Long Beach vs Maloneys Beach
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. Houses cost more in Long Beach: a median of $925,000, against $820,000 in Maloneys Beach, and rent is higher there too.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
Long Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 61/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Maloneys Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($820,000 vs $925,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- Long Beach leaves renters under less rental stress (30% vs 35%)
- Maloneys Beach has a bigger rental market to choose from (28% vs 16%)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Long Beach
ahead on 3 of the 3 things we measure here
- is more walkable (19/100 vs 8/100)
- has a shorter drive in (225 min vs 234 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (275.7 km vs 280.3 km)
Weighs distance, drive time, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Long Beach
ahead on 2 of the 5 things we measure here
- is more walkable (19/100 vs 8/100)
- carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 61/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Long Beach
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- is growing faster (22.4% vs 10.0%)
Weighs population growth.
Where they sit
Long Beach and Maloneys Beach drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
Long Beach has more residents (1,758 vs 408); Long Beach has higher household incomes ($72,228 vs $56,940).
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 1,758 +77% vs other | 408 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +22.4% | +10.0% |
| Median age | 51 same for both | |
| Median household income | $72,228/yr +21% vs other | $56,940/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $410/wk +7% vs other | $380/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.6%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (6.4%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $925,000 | $820,000 |
| Median unit price | $740,000 | — |
| Median land price | $350,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 50 days from 32 sales | 46 days from 6 sales |
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
28 vs 23 sales
44 vs 5 sales
Zoning mix
Maloneys Beach has more rural and farming land (55% vs 0%); Long Beach has more land zoned for conservation (82% vs 39%).
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Environmental | 82% | 39% |
| Rural and farming | 0% | 55% |
| Residential | 16% | 5% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% same for both | |
| Planning zones cover 100% of Long Beach and 99% of Maloneys Beach. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve. | ||
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 211 across Eurobodalla same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | -9% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.9% $750/wk on $1M | — |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 44% of NSW | Higher than 30% of NSW |
| Income | — | Higher than 17% of NSW |
| Schools | — same for both | |
| Walkability | Higher than 69% of NSW | Higher than 54% of NSW |
| Affordability | — | Higher than 43% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 62% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 75% of NSW | Higher than 90% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 68% of NSW | — |
Liveability
Long Beach is more walkable (19 vs 8).
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | C | — |
| Score | 38/100 | — |
| Socio-economic band | mid-range socio-economic decile 5/10 | below-average income decile 2/10 |
Risk profile
Maloneys Beach carries more crime risk (61 vs 26).
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 65/100 | High 70/100 |
| Crime | Low 26/100 | Moderate 61/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | Moderate 50/100 | Low 31/100 |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 0 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 0 same for both | |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Amenities in the suburb
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Parks & reserves | 1 | 0 |
| Beaches | 1 | 0 |
| Waterways | 2 | 0 |
Mobility
Maloneys Beach sits further from the CBD (280.3 km vs 275.7 km).
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 19/100 | 8/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 275.7 km | 280.3 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 225 min | 234 min |
| Public transport score | 53/100 Bus | 28/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 22.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 6.5 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual | 1 min scheduled, not actual |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.6% postcode 2536 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 41 postcode 2536 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (79.2%).
Setting
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 43 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 21 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 1.1 km 1.3 km to a named beach | 1.3 km 1.4 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 68/100 | 82/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the premises same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 48% 1,097 premises | 66% 268 premises |
Climate
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 914 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 23.7°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 7.5°C same for both | |
Council rates
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,246/yr same for both | |
| Council | Eurobodalla same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Gilmore same for both | |
| Member | Fiona Phillips same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Long Beach | Maloneys Beach | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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