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Housing
skennars head
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.82M
+9.3% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Skennars Head is a coastal suburb of Ballina.
Median house price
People
Population
1,303
Median age
47 yrs
Income / person / wk
$794
Household income / wk
$1,674
Housing
Median rent / wk
$550
Mortgage / month
$2,297
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 40%
- Top language at home
- French · 0%
- No religion
- 40%
- Born overseas
- 12%
- English only at home
- 96%
Local amenities
Amenity score
14/100
Schools
2
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
5
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.9 km
Nearest train
21.3 km
Nearest hospital
4.2 km
Distance to coast
1.5 km
NBN
Fixed Wireless
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
2
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
1
Nearest secondary
0.9 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Ballina
- Council population
- 46,236
- Council area
- 485 km²
- Density
- 95/km²
- Federal grants
- $6.41M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $139/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Richmond
- Federal MP
- Justine Elliot (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 60% 2PP
- State electorate
- Ballina
- State MP
- Tamara Smith (GRN)
Similar suburbs
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