Blueys Beach vs Boomerang Beach
Boomerang Beach is the younger of the two, with a median age of 46 against 64 in Blueys Beach. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Blueys Beach, most households are people living alone. On these figures, Blueys Beach tends to suit people living alone and older residents, while Boomerang Beach suits families with children.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Blueys Beach has more separate houses rather than flats (92% vs 63%)
- Boomerang Beach is already more of a family suburb (52% vs 37%)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Blueys Beach has cheaper rent ($255/wk vs $350/wk)
- Boomerang Beach has a bigger rental market to choose from (29% vs 15%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Boomerang Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is more walkable (43/100 vs 34/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Boomerang Beach
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (37% vs 8%)
- is more walkable (43/100 vs 34/100)
- But Blueys Beach has more residents already 65 and over (52% vs 19%)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Boomerang Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (41.9% vs 32.2%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Blueys Beach and Boomerang Beach drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Boomerang Beach has more residents (423 vs 242); Blueys Beach skews older (64 vs 46).
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 242 | 423 +75% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +32.2% | +41.9% |
| Median age | 64 | 46 |
| Median household income | $66,300/yr | $75,608/yr +14% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $255/wk | $350/wk +37% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (31.8%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.5%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (4.1%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,420,000 | $1,425,000 |
| Median unit price | — | $609,000 |
| Median land price | — | $1,017,500 |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | — | 14 days from 3 sales |
Zoning mix
Blueys Beach has more rural and farming land (17% vs 0%).
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 62% | 70% |
| Residential | 17% | 28% |
| Rural and farming | 17% | 0% |
| Parks and recreation | 3% | 1% |
| Planning zones cover 99% of Blueys Beach and 100% of Boomerang Beach. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve. | ||
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 743 across Mid-Coast same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +327% same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 74% of NSW | Higher than 71% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 28% of NSW | Higher than 43% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 76% of NSW | Higher than 79% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 13% of NSW | Higher than 20% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 45% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 82% of NSW | Higher than 70% of NSW |
Liveability
Boomerang Beach is more walkable (43 vs 34).
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | — same for both | |
| Score | — same for both | |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 6/10 same for both | |
Risk profile
Boomerang Beach carries more bushfire risk (71 vs 0).
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | None 0/100 | High 71/100 |
| Crime | High 87/100 | High 79/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | Moderate 48/100 | Low 24/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 | 1 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Blueys Beach
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Schools in Boomerang Beach
- Pacific Palms Public School Government · Primary at peers
Amenities in the suburb
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Cafes & restaurants | 3 | 2 |
| Childcare | 0 | 1 |
| GPs | 1 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 1 | 0 |
| Beaches | 1 same for both | |
Mobility
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 34/100 | 43/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 282.2 km | 282.8 km |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 209 min same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.4% postcode 2428 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 41 postcode 2428 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (64.5%).
Setting
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 129 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 12 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 654 m 670 m to a named beach | 751 m 851 m to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 75/100 | 60/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises | Fibre to the node |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 55% 303 premises | 27% 611 premises |
Council rates
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,560/yr same for both | |
| Council | Mid-Coast same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Lyne same for both | |
| Member | Alison Penfold same for both | |
| Party | The Nationals same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Blueys Beach | Boomerang Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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