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Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Croudace Bay

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Croudace BayDA activity & market read

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

Get Croudace Bay DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
641
Population
41
Median age
$2,010/wk
Household income
4
DAs (12 mo)
$881k
Median house
$78k
Median DA cost
Ground truth
● About the area · cited

It was named after Thomas Croudace, a mining engineer for the Scottish-Australian Mining Company. Source ↗

● What the data says

Croudace Bay runs swimming pool / spa first, with new dwelling (12) close behind: swimming pool / spa leads at 16 of 49 DAs on record. A Premium-tier market on a $881k median, a typical job runs $78k, approvals are down 60% year on year.

Recent approvals
$26k
43 St Johns Drive
Demolition · 29 Jul 2026
$296k
3 St Johns Drive
Dwelling house · 22 Apr 2026
Not stated
2A-2B St Johns Drive
Subdivision · 14 Jan 2026
$128k
41 St Johns Drive
Dwelling house · 8 Dec 2025
$31k
830 Macquarie Drive
Erection of a new structure · 22 Jul 2025
$47k
3 Corymbia Street
Demolition · 12 Jun 2025
$62k
2B Parklea Avenue
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 5 May 2025
$10k
814 Macquarie Drive
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 5 Mar 2025
$7k
2A Parklea Avenue
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 6 Feb 2025
$970k
800 Macquarie Drive
Dwelling house · 23 Jan 2025
$37k
24 St Johns Drive
Erection of a new structure · 17 Jan 2025
$15k
6 Shell Close
Erection of a new structure · 13 Dec 2024
Applications with a full record
$296k
3 St Johns Dr Croudace Bay
New Home , 22 Apr 2026
Market read · who's building here
Rebuild market

29% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $78k approval is about 9% of the $881k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

33% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

Major projects · biggest approvals by value
$970k
800 Macquarie Drive
Dwelling · 18 Jul 2023
$800k
6 Winston Street
Dwelling · 7 Jun 2021
$559k
2A Parklea Avenue
Dwelling house · 1 May 2023
$531k
802 Macquarie Drive
Dwelling · 15 Nov 2022
$520k
21 Corymbia Street
Dwelling · 13 Jul 2021
Development activity

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
49
Total on record
4
Last 12 months
$78k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 49 DAs by category
Swimming Pool / Spa16
New Dwelling12
Renovation / Extension8
Deck / Balcony / Fence6
Other3
Demolition2
Subdivision2
Who lives here
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 5-14 (120 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Schools nearby
Valentine Public School
Primary · Valentine
Eleebana Public School
Primary · Eleebana
Floraville Public School
Primary · Belmont
Warners Bay Public School
Primary · Warners Bay
Belmont High School
Secondary · Belmont
Belmont North Public School
Primary · Belmont North

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

Common questions
Which council handles development applications in Croudace Bay?
Croudace Bay sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Croudace Bay from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Croudace Bay?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 4 development applications in Croudace Bay. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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