Maianbar NSW 2230
Maianbar sits 54 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 1 hour 5 minutes by car. Census data records 539 residents with a median age of 50 and a median household income of $121,628 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the top 20% nationally. Population grew 6.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $500 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,550. The area shows high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.
Is Maianbar a good suburb?
Maianbar scores a C (46/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on prices and community, weaker on safety.
Some car dependence
Walkability 32/100 · 54.4 km · 65 min drive to Sydney
More affordable than most
Median $1.46M
High bushfire risk
Fire 99/100 · Crime 36/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 50 · 539 residents
Liveability Rating
46 / 100 · Ranked #841 in NSWEach bar is Maianbar'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.
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
46 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMaianbar's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.46 million, roughly 59% above where it sat a year earlier.
$1,460,000
Based on 11 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 119 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
Rental Market
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $1,172/wk
- 12 bonds
- +30% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $750/wk
- 176 bonds
- +36% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2230 (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 2025103 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2230.
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
8 active Airbnb listings: 8 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 3.2% of the suburb'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 Maianbar safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Maianbar sits in the low band, with 13 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 333% on the prior year.
13 offences
333.3% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–2025No crash in Maianbar killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.
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
Sutherland Shire Council has published 6 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1993–2024Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 69 m
- Rate
- -0.25 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -10.7 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Maianbar is car-dependent on foot — at 32/100, most errands require a car.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Maianbar.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 31%
- Premises covered
- 267
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
Sutherland: 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
Maianbar is home to 539 residents, with a median age of 50 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $122,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
539
Median Age
50
Median Household Income
$121,628/yr
Census Median Rent
$500/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,550/mo
Avg Household Size
2.5
Median Personal Income
$58,344/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
23.4%
Total Dwellings
201
Owner-Occupier Rate
85.6%
Houses
97.0%
Rental Stress
21.4%
Mortgage Stress
25.2%
Work From Home
48.9%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 77.7%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.0%
- Employment Rate
- 63.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 49.7%
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.
7 residents (1.3%) 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.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
14% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (39 of 280).
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 $1,552 a year through Sutherland based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 98%
- Parks and recreation 1%
- Not zoned 1%
Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.
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: Sutherland
In the year to August 2026, 1,449 new dwellings were approved across Sutherland. That mix is 213 houses and 1,236 units. Approvals are up 117.3% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the La Perouse 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 6.5 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 16.1 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.79 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 0 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.
From the Earlwood monitoring station, 18.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Lucas Heights (Ansto), 14.0 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 13 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 64 m
- 393 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,038 mm
- 89 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- —
- Winter min (Jul)
- —
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.
EV adoption
In postcode 2230, 329 of 21,944 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.5% (774 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.0%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2230, 2,487 rooftop-solar systems totalling 19.4 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,062 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 207 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
37 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2230.
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 $1,460,000 this is $860,000 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 David Moncrieff Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | David Moncrieff | 53.1% | 46.9% | +6.5 |
| 2022 | Jenny Ware | 43.0% | 57.0% | -2.8 |
| 2019 | Craig Kelly | 40.1% | 59.9% | +0.5 |
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 Maryanne Stuart Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Maryanne Stuart ALP | 60.0% |
| 2019 | Lee Evans LP | 55.0% |
| 2015 | Lee Evans LP | 57.6% |
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 Maianbar
Is Maianbar a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Maianbar is low (36/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Maianbar?
Maianbar has a high recorded bushfire history (99/100, 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 Maianbar a good place to live?
Maianbar has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (46/100), 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 Maianbar?
Maianbar, NSW had a population of 539 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Maianbar, NSW?
The postcode for Maianbar, NSW is 2230.
How far is Maianbar from Sydney?
Maianbar is 54 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 65 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Maianbar?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Maianbar was $121,628 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 Maianbar?
There are too few current rental listings in Maianbar for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $500, across all dwelling types.
What is the median age in Maianbar?
The median age of residents in Maianbar was 50 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Maianbar at risk of bushfire?
Maianbar has a high recorded bushfire history (99/100). 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.
Is Maianbar walkable?
Maianbar scores 32/100 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 air quality in Maianbar?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Maianbar (Earlwood) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.1 µg/m³. That puts Maianbar 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 Maianbar?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Maianbar, Lucas Heights (Ansto) (14 km away), 1,038 mm of rain a year over 89 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Maianbar?
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 Maianbar belong to?
Maianbar sits within the Sutherland local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Maianbar?
The average residential rates bill through Sutherland is $1,552 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Maianbar?
Across Sutherland, 1,449 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 117.3% 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 Maianbar in?
Maianbar sits within the federal Division of Hughes, currently held by David Moncrieff (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
- 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
- Short-stay rentals · Jun 2026
- 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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