Broken Head, NSW
Suburb profile from official open data — demographics, market signals, schools and safety.
At a glance
- Population
- 385
- Median age
- 43
- Household income
- $1,687/wk
- Owner-occupied
- 70%
- Renting
- 23%
- Socio-economic advantage
- Decile 9/10 in NSW
- Nearest train station
- Lismore Historic Railway Station · 33.6 km
- Nearest emergency dept
- Byron Central Hospital · 10 km
Sources: ABS Census 2021 & SEIFA 2021 (CC BY 4.0); distances are straight-line from the suburb's address centroid.
Property market — real sales
Median house (5 yr)
$2.98m
Median unit (5 yr)
$3.20m
Sales (5 yr)
13
Sales (12 mths)
1
Recorded transactions, NSW Valuer General Property Sales Information (CC BY 4.0). Recent weeks may not be registered yet.
Community safety
5 recorded incidents in 2025 · down 44.4% vs 2024
School catchments (suburb centre)
Primary
Byron Bay PS
Secondary
Byron Bay HS
Zones at the suburb's address centroid — individual addresses can differ; check any address on PropertyCheck for its exact zones. Source: state education departments (CC BY).
Growth & supply · Byron Bay
District population (2025)
11,482
+15% over 10 years
New homes approved (12 mths to May 2026)
98
houses 33 · other 65
ABS statistical district (SA2) containing the suburb centre (CC BY 4.0).
Sold prices by street
Every recorded transaction, free — the most-traded streets in Broken Head:
- Broken Head Road (62)
- Seven Mile Beach Road (21)
- Broken Head Reserve Road (20)
- Beach Road (14)
- Armstrong Lane (11)
- Owenia Way (11)
- Blackbutt Lane (9)
- Midgen Flat Road (5)
- Newrybar Swamp Road (5)
- Bundaleer Road (3)
- Rose Apple Place (1)
- Tims Lane (1)
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All figures from official open data with attribution; estimates and medians are statistical outputs, not valuations. Suburb boundaries follow ABS Suburbs and Localities (SAL) 2021.