Magenta

Magenta is a narrow coastal suburb on the NSW Central Coast about 103–104 kilometres by road from the Sydney CBD via the M1 and Central Coast Highway. It sits roughly 30 kilometres north of Gosford’s CBD, linked by Wilfred Barrett Drive and arterial connections through Tuggerah and Wyong.

The 2021 ABS Census recorded 332 residents with a median age of 60 and an average household size of 2.1. Occupied dwellings were split between separate houses at about 51 per cent and semi-detached homes at about 48 per cent, with no apartment stock reported.

Local buses run along Wilfred Barrett Drive, with Route 29 stopping at “Magenta Shores Golf Course, Magenta Dr” and linking south to Bay Village and north to Lake Haven and Wyong Hospital. Services connect with rail at Tuggerah and Wyong for intercity trains to Sydney and Newcastle, while direct buses to Gosford typically require transfers.

Daily shopping and services are concentrated nearby at The Entrance town centre and at Lake Haven Centre, a sub-regional mall anchored by major supermarkets.

Regional health care is provided at Wyong Hospital, Hamlyn Terrace, and Gosford Hospital, all of which are accessible by car or public transport.

Wyrrabalong National Park frames the suburb, conserving coastal rainforest and dune systems and offering whale watching, beach access and bushwalking on the headland trails.

Magenta Beach fronts the Pacific Ocean with informal access points from the national park, and residents often use patrolled beaches at nearby The Entrance and Shelly Beach.

Magenta Shores Golf & Country Club occupies the central dune corridor, an 18-hole Ross Watson-designed links course between Tuggerah Lake and the ocean.

Recreation extends to the Tuggerah Lakes foreshore and the cycleway network accessible from The Entrance, supporting walking, running and cycling on predominantly flat terrain.

The street network is limited to internal resort and residential roads off Wilfred Barrett Drive, reinforcing a low-through-traffic environment between the national park and coastline.

Households have a mature-age profile and small average sizes, with a high share of semi-detached dwellings compared with surrounding suburbs.

Proximity to The Entrance, Lake Haven, and rail hubs at Tuggerah and Wyong connects a small coastal community to larger employment, retail and health precincts across the Central Coast.