Swansea - Caves Beach
New South Wales · Lake Macquarie - East · Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Why “Swansea - Caves Beach”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Swansea 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.
Swansea - Caves Beach is a locality in the Lake Macquarie - East area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Swansea - Caves Beach SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Swansea - Caves Beach SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
Caves Beach Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Swansea - Caves Beach.
This is the zoned in-area government school for Swansea - Caves 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 Swansea - Caves Beach
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment710ICSEA972
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment349ICSEA1019
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment199ICSEA923
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment180ICSEA1023
- Primary · Catholic · Years K-6Enrolment165ICSEA1041
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSUniting Preschool Caves BeachCentre-Based Care · 40 places · Caves Beach
- Meeting NQSThe Rumpus Room PelicanCentre-Based Care · 73 places · Pelican
- Meeting NQSMilestones Early Learning SwanseaCentre-Based Care · 72 places · Swansea
- Meeting NQSCaves Beach Early Learning CentreCentre-Based Care · 45 places · Caves Beach
- Meeting NQSCoastwide OOSH - Nords Wharf Primary SchoolCentre-Based Care · 25 places · Nords Wharf
- Meeting NQSNords Wharf Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 20 places · Nords Wharf
- Not yet ratedSwansea Public School TheirCareCentre-Based Care · 60 places · Swansea
- Not yet ratedCaves Beach Public School TheirCareCentre-Based Care · 50 places · Caves Beach
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 504
- vs previous year
- 0%
- vs 2021
- 522
- Other offences 152
- Theft 128
- Assault 56
- Against justice procedures 53
- Intimidation, stalking and harassment 43
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
- 3
- Parks
- 16
- Train stations
- 0
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Swansea - Caves 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 Swansea - Caves 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.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,170,000
- House price YoY
- +8.8%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $730/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+157Reading the streams: Australian movers from other suburbs drove most of the change.
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