Mollymook Beach sits 224 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 3 hours 5 minutes by car. Census data records 2,531 residents with a median age of 57 and a median household income of $64,844 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The suburb grew 3.4% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,700. Mollymook Beach is characterised by no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is moderate.
Is Mollymook Beach a good suburb?
Mollymook Beach scores a B (63/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on safety and community, weaker on prices.
Some car dependence
Walkability 52/100 · 224.2 km · 184 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $1.13M · Less affordable than 77% of NSW
Low all-round risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 20/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 7/10 · median age 57 · 2,531 residents
Liveability Rating
63 / 100 · Ranked #430 in NSWEach bar is Mollymook Beach'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
63 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataMollymook Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.13 million, about 2% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,128,500
6% below its 3 neighbours (median $1,197,500)
Based on 80 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 38 days — median across 41 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $890K
- 3 bed 27 sales $995K
- 4 bed 32 sales $1.37M
- 5 bed 9 sales $1.27M
Land
$475,000
Based on 17 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Mollymook Beach are currently listed at around $1.35 million on average. Based on 56 houses listed in the past six months.
$1.35M
56 houses listed in the last 6 months.
57 of the suburb's 1,071 dwellings (5.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Mollymook Beach rent for around $700 a week on average, based on 19 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$700/wk
19 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
19 rentals advertised against an estimated 193 rented homes (9.8%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $590/wk
- 49 bonds
- +32% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2539 (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 202598 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 31% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2539.
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$700/week ($36,000 a year) on a $1.35 million median
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 Mollymook Beach safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Mollymook Beach sits in the low band, with 32 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 32% on the prior year.
32 offences
31.9% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20252 crashes
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
Shoalhaven City Council has published 31 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
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 770 m
- Rate
- -0.26 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -12.4 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Mollymook Beach is somewhat walkable on foot — at 52/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Mollymook Beach.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 9.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 6.1 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.9 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 9.4 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 Mollymook Beach.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 46%
- Premises covered
- 1,914
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
Shoalhaven: 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 7 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 4 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Mollymook Beach is home to about 2,500 residents, with a median age of 57 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $65,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.3%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
2,531
Median Age
57
Median Household Income
$64,844/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,700/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$35,412/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.3%
Unoccupied Dwellings
54.1%
Total Dwellings
1,071
Owner-Occupier Rate
82.0%
Houses
89.8%
Rental Stress
30.5%
Mortgage Stress
31.5%
Work From Home
19.6%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
5 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 10 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 189 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 79.3%
- English Spoken at Home
- 91.1%
- Employment Rate
- 43.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 41.2%
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.
13 residents (0.5%) 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.
15.9% of residents (384) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (324).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 2,421 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 (22 of 951).
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 $1,501 a year through Shoalhaven based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 58%
- Parks and recreation 31%
- Environmental 5%
- Infrastructure and transport 4%
- Not zoned 3%
Planning zones cover 98% 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: Shoalhaven
In the year to August 2026, 854 new dwellings were approved across Shoalhaven. That mix is 513 houses and 341 units. Approvals are down 9.5% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Ulladulla 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 Ulladulla AWS, 4.2 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 45 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 645 m
- 832 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,302 mm
- 100 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 23.9°C
- 2 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 9.6°C
- 0 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- 4.8 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Total Phosphorus · Ammonia (total)
EV adoption
In postcode 2539, 127 of 17,647 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.8% (499 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.5%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2539, 5,284 rooftop-solar systems totalling 33.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 12,020 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 298 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
1 mortgage broker is registered in this suburb, 9 across postcode 2539.
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 $1,128,500 this is $528,500 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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Liza Butler Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Liza Butler ALP | 53.8% |
| 2019 | Shelley Hancock LP | 60.5% |
| 2015 | Shelley Hancock LP | 59.6% |
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 Mollymook Beach
Is Mollymook Beach a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Mollymook Beach is low (20/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Mollymook Beach?
Mollymook Beach has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Mollymook Beach a good place to live?
Mollymook Beach has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (63/100), 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 Mollymook Beach?
Mollymook Beach, NSW had a population of 2,531 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Mollymook Beach, NSW?
The postcode for Mollymook Beach, NSW is 2539.
How far is Mollymook Beach from Sydney?
Mollymook Beach is 224 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 184 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Mollymook Beach?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Mollymook Beach was $64,844 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 Mollymook Beach?
The median advertised rent in Mollymook Beach is $700 a week for houses (19 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Mollymook Beach?
The median age of residents in Mollymook Beach was 57 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Mollymook Beach walkable?
Mollymook Beach scores 52/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. 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 Mollymook Beach?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Mollymook Beach, Ulladulla AWS (4.2 km away), summer days average 23.9°C, winter nights 9.6°C, 1,302 mm of rain a year over 100 rainy days, and 2 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Mollymook Beach?
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 Mollymook Beach belong to?
Mollymook Beach sits within the Shoalhaven local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Mollymook Beach?
The average residential rates bill through Shoalhaven is $1,501 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near Mollymook Beach?
Across Shoalhaven, 854 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 9.5% 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 Mollymook Beach in?
Mollymook Beach 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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