Broulee NSW 2537
Broulee sits 298 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 4 hours 5 minutes by car. Census data records 1,947 residents with a median age of 50 and a median household income of $70,460 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The town grew 13.4% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,790. Broulee is characterised by high bushfire risk and high crime risk. 3 schools sit within the town boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Broulee a good town?
Broulee scores a C (31/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on schools, transit, and prices.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 12% in NSW
Car-dependent
Walkability 26/100 · 298.5 km · 245 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $1.18M
Moderate bushfire risk
Fire 61/100 · Crime 60/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 50 · 1,947 residents
Liveability Rating
31 / 100 · Ranked #1238 in NSWEach bar is Broulee's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
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Our score
31 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataBroulee's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.18 million, roughly 33% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,175,000
Based on 32 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 54 days — median across 12 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 9 sales $1.12M
- 4 bed 14 sales $1.26M
Units
$735,000
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 108 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 8 sales $762K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Broulee are currently listed at around $1.36 million on average. Based on 7 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.36M
7 houses listed in the last 6 months.
7 of the suburb's 757 dwellings (0.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Broulee rent for around $775 a week on average, based on 9 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$775/wk
9 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
10 rentals advertised against an estimated 175 rented homes (5.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $605/wk
- 32 bonds
- +33% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2537 (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 2025100 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 30% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2537.
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.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$775/week ($40,000 a year) on a $1.36 million median
Based on a small sample (7 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is Broulee safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Broulee sits in the moderate band, with 85 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 37% on the prior year.
85 offences
37.1% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20251 crash
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the town 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
Eurobodalla Shire Council has published 10 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
- Batemans Bay Urban Creeks Flood Study 2021
- Flood Prone Access to Moruya Hospital - Flood Assessment and Murray Street Crossing Upgrade Concept Design 2014
- Moruya Flooding - Climate Change Assessment 2011
- Reedy Creek, Malua Bay Floodplain Risk Management Study & Plan 2005
- Lot 100 DP Flora Crescent, Batemans Bay - Flood Study 2004
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 2.2 km
- Rate
- -0.04 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -17.1 m
- Certainty
- likely rocky coastline
Data Quality
Schools
Three schools serve Broulee, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 1,664 students across 3 schools (avg 555)
- • Sectors: 1 Government, 1 Catholic, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 987-1036, median 996 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: St Peter's Anglican College - Broulee (925 students)
Primary
Secondary
Combined
Walkability
Broulee is car-dependent on foot — at 26/100, most errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Broulee.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 18.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 11.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 1.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 10.5 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 Broulee.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 5%
- Premises covered
- 1,602
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
Eurobodalla: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this town alone — this town's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 5 small areas inside this town and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the town closely.
Broulee is home to about 1,900 residents, with a median age of 50 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $70,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.9%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
1,947
Median Age
50
Median Household Income
$70,460/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,790/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$39,052/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.9%
Unoccupied Dwellings
65.9%
Total Dwellings
757
Owner-Occupier Rate
76.9%
Houses
76.0%
Rental Stress
28.0%
Mortgage Stress
30.5%
Work From Home
16.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.3%
- Employment Rate
- 48.6%
- Completed Year 12
- 44.8%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
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.
24 residents (1.2%) 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.
9.2% of residents (171) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (83).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 1,855 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.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (12 of 791).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,246 a year through Eurobodalla based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 45%
- Rural and farming 43%
- Residential 10%
- Infrastructure and transport 1%
- Zones under 1% 1%
Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the town around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Eurobodalla
In the year to August 2026, 211 new dwellings were approved across Eurobodalla. That mix is 153 houses and 58 units. Approvals are down 9.4% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Mogo 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 Moruya Heads Pilot Station, 6.3 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 27 m
- above sea level, at the town centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.7 km
- 2.3 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 914 mm
- 83 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 23.7°C
- 2 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 7.5°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the town 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- 5.0 kmOther Petroleum and Coal Product ManufacturingTop reported: Manganese & compounds
EV adoption
In postcode 2537, 84 of 11,714 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.6% (305 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2537, 3,514 rooftop-solar systems totalling 21.6 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,281 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 218 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.
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).
Mortgage repayments
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.
At $1,175,000 this is $575,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
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
Currently held by Fiona Phillips Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Fiona Phillips | 55.1% | 44.9% | +5.0 |
| 2022 | Fiona Phillips | 50.2% | 49.8% | +2.4 |
| 2019 | Fiona Phillips | 52.6% | 47.4% | -3.3 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact town's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Michael Holland Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Michael Holland ALP | 60.4% |
| 2019 | Andrew Constance LP | 56.9% |
| 2015 | Andrew Constance LP | 58.2% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this town's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
Looking at a specific address in Broulee?
Every figure above is a town average, and an average smooths over the difference between a street of family homes and a block of flats. Look up one address and you get the census for the few hundred people around it, its own nearest schools and stops, and what the state has mapped for that block.
- The census for a few hundred neighbours, not all 1,947 residents
- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about Broulee
Is Broulee a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Broulee is moderate (60/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Broulee?
Broulee has a moderate recorded bushfire history (61/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are town-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Broulee a good place to live?
Broulee has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (31/100), 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 Broulee?
Broulee, NSW had a population of 1,947 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Broulee, NSW?
The postcode for Broulee, NSW is 2537.
How far is Broulee from Sydney?
Broulee is 298 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 245 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Broulee?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Broulee was $70,460 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 Broulee?
The median advertised rent in Broulee is $775 a week for houses (9 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Broulee?
The median age of residents in Broulee was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Broulee at risk of bushfire?
Broulee has a moderate recorded bushfire history (61/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the town relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Broulee?
There are 3 schools inside the Broulee boundary: 2 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Broulee walkable?
Broulee scores 26/100 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 Broulee?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Broulee, Moruya Heads Pilot Station (6.3 km away), summer days average 23.7°C, winter nights 7.5°C, 914 mm of rain a year over 83 rainy days, and 2 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Broulee?
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 Broulee belong to?
Broulee sits within the Eurobodalla local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Broulee?
The average residential rates bill through Eurobodalla is $1,246 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Broulee?
Across Eurobodalla, 211 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 9.4% 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 Broulee in?
Broulee sits within the federal Division of Gilmore, currently held by Fiona Phillips (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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