Whale Beach ^{NSW 2107}

Whale Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $5.55 million, roughly 58% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in Whale Beach are currently listed at around $5.42 million on average. Based on 6 houses listed in the past six months.

6 of the suburb's 123 dwellings (4.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Houses in Whale Beach rent for around $2,600 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

Short-Stay Rentals

20 active Airbnb listings: 20 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 9.4% 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.

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,696 a year through Northern Beaches based on 2024 figures.

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.

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.

PM2.5 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, 26.1 km away.

High rainfall.

Elevation

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above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

21 m

317 m to a named beach

Annual rainfall

1,176 mm

92 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

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Winter min (Jul)

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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.

$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).

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Currently held by Sophie Scamps Independent

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.

Currently held by Jacqui Scruby Independent — elected at the Oct 2024 by-election, after the results below

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

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.