Wallarah NSW 2259

Wallarah sits 102 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 1 hour 20 minutes by car. Census data records 344 residents with a median age of 42 and a median household income of $98,124 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population fell 7.0% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $525 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,275. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Wallarah sits at $1.93 million, broadly flat year-on-year. That said, only three sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level.

$1,927,000

Pricier than 78% of NSW

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

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$650/wk
133 bonds
+38% since 2021
2-bed units
$520/wk
23 bonds
+35% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2259 (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 2025

84 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 36% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2259.

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.

Is Wallarah safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Wallarah sits in the low band, with 7 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 12% on the prior year.

7 offences

12.5% since 2024
Theft 4 (57.1%)
Arson 3 (42.9%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

1 crash

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

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

Central Coast Council has published 31 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 31 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Wallarah is very car-dependent on foot — at 4/100, nearly all errands require a car.

4
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 60

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.

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wallarah.

27
out of 100
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
4.0 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
2.9 arrivals/hr
Saturday
0.8 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
7 min
Span of service
13.6 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 Wallarah.

98
connectivity score / 100
Top 2% in NSW
Most common
Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
91%
Premises covered
112
Technology mix
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 91%
Fibre to the curb (FTTC) 9%

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

No amenities mapped in this suburb boundary.

Central Coast (NSW): council population

The whole council area, not just Wallarah · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
357,816
+0.7% in a year
Change
+2,462
people since 2024
Density
213
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+401
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+238
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+1,823
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
5/10
4/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
8/10
8/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
3/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Wallarah is home to 344 residents, with a median age of 42, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $98,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.4%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

344

7.0% since 2016

Median Age

42

10.5% since 2016

Median Household Income

$98,124/yr

20.8% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$525/wk

2.9% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$2,275/mo

12.1% since 2016

Avg Household Size

3.2

3.0% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$34,840/yr

14.3% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

3.4%

44.3% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

3.0%

55.2% since 2016

Total Dwellings

100

3.8% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

77.1%

0.8% since 2016

Houses

87.0%

1.6% since 2016

Rental Stress

27.8%

15.0% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

27.8%

7.3% since 2016

Work From Home

20.7%

65.6% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 87 (87.0%)
Townhouses 10 (10.0%)
Flats / Apartments 3 (3.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 37 (38.5%)
Mortgage 37 (38.5%)
Renting 22 (22.9%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
79.4%
English Spoken at Home
88.7%
Employment Rate
52.7%
3.1% since 2016
Completed Year 12
27.6%

Occupations

Labourers 25 (17.2%)
Technicians & Trades 24 (16.6%)
Managers 23 (15.9%)
Professionals 13 (9.0%)
Clerical & Administrative 13 (9.0%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 13 (9.0%)
Community & Personal Service 12 (8.3%)
Sales 12 (8.3%)

Religion

Christianity 183 (53.2%)
No Religion 119 (34.6%)
Sikhism 3 (0.9%)
Other Religions 3 (0.9%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 10 (2.9%)
New Zealand 10 (2.9%)
Italy 5 (1.5%)
India 3 (0.9%)

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.

2016-2021 0 (0.0%)
2011-2015 7 (2.0%)
2001-2010 3 (0.9%)
1991-2000 10 (2.9%)
1981-1990 3 (0.9%)
Before 1981 28 (8.1%)

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.

Languages Spoken at Home

Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.

Italian 6 (1.7%)
Greek 4 (1.2%)

Age Distribution

0-4 27 (7.8%)
5-14 43 (12.5%)
15-19 29 (8.4%)
20-24 20 (5.8%)
25-34 35 (10.2%)
35-44 30 (8.7%)
45-54 49 (14.2%)
55-64 66 (19.2%)
65-74 24 (7.0%)
75-84 17 (4.9%)
85+ 4 (1.2%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 50 (61.7%)
Lone Person 16 (19.8%)
One Parent Families 15 (18.5%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 84 (72.4%)
Worked from Home 24 (20.7%)
Car (passenger) 8 (6.9%)

2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (3 of 145).

City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.

Local Jobs

People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.

About 148 people work here; 145 employed residents live here.

Roughly as many jobs as working residents (1.0 per resident).

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

Certificate III & IV 52 (15.1%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 30 (8.7%)
Bachelor Degree 19 (5.5%)
Postgraduate Degree 3 (0.9%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 16 (16.8%)
2 cars 28 (29.5%)
3 cars 28 (29.5%)
4+ cars 22 (23.2%)

Council Rates

Central Coast (NSW)
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,409 a year through Central Coast (NSW) based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,409/yr
15% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Wallarah's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 74%
  • Environmental 11%
  • Industrial 7%
  • Infrastructure and transport 6%
  • Zones under 1% 2%

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: Central Coast (NSW)

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

In the year to August 2026, 1,441 new dwellings were approved across Central Coast (NSW). That mix is 924 houses and 517 units. Approvals are up 66.7% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
1,441dwellings
+66.7% YoY
Houses
924
detached dwellings
Units
517
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Darkinjung 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.

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 5.1 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 14.8 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.36 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Wyong monitoring station, 6.5 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Norah Head AWS, 12.5 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
16 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
10.0 km
Annual rainfall
1,272 mm
104 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
26.4°C
3 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
10.6°C
0 frost days ≤ 0°C

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.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

5 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.6%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.05% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 2259, 343 of 53,188 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.6% (1,371 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.2%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.05%
2022
0.10%
2023
0.21%
2024
0.40%
2025
0.65%

Rooftop solar

56
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.8 kW each

In postcode 2259, 14,019 rooftop-solar systems totalling 96.1 MW have been installed since 2001, against 25,175 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 1,032 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
911
2020
1,139
2021
1,226
2022
1,127
2023
1,238
2024
1,221
2025
1,022
2026
584

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
$10,050
Loan amount
$1,541,600
Total interest over 30 years
$2,076,428

29 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2259.

Deposit
$385,400
Stamp duty
$87,272
Cash needed at settlement
$472,672

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 Dobell

Currently held by Emma Mcbride Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Emma Mcbride 59.4% 40.6% +2.9
2022 Emma Mcbride 56.5% 43.5% -5.0
2019 Emma Mcbride 51.5% 48.5% +3.3

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

Wyong District

Currently held by David Harris Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 David Harris ALP 69.8%
2019 David Harris ALP 62.5%
2015 David Harris ALP 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 Wallarah

Is Wallarah a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Wallarah is low (33/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Wallarah?

Wallarah has a moderate recorded bushfire history (58/100, 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.

What is the population of Wallarah?

Wallarah, NSW had a population of 344 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Wallarah, NSW?

The postcode for Wallarah, NSW is 2259.

How far is Wallarah from Sydney?

Wallarah is 102 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 82 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Wallarah?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wallarah was $98,124 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 Wallarah?

There are too few current rental listings in Wallarah for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $525, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Wallarah?

The median age of residents in Wallarah was 42 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Wallarah at risk of bushfire?

Wallarah has a moderate recorded bushfire history (58/100). 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.

Is Wallarah walkable?

Wallarah scores 4/100 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 air quality in Wallarah?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Wallarah (Wyong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.8 µg/m³. That puts Wallarah below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Wallarah?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wallarah, Norah Head AWS (12.5 km away), summer days average 26.4°C, winter nights 10.6°C, 1,272 mm of rain a year over 104 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Wallarah?

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 Wallarah belong to?

Wallarah sits within the Central Coast (NSW) local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Wallarah?

The average residential rates bill through Central Coast (NSW) is $1,409 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Wallarah?

Across Central Coast (NSW), 1,441 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 66.7% 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 Wallarah in?

Wallarah sits within the federal Division of Dobell, currently held by Emma Mcbride (Australian Labor Party).

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