Located in New South Wales, Wallabi Point sits 318 km from Sydney CBD, around 3 hours 40 minutes by car. The locality has 938 residents, a median age of 45, and a median household income of $91,676 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 40% nationally. The locality grew 35.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $408 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,975. Wallabi Point is characterised by high bushfire risk and high coastal erosion risk. Walkability is low.
Is Wallabi Point a good place to live?
Wallabi Point scores a C (35/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on community, weaker on transit and safety.
Car-dependent
Walkability 18/100 · 318.4 km · 222 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $989K
High bushfire risk
Fire 93/100 · Crime 28/100
Advantaged
SEIFA decile 8/10 · median age 45 · 938 residents
Liveability Rating
35 / 100 · Ranked #1151 in NSWEach bar is Wallabi Point'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
35 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWallabi Point's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $989,000, about 3% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$989,250
Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 84 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 4 bed 12 sales $989K
Land
$907,500
Based on only 6 sales — small sample, take as indicative.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Wallabi Point rent for around $685 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$685/wk
4 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
5 rentals advertised against an estimated 61 rented homes (8.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $550/wk
- 92 bonds
- +37% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $420/wk
- 43 bonds
- +37% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2430 (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 2025112 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 27% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2430.
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.
Short-Stay Rentals
6 active Airbnb listings: 6 whole homes and 0 rooms. Whole homes are about 1.7% of the locality'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 Wallabi Point safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Wallabi Point sits in the low band, with 18 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 18% on the prior year.
18 offences
18.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20251 crash
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
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.
- 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
- 1.1 km
- Rate
- -0.73 m/yr
- Net Movement
- -46.1 m
- Certainty
- good
Data Quality
Schools
Walkability
Wallabi Point is very car-dependent on foot — at 18/100, nearly all errands require a car.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wallabi Point.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 3.5 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 1.2 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 0.0 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 8.0 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 Wallabi Point.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 43%
- Premises covered
- 389
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 locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
Wallabi Point is home to 938 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $92,000 a year, with unemployment at 2.7%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
938
Median Age
45
Median Household Income
$91,676/yr
Census Median Rent
$408/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,975/mo
Avg Household Size
2.6
Median Personal Income
$43,940/yr
Unemployment Rate
2.7%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.4%
Total Dwellings
323
Owner-Occupier Rate
81.0%
Houses
88.2%
Rental Stress
23.1%
Mortgage Stress
25.9%
Work From Home
12.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 85.5%
- Employment Rate
- 53.5%
- Completed Year 12
- 35.2%
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.
0 residents (0.0%) 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.
4.8% of residents (42) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (38).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 876 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
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
- Rural and farming 73%
- Residential 14%
- Environmental 9%
- Industrial 3%
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
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 Purfleet/taree 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), 14.1 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 10 m
- above sea level, at the locality centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 1.1 km
- 1.2 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 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 1.0 km
EV adoption
In postcode 2430, 112 of 30,621 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 1.8% (566 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.2%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2430, 8,684 rooftop-solar systems totalling 54.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 15,935 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 432 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
7 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2430.
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 $989,250 this is $389,250 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 2026-10-26 — 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 locality'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 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 Wallabi Point
Is Wallabi Point a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Wallabi Point is low (28/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).
What natural hazards affect Wallabi Point?
Wallabi Point has a high recorded bushfire history (93/100, 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.
Is Wallabi Point a good place to live?
Wallabi Point has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (35/100), 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 Wallabi Point?
Wallabi Point, NSW had a population of 938 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Wallabi Point, NSW?
The postcode for Wallabi Point, NSW is 2430.
How far is Wallabi Point from Sydney?
Wallabi Point is 318 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 222 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Wallabi Point?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wallabi Point was $91,676 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 Wallabi Point?
The median advertised rent in Wallabi Point is $685 a week for houses (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Wallabi Point?
The median age of residents in Wallabi Point was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Wallabi Point at risk of bushfire?
Wallabi Point has a high recorded bushfire history (93/100). 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.
Is Wallabi Point walkable?
Wallabi Point scores 18/100 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.
What is the weather like in Wallabi Point?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wallabi Point, Taree (Patanga Cl) (14.1 km away), 1,331 mm of rain a year over 106 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Wallabi Point?
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 Wallabi Point belong to?
Wallabi Point 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 Wallabi Point?
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 Wallabi Point?
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 Wallabi Point in?
Wallabi Point 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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