Telegraph Point ^{NSW 2441}

Recorded crime in Telegraph Point is high (86/100, 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.

Telegraph Point has a moderate recorded bushfire history (65/100, 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.

Telegraph Point has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (21/100), 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.

Telegraph Point, NSW had a population of 604 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

The postcode for Telegraph Point, NSW is 2441.

Telegraph Point is 395 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 264 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Telegraph Point was $78,728 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

There are too few current rental listings in Telegraph Point for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $350, across all dwelling types.

The median age of residents in Telegraph Point was 47 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Telegraph Point has a moderate recorded bushfire history (65/100). 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.

There is 1 school inside the Telegraph Point boundary: 1 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).

Telegraph Point scores 20/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Telegraph Point (Port Macquarie) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 11.3 µg/m³. That puts Telegraph Point below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

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.

Telegraph Point sits within the Port Macquarie-Hastings local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

The average residential rates bill through Port Macquarie-Hastings is $1,325 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

Across Port Macquarie-Hastings, 546 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 32.7% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Telegraph Point sits within the federal Division of Cowper, currently held by Pat Conaghan (The Nationals).