Kurri Kurri NSW 2327
Kurri Kurri sits 148 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 1 hour 55 minutes by car. Census data records 6,174 residents with a median age of 38 and a median household income of $65,208 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 $320 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,417. The area shows high crime risk and high bushfire risk. 3 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is Kurri Kurri a good suburb?
Kurri Kurri scores a D (22/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on schools, safety, and community.
Below the state average
3 schools · Bottom 9% in NSW
Very walkable
Walkability 82/100 · 148.1 km · 113 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $735K · Cheaper than 77% of NSW
High bushfire risk
Fire 71/100 · Crime 87/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 38 · 6,174 residents
Liveability Rating
22 / 100 · Ranked #1422 in NSWEach bar is Kurri Kurri'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
22 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataKurri Kurri's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $735,000, roughly 20% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$735,000
3% above its 5 neighbours (median $716,000)
Based on 119 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 51 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 17 sales $650K
- 3 bed 69 sales $740K
- 4 bed 24 sales $795K
- 5 bed 7 sales $928K
Units
$500,000
Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 16 days — median across 7 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 12 sales $515K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Kurri Kurri are currently listed at around $750,000 on average. Based on 21 houses listed in the past six months.
$750K
21 houses listed in the last 6 months.
22 of the suburb's 2,430 dwellings (0.9%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Kurri Kurri rent for around $590 a week on average, based on 20 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$590/wk
20 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$480/wk
3 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
23 rentals advertised against an estimated 843 rented homes (2.7%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $580/wk
- 27 bonds
- +41% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $465/wk
- 10 bonds
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2327 (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 2025114 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 26% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2327.
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$590/week ($31,000 a year) on a $750,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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 Kurri Kurri safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Kurri Kurri sits in the high band, with 608 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 13% on the prior year.
608 offences
13.4% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202517 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 2 of them fatal
Where they happened
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.
- Black Creek Nulkaba to Branxton (Stage 2) Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2026
- Greta Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2025
- Greta Flood Study 2019
- Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan Report Cessnock City (Black Creek Stage 1) 2016
- Black Creek Flood Study: Nulkaba to Branxton (Stage 2) 2015
Schools
Three schools serve Kurri Kurri, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 1,677 students across 3 schools (avg 559)
- • Sectors: 2 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 891-994, median 894 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Kurri Kurri High School (917 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Kurri Kurri is very walkable on foot — at 82/100, most daily errands can be done on foot.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Kurri Kurri.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 81.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 37.4 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 23.8 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 15.9 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 Kurri Kurri.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 32%
- Premises covered
- 3,164
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
Cessnock: council population
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
The ABS scores 16 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 2 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Kurri Kurri is home to about 6,200 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $65,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,174
Median Age
38
Median Household Income
$65,208/yr
Census Median Rent
$320/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,417/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$33,072/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.6%
Total Dwellings
2,430
Owner-Occupier Rate
65.3%
Houses
83.0%
Rental Stress
25.5%
Mortgage Stress
26.1%
Work From Home
12.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
108 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 21 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 818 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 88.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.9%
- Employment Rate
- 50%
- Completed Year 12
- 24.0%
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.
26 residents (0.4%) 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.
2.0% of residents (118) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (91).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 5,771 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
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,229 people work here; 2,523 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident). At least 4% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,405 a year through Cessnock based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 60%
- Industrial 18%
- Infrastructure and transport 6%
- Rural and farming 5%
- Parks and recreation 4%
- Environmental 4%
- Commercial 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
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.
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.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.3 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 17.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.72 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Beresfield monitoring station, 17.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Cessnock Airport AWS, 13.6 kmModerate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.
- Elevation
- 34 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 27.4 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
3 facilities within 5 km- 0.7 kmAluminium SmeltingTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide · Carbon monoxide
- 1.6 km
- 3.6 kmFossil Fuel Electricity GenerationTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10)
EV adoption
In postcode 2327, 14 of 6,271 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.6% (102 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.9%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2327, 1,307 rooftop-solar systems totalling 8.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 3,253 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 72 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 $735,000 this is $135,000 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 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
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 Kurri Kurri
Is Kurri Kurri a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Kurri Kurri is high (87/100, 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 Kurri Kurri?
Kurri Kurri has a high recorded bushfire history (71/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Kurri Kurri a good place to live?
Kurri Kurri has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (22/100), 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 Kurri Kurri?
Kurri Kurri, NSW had a population of 6,174 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Kurri Kurri, NSW?
The postcode for Kurri Kurri, NSW is 2327.
How far is Kurri Kurri from Sydney?
Kurri Kurri is 148 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 113 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Kurri Kurri?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Kurri Kurri was $65,208 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 Kurri Kurri?
The median advertised rent in Kurri Kurri is $590 a week for houses (20 listings) and $480 a week for units (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Kurri Kurri?
The median age of residents in Kurri Kurri was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Kurri Kurri at risk of bushfire?
Kurri Kurri has a high recorded bushfire history (71/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb 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 Kurri Kurri?
There are 3 schools inside the Kurri Kurri boundary: 3 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Kurri Kurri walkable?
Kurri Kurri scores 82/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in Kurri Kurri?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Kurri Kurri (Beresfield) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.3 µg/m³ and PM10 of 17.5 µg/m³. That puts Kurri Kurri below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in Kurri Kurri?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Kurri Kurri, Cessnock Airport AWS (13.6 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 Kurri Kurri?
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 Kurri Kurri belong to?
Kurri Kurri sits within the Cessnock local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Kurri Kurri?
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 Kurri Kurri?
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 Kurri Kurri in?
Kurri Kurri sits within the federal Division of Hunter, currently held by Dan Repacholi (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
- Air quality · 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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