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3 College Avenue, Skennars Head NSW 2478

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Flood
Clear
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Bushfire
Clear
Not within a mapped bushfire hazard area.
Zoning
Residential
Medium density residential — townhouses, terraces and low-rise units (the “missing middle”).

Council zone: Medium Density Residential

School catchment
2 zones
PrimarySouthern Cross Public School
SecondaryBallina Coast High School
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Property values

Median sale price across Skennars Head's postcode area

Houses
$1,300,000+16.07%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$820,000+3.14%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Postcode-area median — NSW figures are reported by postcode, so this covers Skennars Head and nearby suburbs sharing its postcode. Not a valuation of this specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).

Crime

Reported offences around Ballina

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7,808
offences per 100k — Ballina council area
3,605
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Ballina council area
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Reported offences in the Ballina council area over time

Development in the area

New dwellings approved across Ballina council

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189
Dwellings/yr
137
Houses
52
Units
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New dwellings approved in the 12 months to May 2026, across the whole Ballina council area (not just this address). Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Who lives here

11.8% of Skennars Head’s 1,303 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

English44.2%
Australian40.4%
Irish19.3%
Scottish14%
Italian4.8%
German3.5%

Top countries of birth

England3.7%
New Zealand1.6%
France1%
South Africa0.7%
Canada0.6%
Germany0.6%

Suburb-level profile for Skennars Head, not this specific address. Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

A note on insurance. This is government flood and bushfire mapping — the public data that insurers’ databases (NFID) are built from. Insurers price using proprietary, address-level models (and Bushfire Attack Level for bushfire), so use this to inform an insurance quote, not replace one.

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Indicative only — verify with the relevant council or department before relying on it. Sources: NSW Department of Planning (land zoning & flood-planning overlays), NSW Rural Fire Service (bushfire-prone land), NSW Department of Education (school catchments), NSW BOCSAR (crime), Geoscape G-NAF (addresses).