Sapphire Beach ^{NSW 2450}

Sapphire Beach's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.19 million, about 5% above where it sat a year earlier.

Houses in Sapphire Beach are currently listed at around $1.43 million on average. Based on 34 houses listed in the past six months.

42 of the suburb's 978 dwellings (4.3%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.

Houses in Sapphire Beach rent for around $750 a week on average, based on 16 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

20 rentals advertised against an estimated 173 rented homes (11.6%) in the last 6 months.

Short-Stay Rentals

46 active Airbnb listings: 44 whole homes and 2 rooms. Whole homes are about 4.0% 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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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, 8.2 km away.

High rainfall.

Elevation

67 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

1.6 km

2.3 km to a named beach

Annual rainfall

1,827 mm

115 rainy days

Summer max (Jan)

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Winter min (Jul)

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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.

$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).

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Currently held by Kevin Hogan The Nationals

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.

Currently held by Gurmesh Singh The Nationals

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

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.