Box Head - MacMasters Beach
New South Wales · Gosford · Central Coast
Why “Box Head - MacMasters Beach”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Box Head into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Box Head - MacMasters Beach is a locality in the Gosford area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Box Head - MacMasters Beach SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Box Head - MacMasters Beach SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Empire Bay Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Box Head - MacMasters Beach.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Box Head - MacMasters Beach (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Box Head - MacMasters Beach
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment426ICSEA1039
- Primary · Independent · Years K-6Enrolment234ICSEA1061
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment154ICSEA1102
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSExplore and Develop UminaCentre-Based Care · 88 places · Umina
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning Green PointCentre-Based Care · 79 places · Green Point
- Exceeding NQSGoodstart Early Learning KincumberCentre-Based Care · 76 places · Kincumber
- Exceeding NQSBelong Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 67 places · Booker Bay
- Exceeding NQSCoast Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 65 places · Bensville
- Exceeding NQSHighland Grove PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Green Point
- Exceeding NQSWoodport Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Green Point
- Exceeding NQSIndigo Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 56 places · Green Point
- Exceeding NQSKinburra PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Kincumber
- Exceeding NQSPretty Beach Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 39 places · Pretty Beach
- Exceeding NQSBooker Bay PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 32 places · Booker Bay
- Exceeding NQSImagine@Macmasters Beach early LearningCentre-Based Care · 24 places · Macmasters Beach
+ 18 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 4
- vs previous year
- +33%
- vs 2021
- 10
- Other offences 4
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 0
- Supermarkets
- 1
- Parks
- 15
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Box Head - MacMasters Beach SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land
This shows whether the Box Head - MacMasters Beach SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Where did the gain come from?
+69Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
Other SA2s in Gosford
The next zoom out — sorted by 1-year growth
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