Woy Woy vs St Huberts Island
Woy Woy is the younger of the two, with a median age of 48 against 58 in St Huberts Island. In both, most households own their home and most homes are detached houses. In Woy Woy, about half of households are people living alone. Houses cost more in St Huberts Island: a median of $1.93 million, against $1.05 million in Woy Woy, and rent is higher there too. On these figures, Woy Woy tends to suit buyers on a tighter budget, while St Huberts Island suits older residents.
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
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- Woy Woy has more parks and reserves (17 vs 1)
- St Huberts Island carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 86/100)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
Woy Woy
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- has cheaper houses ($1,050,000 vs $1,925,000)
Weighs house prices and mortgage stress.
Renters
Woy Woy
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (40% vs 9%)
- has cheaper rent ($380/wk vs $560/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
Woy Woy
ahead on 4 of the 4 things we measure here
- gets more of its commuters onto trains and trams (6% vs 1%)
- is more walkable (52/100 vs 43/100)
- has a shorter drive in (73 min vs 84 min)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
Woy Woy
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (38% vs 3%)
- has more GPs (6 vs 0)
- is more walkable (52/100 vs 43/100)
- But St Huberts Island carries lower crime risk (26/100 vs 86/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Woy Woy
ahead on the one thing that separates them
- returns a higher gross yield on houses (3.7% vs 3.0%)
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
Woy Woy and St Huberts Island 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
Woy Woy has more residents (11,072 vs 1,080); St Huberts Island rents higher ($560/wk vs $380/wk).
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 11,072 +90% vs other | 1,080 |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +4.0% | +2.1% |
| Median age | 48 | 58 |
| Median household income | $59,852/yr | $83,460/yr +39% vs other |
| Median weekly rent | $380/wk | $560/wk +47% vs other |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.7%).
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 (21.0%).
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 (4.9%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,050,000 | $1,925,000 |
| Median unit price | $787,500 | — |
| Median land price | — same for both | |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 29 days from 93 sales | 54 days from 18 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.
92 vs 12 sales
36 vs 17 sales
14 vs 13 sales
Zoning mix
Woy Woy has more land zoned for conservation (64% vs 10%).
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 20% | 88% |
| Environmental | 64% | 10% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 8% | 0% |
| Parks and recreation | 5% | 2% |
| Industrial | 2% | 0% |
| 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
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 1,441 across Central Coast (NSW) same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +67% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.7% $680/wk on $960K | 3.0% $1,200/wk on $2.07M |
| Units | — same for both | |
Ranking within NSW
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 51% of NSW | Higher than 84% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 21% of NSW | Higher than 51% of NSW |
| Schools | Higher than 33% of NSW | — |
| Walkability | Higher than 82% of NSW | Higher than 79% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 27% of NSW | Higher than 11% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 75% of NSW | Higher than 77% of NSW |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 71% of NSW | Higher than 81% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 56% of NSW | Higher than 22% of NSW |
Liveability
St Huberts Island scores higher overall (69 vs 23); Woy Woy is more walkable (52 vs 43).
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | D | B |
| Score | 23/100 | 69/100 |
| Socio-economic band | below-average income decile 2/10 | very advantaged area decile 9/10 |
Risk profile
Woy Woy carries more bushfire risk (83 vs 0); Woy Woy carries more crime risk (86 vs 26).
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | High 83/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | High 86/100 | Low 26/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 1 within 5 km | 2 within 5 km |
Schools
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 6 | 0 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 3 | 0 |
| Rated below peers | 0 same for both | |
Schools in Woy Woy
- St John the Baptist Catholic Primary School Catholic · Primary at peers
- Woy Woy Public School Government · Primary at peers
- Woy Woy South Public School Government · Primary at peers
- Brisbane Water Secondary College Woy Woy Campus Government · Secondary
- Aspect Central Coast School, Woy Woy Independent · Primary · Special school
- EOC Broken Bay - Woy Woy Catholic · Primary · Special school
Schools in St Huberts Island
No schools recorded inside this suburb's boundary. Children here will be zoned to schools nearby.
Amenities in the suburb
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 2 | 0 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 10 | 0 |
| Parks & reserves | 17 | 1 |
| Childcare | 9 | 0 |
| GPs | 6 | 0 |
| Pharmacies | 2 | 0 |
| Hospitals | 2 | 0 |
| Police stations | 1 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 4 | 0 |
| Waterways | 3 | 0 |
Mobility
St Huberts Island sits further from the CBD (88.7 km vs 81.4 km).
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 52/100 | 43/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 81.4 km | 88.7 km +9% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 73 min | 84 min |
| Public transport score | 91/100 Rail · Bus | 76/100 Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 329.8 7-9am + 5-7pm | 54.0 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 0.8% postcode 2256 | 0.9% postcode 2257 |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 31 postcode 2256 | 31 postcode 2257 |
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 (53.1%).
Setting
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 97 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 2 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 3.5 km 4.6 km to a named beach | 1.6 km 4.3 km to a named beach |
NBN connectivity
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 62/100 | 74/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node | Fibre to the premises |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 31% 5,959 premises | 54% 537 premises |
Climate
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,176 mm | 1,272 mm |
| Summer max (Jan) | — | 26.4°C |
| Winter min (Jul) | — | 10.6°C |
Air quality (annual mean)
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 5.1 µg/m³ same for both | |
| PM10 | 14.8 µg/m³ same for both | |
| NO₂ | 0.36 pphm same for both | |
Council rates
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,409/yr same for both | |
| Council | Central Coast (NSW) same for both | |
Federal electorate
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Robertson same for both | |
| Member | Gordon Reid same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| Woy Woy | St Huberts Island | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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