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Skennars Head NSW 2478

Skennars Head is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, postcode 2478. It has 1,031 properties across 43 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Skennars Head, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Skennars Head

Skennars Head, NSW 2478, sits in the Northern Rivers region and neighbours Ballina, Lennox Head and East Ballina. Its 43 streets hold 1,031 properties, 736 of them houses and 295 units.

Census figures are for the Lennox Head - Skennars Head area, which had 9,236 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,035 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,200 a month and the median rent $580 a week. Of 3,340 dwellings, 2,552 were separate houses, 637 semi-detached, 128 flats and 18 other; 1,377 were owned outright, 1,161 owned with a mortgage and 740 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Skennars Head

  • 9,236Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $2,035Median household incomea week
  • $580Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,552
  • Townhouses and semis637
  • Flats and apartments128
  • Other18

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,200a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,377Owned with a mortgage 1,161Rented 740Other 62

Properties in Skennars Head

Schools in Skennars Head

  • Holy Family Catholic Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Local agents in Skennars Head

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Agencies that specialise in Skennars Head

Streets in Skennars Head

A

  1. Angels Beach Drive1 property
  2. Aqua Walk8 properties
  3. Aureus Boulevard25 properties

B

  1. Bradman Court6 properties
  2. Bream Lane7 properties

C

  1. Carroll Avenue47 properties
  2. Chauvel Close15 properties
  3. College Avenue5 properties
  4. Cove Avenue13 properties

D

  1. Diver Lane2 properties
  2. Dune Avenue18 properties

E

  1. Elevation Drive5 properties

F

  1. Flat Rock Road1 property

G

  1. Greenview Place17 properties

H

  1. Headlands Drive45 properties
  2. Hutley Drive29 properties

I

  1. Isabella Drive57 properties

K

  1. Kerry Court14 properties
  2. Killarney Crescent102 properties
  3. Kristen Close8 properties

M

  1. Mayo Court11 properties
  2. Mcleans Street11 properties
  3. Migaloo Street1 property
  4. Monivae Place9 properties
  5. Morton Way18 properties

N

  1. Neptune Lane1 property
  2. North Creek Road20 properties

O

  1. Offshore Avenue35 properties

R

  1. Redford Drive35 properties

S

  1. Sand Street20 properties
  2. Seaside Avenue25 properties
  3. Skennars Head Road189 properties
  4. Smith Street4 properties
  5. Sundown Walk20 properties
  6. Sunhaven Avenue26 properties
  7. Surf Avenue44 properties
  8. Susan Place12 properties
  9. Swell Avenue39 properties

T

  1. The Coast Road1 property
  2. Trinity Place8 properties

V

  1. Verna Close7 properties

W

  1. Waterford Parade51 properties
  2. Wave Break Circuit19 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.