Bellbird Heights NSW 2325

Bellbird Heights sits 155 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 2 hours 5 minutes by car. Census data records 805 residents with a median age of 40 and a median household income of $77,324 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 2.2% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $368 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,580. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

Is Bellbird Heights a good suburb?

Bellbird Heights scores a C (38/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices, weaker on safety and community.

Transit

Some car dependence

Walkability 35/100 · 155.3 km · 123 min drive to Sydney

Prices

More affordable than most

Median $800K

Safety

High crime risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 74/100

Community

Highly disadvantaged

SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 40 · 805 residents

C

Liveability Rating

38 / 100 · Ranked #1085 in NSW

Each bar is Bellbird Heights's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
61
Bushfire None · Crime High

No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.

Socio-economic
14
Disadvantaged
Walkability
37
Car-dependent
CBD access
39
155.3 km · 123 min drive to Sydney
How it's calculated: Safety rank 61 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 14 × 25% + Walkability rank 37 × 15% + CBD access rank 39 × 10% = 38 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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38 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Bellbird Heights's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $800,000, roughly 20% above where it sat a year earlier.

$800,000

last 5 quarters
↑ +19.7% year-on-year

Based on 25 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 39 days — median across 12 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 10 sales $722K
  • 4 bed 11 sales $800K

Currently for Sale

Last 6 months

Houses in Bellbird Heights are currently listed at around $812,000 on average. Based on 6 houses listed in the past six months.

$812K

↓ −3.9% vs previous 6 months from $845K

6 houses listed in the last 6 months.

6 of the suburb's 305 dwellings (2.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$580/wk
93 bonds
+43% since 2021
2-bed units
$485/wk
36 bonds
+48% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2325 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

105 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2325.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Is Bellbird Heights safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Bellbird Heights sits in the high band, with 44 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 42% on the prior year.

44 offences

41.9% since 2024
Theft 11 (25.0%)
Assault 10 (22.7%)
Sexual Offences 6 (13.6%)
Harassment & Stalking 5 (11.4%)
Drug Offences 4 (9.1%)
Property Damage 4 (9.1%)
Arson 3 (6.8%)
Weapons Offences 1 (2.3%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

1 crash

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Cessnock City Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 8 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Bellbird Heights is car-dependent on foot — at 35/100, most errands require a car.

35
out of 100
Car-Dependent
Top 23% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km 72
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 60
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 60
Hospitals within 5 km 60

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Bellbird Heights.

39
out of 100
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
13.2 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
5.1 arrivals/hr
Saturday
1.8 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
1 min
Span of service
12.7 hours

Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Bellbird Heights.

61
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fibre to the node
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
29%
Premises covered
338
Technology mix
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 71%
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 29%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

Supermarkets
None
Shopping Centres
None
Cafes & Restaurants
None
Parks & Reserves
None
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
None
Childcare
1 in suburb
GPs
None
Pharmacies
None
Hospitals
None
Police Stations
None
Banks & Bank@Post
None
Fuel Stations
None
EV Chargers
None
Pubs & Bars
None
Arts & Culture
None
Places of Worship
None

Cessnock: council population

The whole council area, not just Bellbird Heights · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
71,443
+2.9% in a year
Change
+2,011
people since 2024
Density
36
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+505
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,405
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+101
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
2/10
1/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
4/10
3/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
2/10
1/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Bellbird Heights is home to 805 residents, with a median age of 40, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $77,000 a year, with unemployment at 5.3%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

805

2.2% since 2016

Median Age

40

no change since 2016

Median Household Income

$77,324/yr

8.7% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$368/wk

18.7% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,580/mo

1.3% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.6

no change since 2016

Median Personal Income

$36,088/yr

6.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

5.3%

27.4% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.9%

19.7% since 2016

Total Dwellings

305

6.3% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

81.4%

2.5% since 2016

Houses

95.1%

2.2% since 2016

Rental Stress

24.7%

8.8% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

24.5%

6.8% since 2016

Work From Home

14.5%

480.0% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 290 (95.1%)
Flats / Apartments 9 (3.0%)
Townhouses 6 (2.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 127 (42.2%)
Mortgage 118 (39.2%)
Renting 56 (18.6%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
90.7%
English Spoken at Home
94.4%
Employment Rate
55.2%
0.9% since 2016
Completed Year 12
30.8%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 63 (17.6%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 53 (14.8%)
Community & Personal Service 49 (13.7%)
Professionals 48 (13.4%)
Labourers 47 (13.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 42 (11.7%)
Managers 26 (7.3%)
Sales 25 (7.0%)

Religion

Christianity 415 (51.6%)
No Religion 352 (43.7%)
Hinduism 11 (1.4%)
Buddhism 5 (0.6%)
Other Religions 5 (0.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 12 (1.5%)
Scotland 10 (1.2%)
New Zealand 6 (0.7%)
Germany 5 (0.6%)
India 3 (0.4%)
China 3 (0.4%)
Sri Lanka 3 (0.4%)
Italy 3 (0.4%)

When They Arrived

Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.

2016-2021 0 (0.0%)
2011-2015 9 (1.1%)
2001-2010 3 (0.4%)
1991-2000 3 (0.4%)
1981-1990 10 (1.2%)
Before 1981 30 (3.7%)

0 residents (0.0%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.

Where New Residents Came From

Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.

Newcastle and Lake Macquarie 28 (3.7%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 749 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Cantonese 3 (0.4%)

Age Distribution

0-4 56 (7.0%)
5-14 104 (12.9%)
15-19 52 (6.5%)
20-24 41 (5.1%)
25-34 102 (12.7%)
35-44 97 (12.0%)
45-54 94 (11.7%)
55-64 107 (13.3%)
65-74 88 (10.9%)
75-84 52 (6.5%)
85+ 15 (1.9%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 96 (41.2%)
Lone Person 76 (32.6%)
One Parent Families 54 (23.2%)
Other Families 4 (1.7%)
Group Household 3 (1.3%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 224 (75.4%)
Worked from Home 43 (14.5%)
Car (passenger) 26 (8.8%)
Walked Only 4 (1.3%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 175 (21.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 64 (8.0%)
Bachelor Degree 46 (5.7%)
Postgraduate Degree 15 (1.9%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5 (0.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 6 (2.0%)
1 car 88 (29.2%)
2 cars 127 (42.2%)
3 cars 46 (15.3%)
4+ cars 28 (9.3%)

Council Rates

Cessnock
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,405 a year through Cessnock based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,405/yr
14% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Bellbird Heights's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Residential 91%
  • Infrastructure and transport 6%
  • Parks and recreation 3%

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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Cessnock

The whole council area, not just Bellbird Heights · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 719 new dwellings were approved across Cessnock. That mix is 560 houses and 159 units. Approvals are down 31.1% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
719dwellings
-31.1% YoY
Houses
560
detached dwellings
Units
159
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Climate & Setting

from Cessnock Airport AWS, 6.3 km

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation
98 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
38.9 km
Annual rainfall
804 mm
80 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
30.0°C
20 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
5.1°C
11 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2325, 86 of 24,360 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (480 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.04%
2023
0.08%
2024
0.23%
2025
0.35%

Rooftop solar

51
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 7.1 kW each

In postcode 2325, 6,158 rooftop-solar systems totalling 44.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 12,075 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 521 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
490
2020
533
2021
464
2022
507
2023
564
2024
499
2025
439
2026
335

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$4,172
Loan amount
$640,000
Total interest over 30 years
$862,036

4 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2325.

Deposit
$160,000
Stamp duty
$30,187
Cash needed at settlement
$190,187

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Hunter

Currently held by Dan Repacholi Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Dan Repacholi 59.5% 40.5% +4.7
2022 Dan Repacholi 54.0% 46.0% -1.1
2019 Joel Fitzgibbon 53.0% 47.0% +9.5

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.

State Electorate

Cessnock District

Currently held by Clayton Barr Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Clayton Barr ALP 73.4%
2019 Clayton Barr ALP 69.3%
2015 Clayton Barr ALP 72.0%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Bellbird Heights

Is Bellbird Heights a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Bellbird Heights is high (74/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.

What natural hazards affect Bellbird Heights?

Bellbird Heights has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Bellbird Heights a good place to live?

Bellbird Heights has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (38/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.

What is the population of Bellbird Heights?

Bellbird Heights, NSW had a population of 805 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Bellbird Heights, NSW?

The postcode for Bellbird Heights, NSW is 2325.

How far is Bellbird Heights from Sydney?

Bellbird Heights is 155 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 123 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Bellbird Heights?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Bellbird Heights was $77,324 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Bellbird Heights?

There are too few current rental listings in Bellbird Heights for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $368, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Bellbird Heights?

The median age of residents in Bellbird Heights was 40 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Bellbird Heights walkable?

Bellbird Heights scores 35/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

What is the weather like in Bellbird Heights?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Bellbird Heights, Cessnock Airport AWS (6.3 km away), summer days average 30°C, winter nights 5.1°C, 804 mm of rain a year over 80 rainy days, and 20 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Bellbird Heights?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Bellbird Heights belong to?

Bellbird Heights sits within the Cessnock local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Bellbird Heights?

The average residential rates bill through Cessnock is $1,405 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Bellbird Heights?

Across Cessnock, 719 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 31.1% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Bellbird Heights in?

Bellbird Heights sits within the federal Division of Hunter, currently held by Dan Repacholi (Australian Labor Party).

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