Palm Beach NSW 2108
Palm Beach sits 44 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 1 hour by car. Census data records 1,652 residents with a median age of 58 and a median household income of $145,964 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 3.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $895 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $4,000. Walkability is moderate.
Is Palm Beach a good suburb?
Palm Beach scores a B (65/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on prices.
Some car dependence
Walkability 41/100 · 44.4 km · 62 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $4.65M · Less affordable than 97% of NSW
Moderate crime risk
Fire 38/100 · Crime 47/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 58 · 1,652 residents
Liveability Rating
65 / 100 · Ranked #403 in NSWEach bar is Palm Beach's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in Palm Beach?
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Our score
65 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataPalm Beach's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $4.65 million, roughly 18% below where it sat a year earlier.
$4,650,000
Based on 46 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 92 days — median across 18 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 11 sales $2.9M
- 4 bed 16 sales $5.12M
- 5 bed 12 sales $5.6M
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Palm Beach are currently listed at around $5.4 million on average. Based on 16 houses listed in the past six months.
$5.4M
16 houses listed in the last 6 months.
16 of the suburb's 665 dwellings (2.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Palm Beach rent for around $2,812 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$2,812/wk
4 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
4 rentals advertised against an estimated 116 rented homes (3.4%) in the last 6 months.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$2,812/week ($146,000 a year) on a $5.4 million median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Short-Stay Rentals
92 active Airbnb listings: 89 whole homes and 3 rooms. Whole homes are about 8.3% of the suburb's homes.
Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.
Is Palm Beach safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Palm Beach sits in the moderate band, with 52 incidents recorded in 2025 — down about 4% on the prior year.
52 offences
3.7% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Northern Beaches Council has published 17 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 479 m
- Rate
- -0.02 m/yr
- Net Movement
- 0.3 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Palm Beach is car-dependent on foot — at 41/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Palm Beach.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 146.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 149.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 139.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 24.4 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Palm Beach.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 0%
- Premises covered
- 1,346
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Northern Beaches: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Palm Beach is home to about 1,700 residents, with a median age of 58 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $146,000 a year, with unemployment at 4.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,652
Median Age
58
Median Household Income
$145,964/yr
Census Median Rent
$895/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$4,000/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$67,340/yr
Unemployment Rate
4.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
62.4%
Total Dwellings
665
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.6%
Houses
88.9%
Rental Stress
31.9%
Mortgage Stress
32.9%
Work From Home
52.5%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 73.9%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.3%
- Employment Rate
- 50.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 65.0%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
23 residents (1.4%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,596 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
16% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (123 of 753).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,696 a year through Northern Beaches based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 77%
- Parks and recreation 16%
- Infrastructure and transport 3%
- Residential 3%
- Not zoned 2%
Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. 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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Northern Beaches
In the year to August 2026, 620 new dwellings were approved across Northern Beaches. That mix is 331 houses and 289 units. Approvals are up 50.6% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
This area is not inside a Local Aboriginal Land Council area.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 5.4 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 14.2 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.23 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 3.
From the Macquarie Park monitoring station, 26.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Macquarie Park (Willandra Village), 28.3 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 0 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 9 m
- 608 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,176 mm
- 92 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
EV adoption
In postcode 2108, 60 of 1,513 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.4% (52 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 7.4%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2108, 244 rooftop-solar systems totalling 2.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,234 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 20 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $4,650,000 this is $4,050,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-28 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Sophie Scamps Independent
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sophie Scamps | 46.3% | 53.7% | +4.2 |
| 2022 | Sophie Scamps | 41.4% | 58.6% | -4.6 |
| 2019 | Jason Falinski | 36.8% | 63.2% | -2.5 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Jacqui Scruby Independent — elected at the Oct 2024 by-election, after the results below
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Roderick (Rory) Amon LP | 50.7% |
| 2019 | Robert Stokes LP | 70.8% |
| 2015 | Rob Stokes LP | 75.7% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
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Common questions about Palm Beach
Is Palm Beach a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Palm Beach is moderate (47/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Palm Beach?
Palm Beach has a low recorded bushfire history (38/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Palm Beach a good place to live?
Palm Beach has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (65/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of Palm Beach?
Palm Beach, NSW had a population of 1,652 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Palm Beach, NSW?
The postcode for Palm Beach, NSW is 2108.
How far is Palm Beach from Sydney?
Palm Beach is 44 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 62 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Palm Beach?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Palm Beach was $145,964 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in Palm Beach?
The median advertised rent in Palm Beach is $2,812 a week for houses (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Palm Beach?
The median age of residents in Palm Beach was 58 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Palm Beach at risk of bushfire?
Palm Beach has a low recorded bushfire history (38/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
Is Palm Beach walkable?
Palm Beach scores 41/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Palm Beach?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Palm Beach (Macquarie Park) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.4 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.2 µg/m³. That puts Palm Beach below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Palm Beach?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Palm Beach, Macquarie Park (Willandra Village) (28.3 km away), 1,176 mm of rain a year over 92 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Palm Beach?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does Palm Beach belong to?
Palm Beach sits within the Northern Beaches local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Palm Beach?
The average residential rates bill through Northern Beaches is $1,696 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Palm Beach?
Across Northern Beaches, 620 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 50.6% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is Palm Beach in?
Palm Beach sits within the federal Division of Mackellar, currently held by Sophie Scamps (Independent).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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