Woy Woy NSW 2256
Woy Woy is a suburb in New South Wales, 81 km from Sydney CBD, around 1 hour 15 minutes by car. Population is 11,072; the median age is 48 and the median household income is $59,852 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the bottom 20% nationally. The suburb grew 4.0% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,900. Woy Woy is characterised by high crime risk and high bushfire risk. 6 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is moderate.
Is Woy Woy a good suburb?
Woy Woy scores a D (23/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — weaker on schools, prices, safety, and community.
Trailing peer schools
6 schools
Some car dependence
Walkability 52/100 · 81.4 km · 73 min drive to Sydney
Above the state median
Median $1.05M
High bushfire risk
Fire 83/100 · Crime 86/100
Highly disadvantaged
SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 48 · 11,072 residents
Liveability Rating
23 / 100 · Ranked #1419 in NSWEach bar is Woy Woy'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.
How do you rate the liveability in Woy Woy?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
23 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWoy Woy's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.05 million, roughly 12% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$1,050,000
14% below its 9 neighbours (median $1,214,000)
Based on 190 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 29 days — median across 93 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 36 sales $922K
- 3 bed 92 sales $1.02M
- 4 bed 36 sales $1.12M
- 5 bed 14 sales $1.33M
- 6 bed 6 sales $1.44M
Units
$787,500
Based on 20 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 38 days — median across 11 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $645K
- 3 bed 7 sales $875K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Woy Woy are currently listed at around $960,000 on average. Based on 65 houses listed in the past six months.
$960K
65 houses listed in the last 6 months.
66 of the suburb's 4,754 dwellings (1.4%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Woy Woy rent for around $680 a week on average, based on 75 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$680/wk
4% above its 3 neighbours (median $655/wk)
75 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$420/wk
5 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
80 rentals advertised against an estimated 1,897 rented homes (4.2%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $748/wk
- 40 bonds
- +26% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $530/wk
- 12 bonds
- +29% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2256 (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 2025125 Acceptable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 24% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2256.
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$680/week ($35,000 a year) on a $960,000 median
Not enough unit sales and rentals in the window to calculate a yield.
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.
Is Woy Woy safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Woy Woy sits in the high band, with 917 incidents recorded in 2025 — up 0.5% on the prior year.
917 offences
0.5% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202530 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal
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
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.
Schools
Six schools serve Woy Woy, and performance is broadly on par with peer-suburb schools.
- • 2,208 students across 4 schools (avg 552)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 2 Catholic, 1 Independent
- • ICSEA 970-1081, median 985 (around the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Woy Woy South Public School (648 students)
Primary
Secondary
Walkability
Woy Woy is somewhat walkable on foot — at 52/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 17 parks and 10 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Woy Woy.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 329.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 254.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 182.2 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 25.1 hours
- Direct to CBD (peak)
- 13 min wait
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 Woy Woy.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 31%
- Premises covered
- 5,959
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
Central Coast (NSW): 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 26 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 8 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Woy Woy is home to about 11,100 residents, with a median age of 48, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $60,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.4%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
11,072
Median Age
48
Median Household Income
$59,852/yr
Census Median Rent
$380/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,900/mo
Avg Household Size
2.2
Median Personal Income
$31,460/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.4%
Unoccupied Dwellings
7.8%
Total Dwellings
4,754
Owner-Occupier Rate
60.1%
Houses
61.9%
Rental Stress
33.0%
Mortgage Stress
38.1%
Work From Home
33.2%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
369 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 59 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,821 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 75.0%
- English Spoken at Home
- 85.1%
- Employment Rate
- 43.7%
- Completed Year 12
- 34.4%
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.
192 residents (1.7%) 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.
10.2% of residents (1,078) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (1,000).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 10,520 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
10% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (421 of 4,106).
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 3,763 people work here; 4,106 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.9 per resident). At least 5% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 $1,409 a year through Central Coast (NSW) based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Environmental 64%
- Residential 20%
- Infrastructure and transport 8%
- Parks and recreation 5%
- Industrial 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: Central Coast (NSW)
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.
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
MODERATEPM2.5 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, 27.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Macquarie Park (Willandra Village), 35.3 kmHigh rainfall.
- Elevation
- 97 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 3.5 km
- 4.6 km to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,176 mm
- 92 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
1 facility within 5 km- 0.5 kmOther Electricity GenerationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
EV adoption
In postcode 2256, 91 of 10,801 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.9% (310 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 3.7%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2256, 2,398 rooftop-solar systems totalling 15.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,824 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 150 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
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 $1,050,000 this is $450,000 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Gordon Reid Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Gordon Reid | 59.4% | 40.6% | +7.1 |
| 2022 | Gordon Reid | 52.3% | 47.7% | -6.5 |
| 2019 | Lucy Wicks | 45.8% | 54.2% | +3.1 |
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 Liesl Tesch Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Liesl Tesch ALP | 65.4% |
| 2019 | Liesl Tesch ALP | 57.3% |
| 2015 | Kathy Smith ALP | 50.2% |
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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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
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- #10 in Central Coast suburbs with the most rooftop solar
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Common questions about Woy Woy
Is Woy Woy a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Woy Woy 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.
What natural hazards affect Woy Woy?
Woy Woy has a high recorded bushfire history (83/100, 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 Woy Woy a good place to live?
Woy Woy has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of D (23/100), 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 Woy Woy?
Woy Woy, NSW had a population of 11,072 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Woy Woy, NSW?
The postcode for Woy Woy, NSW is 2256.
How far is Woy Woy from Sydney?
Woy Woy is 81 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 73 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Woy Woy?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Woy Woy was $59,852 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 Woy Woy?
The median advertised rent in Woy Woy is $680 a week for houses (75 listings) and $420 a week for units (5 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Woy Woy?
The median age of residents in Woy Woy was 48 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Woy Woy at risk of bushfire?
Woy Woy has a high recorded bushfire history (83/100). 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 Woy Woy?
There are 6 schools inside the Woy Woy boundary: 3 at similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Woy Woy walkable?
Woy Woy scores 52/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat walkable. 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 Woy Woy?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Woy Woy (Wyong) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 14.8 µg/m³. That puts Woy Woy 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 Woy Woy?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Woy Woy, Macquarie Park (Willandra Village) (35.3 km away), 1,176 mm of rain a year over 92 rainy days over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Woy Woy?
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 Woy Woy belong to?
Woy Woy 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 Woy Woy?
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 Woy Woy?
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 Woy Woy in?
Woy Woy sits within the federal Division of Robertson, currently held by Gordon Reid (Australian Labor Party).
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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
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- 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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