Karangi NSW 2450

Karangi sits 538 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 6 hours by car. Census data records 515 residents with a median age of 44 and a median household income of $98,748 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 40% nationally. Population fell 12.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $310 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,630. The area shows high crime risk. 1 school sits within the locality boundary, and walkability is low.

Is Karangi a good place to live?

Karangi scores a D (30/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit.

Schools

Mixed results

1 school

Transit

Car-dependent

Walkability 0/100 · 538.4 km · 361 min drive to Sydney

Prices

Around the state median

Median $1.17M

Safety

Moderate bushfire risk

Fire 43/100 · Crime 64/100

Community

Advantaged

SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 44 · 515 residents

D

Liveability Rating

30 / 100 · Ranked #1269 in NSW

Each bar is Karangi'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
too few schools to rate
Safety
34
Bushfire Moderate · Crime Moderate

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
49
Advantaged
Walkability
5
Very car-dependent
CBD access
11
538.4 km · 361 min drive to Sydney
How it's calculated: Safety rank 34 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 49 × 25% + Walkability rank 5 × 15% + CBD access rank 11 × 10% = 30 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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30 / 100

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Karangi sits at $1.17 million, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only seven sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$1,165,000

Based on only 7 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$695/wk
89 bonds
+31% since 2021
2-bed units
$520/wk
94 bonds
+35% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2450 (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

92 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2450.

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.

Short-Stay Rentals

3 active Airbnb listings: 3 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.5% of the locality's homes.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months. The share is against private dwellings at the 2021 Census.

Is Karangi safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Karangi sits in the moderate band, with 23 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 4% on the prior year.

23 offences

4.5% since 2024
Theft 7 (30.4%)
Sexual Offences 5 (21.7%)
Harassment & Stalking 4 (17.4%)
Arson 3 (13.0%)
Assault 1 (4.3%)
Robbery 1 (4.3%)
Property Damage 1 (4.3%)
Weapons Offences 1 (4.3%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

3 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Where they happened

Coramba Road 3 (100.0%)

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality 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

Coffs Harbour City Council has published 13 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 13 on the portal

Schools

One school serve Karangi, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.

38
out of 100
Weak
1 school in this locality
1 below similar
  • • 29 students in one school (avg 29)

Primary

Government · K-6 · 29 students
ICSEA 957 (higher than 28% of Australian schools) · 7% top-SEA students
Below similar

Walkability

Karangi is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 24% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Karangi.

20
out of 100
Bottom 3% in NSW
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
3.8 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
0.8 arrivals/hr
Saturday
0.0 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
2.5 min
Span of service
8.4 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 Karangi.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
206
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 98%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 2%

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
1 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
9 in locality
Childcare
None
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

Coffs Harbour: council population

The whole council area, not just Karangi · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
82,109
+0.7% in a year
Change
+580
people since 2024
Density
70
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+94
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+53
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+433
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality'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
7/10
6/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
7/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
5/10
4/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Karangi is home to 515 residents, with a median age of 44, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $99,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

515

12.1% since 2016

Median Age

44

7.3% since 2016

Median Household Income

$98,748/yr

38.1% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$310/wk

12.7% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,630/mo

10.7% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.7

6.9% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$39,884/yr

28.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

8.0%

40.4% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

7.7%

51.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

181

3.4% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

84.7%

10.0% since 2016

Houses

93.9%

2.7% since 2016

Rental Stress

16.3%

18.5% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

19.8%

19.8% since 2016

Work From Home

11.8%

37.2% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 170 (93.9%)
Flats / Apartments 8 (4.4%)
Townhouses 3 (1.7%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 80 (45.2%)
Owned Outright 70 (39.5%)
Renting 27 (15.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
83.1%
English Spoken at Home
92.2%
Employment Rate
57.1%
3.8% since 2016
Completed Year 12
35.3%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 45 (18.7%)
Professionals 44 (18.3%)
Clerical & Administrative 35 (14.5%)
Community & Personal Service 29 (12.0%)
Managers 26 (10.8%)
Labourers 25 (10.4%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 15 (6.2%)
Sales 13 (5.4%)

Religion

No Religion 247 (48.0%)
Christianity 216 (41.9%)
Buddhism 9 (1.7%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 23 (4.5%)
New Zealand 7 (1.4%)
Germany 6 (1.2%)
Thailand 5 (1.0%)
South Africa 3 (0.6%)
Netherlands 3 (0.6%)

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 12 (2.3%)
2001-2010 12 (2.3%)
1991-2000 4 (0.8%)
1981-1990 8 (1.6%)
Before 1981 17 (3.3%)

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.

Languages Spoken at Home

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

Thai 7 (1.4%)

Age Distribution

0-4 21 (4.1%)
5-14 73 (14.2%)
15-19 47 (9.1%)
20-24 23 (4.5%)
25-34 41 (8.0%)
35-44 62 (12.0%)
45-54 88 (17.1%)
55-64 77 (15.0%)
65-74 49 (9.5%)
75-84 38 (7.4%)
85+ 5 (1.0%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 69 (57.0%)
Lone Person 34 (28.1%)
One Parent Families 12 (9.9%)
Group Household 6 (5.0%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 172 (77.8%)
Worked from Home 26 (11.8%)
Car (passenger) 12 (5.4%)
Walked Only 11 (5.0%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 108 (21.0%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 49 (9.5%)
Bachelor Degree 45 (8.7%)
Postgraduate Degree 22 (4.3%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 6 (1.2%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 40 (22.7%)
2 cars 77 (43.8%)
3 cars 36 (20.5%)
4+ cars 27 (15.3%)

Council Rates

Coffs Harbour
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,437 a year through Coffs Harbour based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,437/yr
17% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Karangi's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 83%
  • Environmental 17%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Coffs Harbour

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

In the year to August 2026, 356 new dwellings were approved across Coffs Harbour. That mix is 208 houses and 148 units. Approvals are up 61.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
356dwellings
+61.0% YoY
Houses
208
detached dwellings
Units
148
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Coffs Harbour 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.

Air Quality

CLEAN

PM2.5 averaged 4.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 10.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.22 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Coffs Harbour monitoring station, 8.8 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Lower Bucca, 9.7 km

High rainfall.

Elevation
134 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
8.3 km
Near high-voltage lines
3.5% of addresses
9 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more
Annual rainfall
1,827 mm
115 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
—
Winter min (Jul)
—

Elevation is the ground at the locality 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.

EV adoption

0.5%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.03% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2450, 208 of 38,895 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.8% (1,091 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.3%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.03%
2022
0.08%
2023
0.21%
2024
0.38%
2025
0.53%

Rooftop solar

52
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.7 kW each

In postcode 2450, 10,108 rooftop-solar systems totalling 67.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 19,265 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 617 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
736
2020
1,058
2021
897
2022
729
2023
818
2024
692
2025
529
2026
375

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
$6,076
Loan amount
$932,000
Total interest over 30 years
$1,255,339

25 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2450.

Deposit
$233,000
Stamp duty
$46,612
Cash needed at settlement
$279,612

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 Page

Currently held by Kevin Hogan The Nationals

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Kevin Hogan 40.7% 59.3% +1.4
2022 Kevin Hogan 39.3% 60.7% +1.3
2019 Kevin Hogan 40.5% 59.5% +7.2

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

State Electorate

Coffs Harbour District

Currently held by Gurmesh Singh The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Gurmesh Singh NP 63.2%
2019 Gurmesh Singh NP 60.3%
2015 Andrew Fraser NP 64.3%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality'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 Karangi

Is Karangi a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Karangi is moderate (64/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Karangi?

Karangi has a moderate recorded bushfire history (43/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Karangi a good place to live?

Karangi has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (30/100), 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 Karangi?

Karangi, NSW had a population of 515 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Karangi, NSW?

The postcode for Karangi, NSW is 2450.

How far is Karangi from Sydney?

Karangi is 538 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 361 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Karangi?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Karangi was $98,748 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 Karangi?

There are too few current rental listings in Karangi for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $310, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Karangi?

The median age of residents in Karangi was 44 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Karangi at risk of bushfire?

Karangi has a moderate recorded bushfire history (43/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality 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 Karangi?

There is 1 school inside the Karangi boundary: 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

What is the air quality in Karangi?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Karangi (Coffs Harbour) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 4.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 10.8 µg/m³. That puts Karangi below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Karangi?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Karangi, Lower Bucca (9.7 km away), 1,827 mm of rain a year over 115 rainy days over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Karangi?

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 Karangi belong to?

Karangi sits within the Coffs Harbour local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Karangi?

The average residential rates bill through Coffs Harbour is $1,437 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Karangi?

Across Coffs Harbour, 356 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 61.0% 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 Karangi in?

Karangi sits within the federal Division of Page, currently held by Kevin Hogan (The Nationals).

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