Tuncurry NSW 2428
Located in New South Wales, Tuncurry sits 303 km from Sydney CBD, around 3 hours 35 minutes by car. The suburb has 6,376 residents, a median age of 62, and a median household income of $44,408 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 3.1% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $310 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,322. The area shows high bushfire risk and high crime risk. 5 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is low.
Is Tuncurry a good suburb?
Tuncurry scores a D (15/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on schools, prices, safety, and community.
Below the state average
5 schools · Bottom 16% in NSW
Some car dependence
Walkability 38/100 · 302.7 km · 213 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $805K · Less affordable than 79% of NSW
High bushfire risk
Fire 88/100 · Crime 73/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 1/10 · median age 62 · 6,376 residents
Liveability Rating
15 / 100 · Ranked #1525 in NSWEach bar is Tuncurry's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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
15 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataTuncurry's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $805,000, about 9% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$805,000
Based on 97 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 32 days — median across 52 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 5 sales $492K
- 3 bed 48 sales $765K
- 4 bed 33 sales $875K
- 5 bed 5 sales $1.32M
Units
$477,500
Based on 58 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 46 days — median across 26 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 49 sales $453K
- 3 bed 6 sales $775K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Tuncurry are currently listed at around $799,000 on average. Based on 63 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$799K
63 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$530K
19 units listed in the last 6 months.
82 of the suburb's 2,988 dwellings (2.7%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Tuncurry rent for around $615 a week on average, based on 18 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$615/wk
18 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$465/wk
18 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
36 rentals advertised against an estimated 870 rented homes (4.1%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $650/wk
- 49 bonds
- +36% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $450/wk
- 53 bonds
- +36% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2428 (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 2025110 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2428.
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$615/week ($32,000 a year) on a $799,000 median
$465/week ($24,000 a year) on a $530,000 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.
Short-Stay Rentals
77 active Airbnb listings: 68 whole homes and 9 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.8% 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 Tuncurry safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Tuncurry sits in the high band, with 372 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 22% on the prior year.
372 offences
22.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202510 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
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
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.
- REVIEW OF BULAHDELAH FLOODPLAIN RISK MANAGEMENT STUDY AND PLAN 2026
- Gloucester Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2021
- Final Port Stephens Foreshore (Floodplain) Risk Management Study and Plan Review 2021
- Karuah River and Stroud Floodplain Risk Management Study 2020
- Manning River Floodplain Risk Management Study and Plan 2020
Coastal Erosion
Shoreline Change Summary
1988–2025Nearest Eroding Coastline
- Distance
- 2.3 km
- Rate
- -0.21 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -7.0 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Five schools serve Tuncurry, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 1,181 students across 3 schools (avg 394)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 2 Independent
- • ICSEA 930-988, median 949 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Great Lakes College Tuncurry Campus (466 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Tuncurry is car-dependent on foot — at 38/100, most errands require a car. Within the suburb there are 1 supermarket, 7 parks and 3 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Tuncurry.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 41.0 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 39.8 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 9.5 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 12.9 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 Tuncurry.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 26%
- Premises covered
- 4,353
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
Mid-Coast: 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 16 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
Tuncurry is home to about 6,400 residents, with a median age of 62 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $44,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.1%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
6,376
Median Age
62
Median Household Income
$44,408/yr
Census Median Rent
$310/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,322/mo
Avg Household Size
1.9
Median Personal Income
$25,948/yr
Unemployment Rate
7.1%
Unoccupied Dwellings
23.5%
Total Dwellings
2,988
Owner-Occupier Rate
70.9%
Houses
54.1%
Rental Stress
36.3%
Mortgage Stress
35.7%
Work From Home
9.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
83 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 49 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 823 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 83.5%
- English Spoken at Home
- 90.5%
- Employment Rate
- 33.1%
- Completed Year 12
- 23.8%
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.
49 residents (0.8%) 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.
7.5% of residents (464) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (413).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 6,197 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
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 2,329 people work here; 1,907 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.2 per resident). At least 18% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,560 a year through Mid-Coast based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 46%
- Residential 30%
- Parks and recreation 14%
- Rural and farming 5%
- Industrial 2%
- Infrastructure and transport 2%
- Zones under 1% 1%
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: Mid-Coast
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.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Forster 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 Taree (Patanga Cl), 30.0 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 7 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.9 km
- 2.5 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,331 mm
- 106 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 2428, 88 of 20,472 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.9% (384 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2428, 5,928 rooftop-solar systems totalling 34.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 14,384 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 377 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, 4 across postcode 2428.
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 $805,000 this is $205,000 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 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 suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
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 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 Tuncurry
Is Tuncurry a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Tuncurry is high (73/100, 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 Tuncurry?
Tuncurry has a high recorded bushfire history (88/100, 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 Tuncurry a good place to live?
Tuncurry has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (15/100), 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 Tuncurry?
Tuncurry, NSW had a population of 6,376 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Tuncurry, NSW?
The postcode for Tuncurry, NSW is 2428.
How far is Tuncurry from Sydney?
Tuncurry is 303 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 213 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Tuncurry?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Tuncurry was $44,408 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 Tuncurry?
The median advertised rent in Tuncurry is $615 a week for houses (18 listings) and $465 a week for units (18 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Tuncurry?
The median age of residents in Tuncurry was 62 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Tuncurry at risk of bushfire?
Tuncurry has a high recorded bushfire history (88/100). 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.
How are the schools in Tuncurry?
There are 5 schools inside the Tuncurry boundary: 2 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Tuncurry walkable?
Tuncurry scores 38/100 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 weather like in Tuncurry?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Tuncurry, Taree (Patanga Cl) (30 km away), 1,331 mm of rain a year over 106 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Tuncurry?
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 Tuncurry belong to?
Tuncurry 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 Tuncurry?
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 Tuncurry?
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 Tuncurry in?
Tuncurry sits within the federal Division of Lyne, currently held by Alison Penfold (The Nationals).
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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
- 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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