141)
- Australian Magpie (1,041)
- Australian Brush-turkey (903)
- Silver Gull (796)
- Little Wattlebird (620)
- Pied Currawong (591)
- Australian Raven (558)
- Grey Butcherbird (540)
- Welcome Swallow (503)
- White-bellied Sea-eagle (477)
Show all 30 birds recorded near Whale Beach
- Tawny Frogmouth (435)
- Red Wattlebird (373)
- Australian King-parrot (340)
- Little Pied Cormorant (339)
- Powerful Owl (337)
- White-cheeked Honeyeater (297)
- White-faced Heron (294)
- Masked Lapwing (287)
- Crested Tern (272)
- Pied Cormorant (267)
- Eastern Whipbird (262)
- Australasian Gannet (259)
- Variegated Fairy-wren (255)
- Australian Pelican (254)
- New Holland Honeyeater (249)
- Channel-billed Cuckoo (245)
- Silvereye (243)
Nearby Suburbs
The closest suburbs to Whale Beach:
- Palm Beach (1.2 km)
- Avalon Beach (1.9 km)
- Coasters Retreat (3.2 km)
- Clareville (3.3 km)
- Bilgola Beach (3.5 km)
- Currawong Beach (3.7 km)
- Bilgola Plateau (3.9 km)
- Great Mackerel Beach (3.9 km)
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Streets
- Beauty Drive (38)
- Crane Lodge Place (1)
- Malo Road (13)
- Morella Road (43)
- Rayner Road (29)
- Surf Road (12)
- The Strand (10)
- Whale Beach Road (203)