Yarrawonga Park NSW 2264

Yarrawonga Park is a suburb in New South Wales, 121 km from Sydney CBD, around 1 hour 40 minutes by car. Population is 390; the median age is 46 and the median household income is $68,432 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The suburb grew 2.6% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $370 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,517. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

Yarrawonga Park's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $735,000, roughly 20% above where it sat a year earlier.

$735,000

last 2 quarters
Cheaper than 76% of NSW

19% below its 4 neighbours (median $912,500)

↑ +20.3% year-on-year

Based on 14 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 7 sales $700K

Rental Market

Advertised rents · last 6 months

Houses in Yarrawonga Park rent for around $1,000 a week on average, based on 3 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

$1,000/wk

3 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$620/wk
37 bonds
+40% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2264 (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

91 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2264.

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 Yarrawonga Park safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Yarrawonga Park sits in the low band, with 8 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 14% on the prior year.

8 offences

14.3% since 2024
Theft 4 (50.0%)
Assault 1 (12.5%)
Harassment & Stalking 1 (12.5%)
Disorderly Conduct 1 (12.5%)
Sexual Offences 1 (12.5%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Yarrawonga Park killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

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

Lake Macquarie City Council has published 14 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 14 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Yarrawonga Park is car-dependent on foot — at 34/100, most errands require a car.

34
out of 100
Car-Dependent
Top 24% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km 60
Schools within 1.5 km 60
Parks within 800 m 60
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Yarrawonga Park.

24
out of 100
Bottom 16% in NSW
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
2.0 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
0.9 arrivals/hr
Saturday
0.4 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
27 min
Span of service
14.1 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 Yarrawonga Park.

73
connectivity score / 100
Top 20% in NSW
Most common
Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
51%
Premises covered
195
Technology mix
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 51%
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 49%

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.

Lake Macquarie: council population

The whole council area, not just Yarrawonga Park · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
224,540
+1.1% in a year
Change
+2,396
people since 2024
Density
346
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+246
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,535
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+615
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
3/10
3/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
4/10
4/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
2/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Yarrawonga Park is home to 390 residents, with a median age of 46, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $68,000 a year, with unemployment at 7.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

390

2.6% since 2016

Median Age

46

4.5% since 2016

Median Household Income

$68,432/yr

0.6% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$370/wk

8.8% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,517/mo

4.6% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.3

4.2% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$35,204/yr

10.8% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

7.0%

2.9% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

17.6%

46.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

165

17.0% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

79.0%

0.4% since 2016

Houses

97.0%

2.3% since 2016

Rental Stress

28.1%

8.1% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

26.6%

3.9% since 2016

Work From Home

23.1%

696.6% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 160 (97.0%)
Flats / Apartments 5 (3.0%)

Property Ownership

Owned Outright 64 (40.8%)
Mortgage 60 (38.2%)
Renting 33 (21.0%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
86.9%
English Spoken at Home
93.8%
Employment Rate
52.8%
3.7% since 2016
Completed Year 12
32.8%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 37 (21.4%)
Professionals 26 (15.0%)
Community & Personal Service 22 (12.7%)
Managers 21 (12.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 19 (11.0%)
Labourers 19 (11.0%)
Sales 18 (10.4%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 10 (5.8%)

Religion

Christianity 196 (50.3%)
No Religion 170 (43.6%)
Buddhism 4 (1.0%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 13 (3.3%)
New Zealand 11 (2.8%)
South Africa 3 (0.8%)

Age Distribution

0-4 22 (5.6%)
5-14 44 (11.3%)
15-19 8 (2.1%)
20-24 26 (6.7%)
25-34 46 (11.8%)
35-44 37 (9.5%)
45-54 52 (13.3%)
55-64 56 (14.4%)
65-74 65 (16.7%)
75-84 25 (6.4%)
85+ 6 (1.5%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 46 (43.0%)
Couple Families 37 (34.6%)
One Parent Families 24 (22.4%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 97 (72.4%)
Worked from Home 31 (23.1%)
Car (passenger) 6 (4.5%)

3% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (6 of 173).

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.

Education

Certificate III & IV 107 (27.4%)
Bachelor Degree 30 (7.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 27 (6.9%)
Postgraduate Degree 12 (3.1%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 10 (2.6%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 6 (3.8%)
1 car 60 (37.5%)
2 cars 69 (43.1%)
3 cars 23 (14.4%)
4+ cars 6 (3.8%)

Council Rates

Lake Macquarie
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,708 a year through Lake Macquarie based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,708/yr
39% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Yarrawonga Park's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 69%
  • Residential 28%
  • Parks and recreation 4%

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: Lake Macquarie

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

In the year to August 2026, 1,212 new dwellings were approved across Lake Macquarie. That mix is 846 houses and 366 units. Approvals are up 1.6% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
1,212dwellings
+1.6% YoY
Houses
846
detached dwellings
Units
366
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Biraban 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

CLEAN

PM2.5 averaged 5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 11.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.27 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Morisset monitoring station, 1.0 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Norah Head AWS, 20.3 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
13 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
8.9 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

3 facilities within 5 km

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.03% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 2264, 59 of 13,497 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (330 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.03%
2022
0.05%
2023
0.13%
2024
0.28%
2025
0.44%

Rooftop solar

52
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.3 kW each

In postcode 2264, 3,611 rooftop-solar systems totalling 22.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,012 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 238 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
264
2020
290
2021
281
2022
295
2023
295
2024
266
2025
202
2026
182

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
$3,833
Loan amount
$588,000
Total interest over 30 years
$791,995

8 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2264.

Deposit
$147,000
Stamp duty
$27,262
Cash needed at settlement
$174,262

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 Hunter

Currently held by Dan Repacholi Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Dan Repacholi 59.5% 40.5% +4.7
2022 Dan Repacholi 54.0% 46.0% -1.1
2019 Joel Fitzgibbon 53.0% 47.0% +9.5

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

Lake Macquarie District

Currently held by Greg Piper Independent

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Greg Piper IND 74.1%
2019 Greg Piper IND 72.1%
2015 Greg Piper IND 60.7%

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 Yarrawonga Park

Is Yarrawonga Park a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Yarrawonga Park is low (32/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Yarrawonga Park?

Yarrawonga Park has a moderate recorded bushfire history (49/100, 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 Yarrawonga Park?

Yarrawonga Park, NSW had a population of 390 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Yarrawonga Park, NSW?

The postcode for Yarrawonga Park, NSW is 2264.

How far is Yarrawonga Park from Sydney?

Yarrawonga Park is 121 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 101 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Yarrawonga Park?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Yarrawonga Park was $68,432 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 Yarrawonga Park?

The median advertised rent in Yarrawonga Park is $1,000 a week for houses (3 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.

What is the median age in Yarrawonga Park?

The median age of residents in Yarrawonga Park was 46 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Yarrawonga Park at risk of bushfire?

Yarrawonga Park has a moderate recorded bushfire history (49/100). 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 Yarrawonga Park walkable?

Yarrawonga Park scores 34/100 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 air quality in Yarrawonga Park?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Yarrawonga Park (Morisset) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 11.6 µg/m³. That puts Yarrawonga Park below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Yarrawonga Park?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Yarrawonga Park, Norah Head AWS (20.3 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 Yarrawonga Park?

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 Yarrawonga Park belong to?

Yarrawonga Park sits within the Lake Macquarie local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Yarrawonga Park?

The average residential rates bill through Lake Macquarie is $1,708 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Yarrawonga Park?

Across Lake Macquarie, 1,212 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 1.6% 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 Yarrawonga Park in?

Yarrawonga Park sits within the federal Division of Hunter, currently held by Dan Repacholi (Australian Labor Party).

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