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Suburbs / Port Macquarie / Fernbank Creek

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Fernbank CreekDA activity & market read

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

Get Fernbank Creek DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
122
Population
50
Median age
$1,625/wk
Household income
0
DAs (12 mo)
$882k
Median house
$60k
Median DA cost
Ground truth
● What the data says

Fernbank Creek runs renovation / extension first, with swimming pool / spa (4) close behind: renovation / extension leads at 5 of 14 DAs on record. A Premium-tier market on a $882k median, a typical job runs $60k, approvals are down 100% year on year.

Recent approvals
$32k
Oakes Crescent
Shed · 14 Oct 2025
$1.4M
4 Glen Ewan Road
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 18 Jul 2025
$60k
4 Glen Ewan Road
Demolition · 11 Jul 2025
$15k
89 Oakes Crescent
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 15 Feb 2024
$60k
461 Fernbank Creek Road
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 13 Feb 2024
$58k
72 Oakes Crescent
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 16 Oct 2023
$200k
706 Fernbank Creek Road
Other · 3 Apr 2023
$457k
608 Fernbank Creek Road
Secondary dwelling · 17 Oct 2022
$200k
706 Fernbank Creek Road
Alterations and additions to residential development · 5 Sep 2022
$61k
43 Willow Crescent
Swimming pools · 29 Oct 2021
$4k
608 Fernbank Creek Road
Dwelling · 16 Aug 2021
$479k
Glen Ewan Road
Alterations and additions to commercial development · 15 Jul 2021
Market read · who's building here
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.

Lifestyle spend

29% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

Major projects · biggest approvals by value
$1.4M
4 Glen Ewan Road
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 18 Jul 2025
$479k
Glen Ewan Road
Alterations and additions to commercial development · 15 Jul 2021
$457k
608 Fernbank Creek Road
Secondary dwelling · 17 Oct 2022
$250k
43 Willow Crescent
Alterations and additions to residential development · 6 Apr 2021
$200k
706 Fernbank Creek Road
Alterations and additions to residential development · 5 Sep 2022
Development activity

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
14
Total on record
0
Last 12 months
$60k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 14 DAs by category
Renovation / Extension5
Swimming Pool / Spa4
New Dwelling2
Other2
Demolition1
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 55-64 (23 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Common questions
Which council handles development applications in Fernbank Creek?
Fernbank Creek sits in the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Port Macquarie-Hastings Council lodges for Fernbank Creek from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Fernbank Creek?
In the last 365 days, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council lodged 0 development applications in Fernbank Creek. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
How do I get DA alerts for Fernbank Creek?
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