Nerong NSW 2423

Located in New South Wales, Nerong sits 222 km from Sydney CBD, around 2 hours 35 minutes by car. The locality has 168 residents, a median age of 59, and a median household income of $44,824 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 60.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $310 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,250. The area shows high crime risk and high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Nerong sits at $489,000, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only six sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

Houses

$488,750

Cheaper than 85% of NSW

Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 5 sales $490K

Land

$142,000

Based on only 3 sales — small sample, take as indicative.

Short-Stay Rentals

3 active Airbnb listings: 3 whole homes and 0 rooms.

Airbnb only, as at Jun 2026; other platforms are not included. Active means reviewed in the past 12 months.

Is Nerong safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Nerong sits in the high band, with 13 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 8% on the prior year.

13 offences

8.3% since 2024
Assault 4 (30.8%)
Weapons Offences 3 (23.1%)
Drug Offences 2 (15.4%)
Property Damage 2 (15.4%)
Harassment & Stalking 1 (7.7%)
Theft 1 (7.7%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

12 crashes

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

Where they happened

Pacific Highway 9 (75.0%)
Booral Road 3 (25.0%)

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

Mid-Coast Council has published 38 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 38 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

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

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
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.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Nerong.

15
connectivity score / 100
Bottom 19% in NSW
Most common
Satellite (Sky Muster)
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
44
Technology mix
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 98%
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 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
3 in locality
Sport & Recreation
None
Beaches
None
Waterways
23 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

Mid-Coast: council population

The whole council area, not just Nerong · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
99,448
+0.7% in a year
Change
+698
people since 2024
Density
9.9
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
-558
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,068
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+188
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
2/10
2/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
4/10
3/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
2/10
2/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Nerong is home to 168 residents, with a median age of 59 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $45,000 a year, with unemployment at 8.5%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

168

60.0% since 2016

Median Age

59

4.8% since 2016

Median Household Income

$44,824/yr

17.6% since 2016
Bottom 7% in NSW

Census Median Rent

$310/wk

26.5% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,250/mo

38.9% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.1

5.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$23,088/yr

15.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

8.5%

17.5% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

40.3%

51.4% since 2016

Total Dwellings

67

26.4% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

87.7%

4.5% since 2016

Houses

100.0%

12.7% since 2016

Rental Stress

36.0%

7.8% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

33.5%

18.4% since 2016

Work From Home

18.4%

Dwelling Types

Houses 67 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 31 (47.7%)
Mortgage 26 (40.0%)
Renting 8 (12.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
77.4%
English Spoken at Home
82.7%
Employment Rate
28.3%
13.2% since 2016
Completed Year 12
28.6%

Occupations

Clerical & Administrative 9 (21.4%)
Labourers 9 (21.4%)
Professionals 6 (14.3%)
Managers 5 (11.9%)
Technicians & Trades 4 (9.5%)
Community & Personal Service 4 (9.5%)

Religion

Christianity 75 (44.6%)
No Religion 60 (35.7%)
Buddhism 3 (1.8%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 7 (4.2%)
New Zealand 4 (2.4%)

Age Distribution

0-4 8 (4.8%)
5-14 5 (3.0%)
15-19 14 (8.3%)
25-34 7 (4.2%)
35-44 16 (9.5%)
45-54 15 (8.9%)
55-64 44 (26.2%)
65-74 42 (25.0%)
75-84 17 (10.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 15 (34.1%)
Lone Person 15 (34.1%)
One Parent Families 9 (20.5%)
Group Household 5 (11.4%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 27 (71.1%)
Worked from Home 7 (18.4%)
Car (passenger) 4 (10.5%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 26 (15.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 15 (8.9%)
Bachelor Degree 10 (6.0%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 21 (31.3%)
2 cars 32 (47.8%)
3 cars 10 (14.9%)
4+ cars 5 (7.5%)

Council Rates

Mid-Coast
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,560 a year through Mid-Coast based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,560/yr
27% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Nerong's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 54%
  • Environmental 45%
  • Infrastructure and transport 1%

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: Mid-Coast

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

In the year to August 2026, 743 new dwellings were approved across Mid-Coast. That mix is 672 houses and 71 units. Approvals are up 327.0% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
743dwellings
+327.0% YoY
Houses
672
detached dwellings
Units
71
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Karuah 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 Williamtown RAAF, 43.2 km

High rainfall — hot summers, mild winters.

Elevation
51 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
10.6 km
Annual rainfall
1,181 mm
95 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
28.7°C
13 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
7.5°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

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

0.3%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.10% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 2423, 11 of 3,225 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.4% (44 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 1.7%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.10%
2022
0.09%
2023
0.10%
2024
0.18%
2025
0.34%

Rooftop solar

61
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.6 kW each

In postcode 2423, 975 rooftop-solar systems totalling 6.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 1,607 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 57 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
60
2020
71
2021
64
2022
74
2023
69
2024
77
2025
53
2026
37

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
$2,549
Loan amount
$391,000
Total interest over 30 years
$526,650
Deposit
$97,750
Stamp duty
$16,181
Cash needed at settlement
$113,931

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 Lyne

Currently held by Alison Penfold The Nationals

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Alison Penfold 40.2% 59.8% +4.0
2022 David Gillespie 36.2% 63.8% -1.4
2019 David Gillespie 34.8% 65.2% +3.5

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

Myall Lakes District

Currently held by Tanya Thompson The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Tanya Thompson NP 65.8%
2019 Stephen Bromhead NP 59.2%
2015 Stephen Bromhead NP 58.7%

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 Nerong

Is Nerong a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Nerong is high (78/100, 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 Nerong?

Nerong has a high recorded bushfire history (71/100, 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.

What is the population of Nerong?

Nerong, NSW had a population of 168 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Nerong, NSW?

The postcode for Nerong, NSW is 2423.

How far is Nerong from Sydney?

Nerong is 222 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 157 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Nerong?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Nerong was $44,824 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 Nerong?

There are too few current rental listings in Nerong 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 Nerong?

The median age of residents in Nerong was 59 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Nerong at risk of bushfire?

Nerong 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 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.

What is the weather like in Nerong?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Nerong, Williamtown RAAF (43.2 km away), summer days average 28.7°C, winter nights 7.5°C, 1,181 mm of rain a year over 95 rainy days, and 13 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Nerong?

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 Nerong belong to?

Nerong sits within the Mid-Coast local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Nerong?

The average residential rates bill through Mid-Coast is $1,560 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Nerong?

Across Mid-Coast, 743 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 327.0% 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 Nerong in?

Nerong sits within the federal Division of Lyne, currently held by Alison Penfold (The Nationals).

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