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Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Carey Bay

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Carey BayDA activity & market read

Every council DA in Carey Bay, the work behind it, and who's building. Tradies get the new ones texted every Monday, filtered to their trade.

Get Carey Bay DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
865
Population
54
Median age
$1,266/wk
Household income
17
DAs (12 mo)
$825k
Median house
$89k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Carey Bay was named after William Cary of the Excelsior Land Investment and Building Company and Bank Limited. Source ↗

● What the data says

Carey Bay runs renovation / extension first, with swimming pool / spa (17) close behind: renovation / extension leads at 27 of 74 DAs on record. A Premium-tier market on a $825k median, a typical job runs $89k, approvals are up 70% year on year.

$8k
1 Laycock Street
Dwelling house · 9 Aug 2026
$201k
2 Wyera Crescent
Secondary dwelling · 8 Jul 2026
$795k
32 Ambrose Street
Demolition · 2 Jul 2026
$19k
35 Jabiru Street
Shed · 1 Jul 2026
$160k
8 Amelia Street
Dwelling house · 29 Jun 2026
$12k
5 17 Laycock Street
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia · 29 Jun 2026
$140k
12 Laycock Street
Secondary dwelling · 19 May 2026
$13k
36 Hampton Street
Erection of a new structure · 8 May 2026
$35k
7 Excelsior Parade
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 15 Apr 2026
$53k
93 Excelsior Parade
Erection of a new structure · 31 Mar 2026
$55k
77 Excelsior Parade
Shed · 25 Mar 2026
$38k
57 Excelsior Parade
Subdivision · 16 Mar 2026
$201k
Granny Flat , 8 Jul 2026
$795k
New Home , 2 Jul 2026
$160k
New Home , 29 Jun 2026
$12k
Commercial , 29 Jun 2026
$140k
Granny Flat , 19 May 2026
$219k
Granny Flat , 4 May 2026
$35k
Renovation , 15 Apr 2026
Renovate-and-stay

36% of approvals are alterations and additions, so the work here is improving homes, not replacing them, your customer is a settled owner-occupier.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $89k approval is about 11% of the $825k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

23% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$1.83M
99 Excelsior Parade
Dwelling · 26 May 2023
$1.75M
13 Excelsior Parade
Demolition · 27 Aug 2024
$1.44M
1 17 Laycock Street
Centre based childcare · 22 Feb 2022
$1.42M
29 Excelsior Parade
Dwelling · 24 Jul 2023
$801k
33 Jabiru Street
Dwelling · 15 Oct 2021

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
74
Total on record
17
Last 12 months
$89k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 74 DAs by category
Renovation / Extension27
Swimming Pool / Spa17
New Dwelling10
Demolition6
Granny Flat / Secondary5
Other4
Subdivision2
Deck / Balcony / Fence2
0-4
5-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75-84
85+
The biggest age band here is 65-74 (171 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Coal Point Public School
Primary · Coal Point
Rathmines Public School
Primary · Rathmines
Toronto Public School
Primary · Toronto
Toronto High School
Secondary · Toronto

NSW public schools within ~3.5 km. Source: NSW Department of Education schools master dataset.

Which council handles development applications in Carey Bay?
Carey Bay sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Carey Bay from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Carey Bay?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 17 development applications in Carey Bay. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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