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| Locality | Camden Head |
| State | New South Wales (NSW) |
| Local Government Area | Port Macquarie-Hastings Council |
| Country | Australia |
| Timezone | Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT) |
| Remoteness | Inner Regional Australia |
| Latitude | -31.64262 |
| Longitude | 152.83108 |
| Population | 149 |
| Density | 55.6 /km² |
| Area | 2.7 km² |
| Elevation | 29 m |
| Postcode | 2443 |
| Area Code | 02 |
| Distance to Sydney | 290 km north-northeast |
Camden Head is a locality in the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It is a small community with a population of 149. The locality covers an area of 2.7 km², giving a population density of about 55.6 people per km². It sits at an elevation of around 29 m above sea level. It lies approximately 290 km north-northeast of Sydney. Camden Head is located at 31.6426°S, 152.8311°E. It observes Australian Eastern Time (AEST/AEDT). Postcode: 2443. The Australian Bureau of Statistics classifies the area as Inner Regional Australia.
Camden Head juts out into the Tasman Sea, a steadfast sentinel of weathered rock and wind-scoured scrub. It lies 21.1 km south-south-west of Port Macquarie, NSW (from Port Macquarie, NSW: bearing 197°T), and is situated 10.7 km south of Lake Cathie. The land here is a study in rugged beauty, where ancient sandstone cliffs plunge towards the churning ocean, their surfaces etched by the relentless kiss of salt spray and the patient work of millennia. Above, the air hums with the dry rustle of coastal heath, a resilient carpet of low-lying shrubs and hardy wildflowers clinging to the slopes, their colours a vibrant defiance against the endless blue. From its elevated vantage point, Camden Head offers sweeping vistas of the neighbouring coastline, a wilder, less tamed edge of the continent where the land meets the sea in a spectacular, untamed embrace.
The history of Camden Head is inextricably linked to the sea and the land that feeds it. Once a vital lookout and a place of passage for the traditional custodians, its shores later echoed with the sounds of early European settlement, drawn by the promise of fertile soil and the bounty of the ocean. For generations, the economy here has ebbed and flowed with the tides, its fortunes tied to the fishing fleets that once plied these waters, their nets heavy with the catch of the day, and the small farms that carved a living from the rich coastal loam. Today, while the echoes of those past industries remain, Camden Head has found a quieter rhythm, a place where the land’s natural beauty draws visitors seeking solace and a connection to something enduring, a timeless quality that seems to emanate from the very stones of the headland itself.
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This page provides a street and satellite map of Camden Head, New South Wales. Live weather conditions with current observations and a 7-day forecast are powered by Open-Meteo. Real-time local news and world news feeds keep the page current, while an editorially written description provides background on Camden Head, in the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council local government area.
Detailed location data for Camden Head includes the postcode (2443), telephone area code (02), and local government area (Port Macquarie-Hastings Council), with an ABS remoteness classification of Inner Regional Australia. These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Australian city, town or locality.
Location data is drawn from Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020) and enriched with GeoNames and Australian Bureau of Statistics data, matched by coordinate proximity — ensuring the correct Camden Head is identified even where the name is shared across multiple localities.
| Page generated | July 2026 |
| Location data | Geoscape Administrative Boundaries (GDA2020); enriched with GeoNames and ABS 2021 Census data, matched by coordinate proximity |
| Description | Editorial description generated with AI assistance from verified Geoscape, ABS and GeoNames location data. |