DA Notice

Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Murrays Beach

NSW Planning fileLake Macquarie City Council2281Updated daily

Murrays BeachDA activity & market read

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

882
Population
44
Median age
$2,303/wk
Household income
20
DAs (12 mo)
$958k
Median house
$509k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Murrays Beach was named after David and Patrick Murray, the owners of a coal-mine in the 1860s that pre-dated the settlement. Source ↗

● What the data says

Murrays Beach runs new dwelling first, with swimming pool / spa (37) close behind: new dwelling leads at 105 of 169 DAs on record. A Prestige-tier market on a $958k median, a typical job runs $509k, approvals are up 18% year on year.

$568k
4 Tawny Close
Dwelling house · 15 Sep 2026
$505k
50 Freetail Drive
Dwelling house · 17 Aug 2026
$376k
4 Hibbertia Rise
Dwelling house · 13 Aug 2026
$850k
18 Tawny Close
Dwelling house · 30 Jul 2026
$405k
34 Freetail Drive
Dwelling house · 17 Jul 2026
$35k
23 Nine Acres Way
Erection of a new structure · 1 Jul 2026
$837k
47 Whistling Kite Circuit
Dwelling house · 1 Jul 2026
$812k
33 Whistling Kite Circuit
Dwelling house · 8 Apr 2026
$823k
38 Freetail Drive
Dwelling house · 26 Mar 2026
$886k
43 Whistling Kite Circuit
Dwelling house · 26 Mar 2026
$850k
35 Whistling Kite Circuit
Dwelling house · 2 Mar 2026
$656k
28 Freetail Drive
Dwelling house · 26 Feb 2026
$568k
New Home , 15 Sep 2026
$505k
New Home , 17 Aug 2026
$376k
New Home , 13 Aug 2026
$850k
New Home , 30 Jul 2026
$405k
New Home , 17 Jul 2026
$837k
New Home , 1 Jul 2026
$35k
New Home , 1 Jul 2026
Rebuild market

62% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $509k approval is about 53% of the $958k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

22% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$7.5M
390 Pacific Highway
Stratum / community title subdivision · 23 Sep 2021
$1.76M
41 Lake Point Way
Dwelling · 23 Nov 2021
$960k
36 Freshwater Crescent
Dwelling house · 10 Sep 2025
$890k
6 Centella Rise
Dwelling house · 10 Jul 2025
$886k
43 Whistling Kite Circuit
Dwelling house · 26 Mar 2026

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
169
Total on record
20
Last 12 months
$509k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 169 DAs by category
New Dwelling105
Swimming Pool / Spa37
Renovation / Extension16
Deck / Balcony / Fence5
Subdivision3
Other2
Commercial / Change of use1
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 (168 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Nords Wharf Public School
Primary · Nords Wharf
Caves Beach Public School
Primary · Caves Beach
Swansea High School
Secondary · Caves Beach

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

Which council handles development applications in Murrays Beach?
Murrays Beach sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Murrays Beach from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Murrays Beach?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 20 development applications in Murrays Beach. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
How do I get DA alerts for Murrays Beach?
A weekly SMS, every Monday morning, listing the new DAs in Murrays Beach that match your trade. No app. Reply STOP to cancel.
What does DA Notice cost?
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One trade, one area, weekly. Every new Murrays Beach approval that matches your trade, texted with the address and the job. $35/month, reply STOP anytime.