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NSW 2456 · Coffs Harbour
What homes cost, how rents have moved, and a feel for the people who call it home.
latest suburb median
ABS 2021
Emerald Beach, New South Wales
Median sale price and rental income of properties in Emerald Beach NSW
Based on 31 sales in the preceding 12 months
$1,040,000
Down 0.5% over 12 months
Based on 42 rental listings in the preceding 12 months
$750 per week
Up 11.1% over 12 months
Market data updated September 2026.
The median house price in Emerald Beach, NSW is currently $1,040,000, based on the latest 12 months of sales. Emerald Beach has a 12-month growth rate of -0.5% for houses and -30.5% for units.
Three-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,020,000, Four-bedroom houses have a median sale price of $1,140,000, Larger houses have a median sale price of $1,220,000 in Emerald Beach.
If you're looking to lease, the median rent for houses in Emerald Beach is $750 per week. The median house rent has increased 11.1% over the last 12 months.
The median rent for units and apartments in Emerald Beach is $662 per week and has decreased 11.7% over the last 12 months.
Crime and safety
The overall rate for Emerald Beach is 1,199 offences per 100,000 residents — 64% below the Rest of NSW benchmark.
That is the clearest suburb-wide answer. Open the detailed profile to see how the pattern changes across offence types and different parts of Emerald Beach.
Overall crime rate
1,199
offences per 100,000 residents
64% belowRest of NSW
Suburb-wide estimate from Microburbs' public crime model; it is not an address-level measure.
The people behind the postcode
Emerald Beach NSW 2456 is in New South Wales, within Rest of NSW.
2,677 people call Emerald Beach home, with an average of 2.7 people per household and a median household income of $1,813 a week.
Public ABS 2021 Census figures. The bars compare the local share with the capital-region benchmark.
Share of residents in each age band.
Share of occupied private dwellings.
Share of homes with a stated ownership or rental status.
Vehicles available to occupied households.
Selected ways residents worked or travelled on Census day.
14.4% of workers in Emerald Beach worked from home on Census day.
3.2% of Emerald Beach residents were born in England.
52.3% of people in Emerald Beach described themselves as having no religion in the 2021 Census.
A closer look at the Census
Open any question for a plain-English reading of the public 2021 Census for Emerald Beach NSW 2456.
22.0% of Emerald Beach's residents were children under 15 in the 2021 Census. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.
788 family households lived in Emerald Beach; 40.2% were couple families and 17.3% were one-parent families.
38.8% of local families included children under 15. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.
These are suburb-wide household figures, not school or childcare ratings.
Emerald Beach had 2,677 residents at the 2021 Census.
24.4% of residents were aged 25 to 44.
30.7% were 55 or older. That is somewhat below the Rest of NSW average.
Age shares use the suburb’s total Census population.
Separate houses made up 94.1% of occupied private dwellings in Emerald Beach.
Townhouses and other attached homes represented 3.9% of occupied private dwellings.
Flats and apartments accounted for 1.5% of occupied private dwellings.
All three shares use occupied private dwellings as the denominator.
37.5% of households with a stated tenure owned their home outright. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
40.9% were buying their home with a mortgage.
21.6% rented their home. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
Tenure shares include households that stated one of these three arrangements.
The average household in Emerald Beach had 2.7 people.
One-person households made up 16.0% of occupied homes. That is well below the Rest of NSW average.
Two-person households represented 38.1%, while 29.2% had four or more usual residents.
Household size counts usual residents in occupied homes.
14.4% of workers worked from home on Census day. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
64.6% drove a car as their only travel method. That is somewhat above the Rest of NSW average.
0.3% used only a train, tram or bus, while 2.7% walked or cycled.
Travel figures are a 2021 Census-day snapshot.
1.7% of occupied households had no motor vehicle available. That is about half the Rest of NSW rate.
One-car households formed 26.0% of the total.
72.3% of households had two or more vehicles.
Vehicle counts refer to occupied households, not individual residents.
55.6% were at the same address five years earlier, while 44.4% reported a different address.
14.1% of residents were born outside Australia. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
Mobility figures cover residents who answered the relevant Census question.
91.8% of residents used only English at home.
4.1% used a language other than English at home.
0.4% spoke Mandarin at home, 0.0% spoke Cantonese and 0.0% spoke Hindi.
Home language is separate from English proficiency.
14.1% of Emerald Beach's population was born outside Australia, while roughly 85.9% was born in Australia.
0.3% of residents were born in China.
0.3% were born in India, while Australian citizenship across the whole suburb stood at 90.6%.
Birthplace, citizenship and ancestry describe different parts of identity.
English ancestry accounted for 45.8% of ancestry responses in Emerald Beach.
Australian ancestry made up 38.3% of responses.
Chinese ancestry represented 1.5% of responses.
People may nominate more than one ancestry, so these are shares of responses.
25.7% of employed residents worked in professional occupations. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.
Managers accounted for 11.8% of employed residents, while clerical and administrative workers made up 12.8%.
Health care and social assistance employed 20.7% of workers, and education and training employed 11.2%.
Occupation and industry figures describe employed residents of the suburb.
The labour-force participation rate was 64.3%, compared with 56.4% across Rest of NSW.
32.6% of residents aged 15 and over worked full time, while 24.7% worked part time.
Unemployment was 4.5%, compared with 4.6% across Rest of NSW.
Labour-force figures come from the 2021 Census.
59.7% reported no selected long-term health condition.
9.1% reported a long-term mental health condition, including depression or anxiety.
8.0% reported asthma, 9.5% arthritis and 2.8% diabetes excluding gestational diabetes.
These are self-reported suburb-wide Census figures, not address-level health risks.
27.3% of people in the qualifications table held a bachelor degree. That is well above the Rest of NSW average.
Postgraduate degrees accounted for 6.8% of qualification responses.
Diploma-level qualifications represented 15.7%, while certificate-level qualifications represented 36.4%.
Qualification categories are reported separately and are not school ratings.
Median household income was $1,813 per week in the 2021 Census.
The median monthly mortgage repayment reported by local households was $1,950.
Occupied renting households reported a median rent of $463 per week.
These household figures are from 2021; current sale and asking-rent medians appear in the market section.
Working from home was 14.4% in Emerald Beach, compared with 15.7% across Rest of NSW.
Outright ownership was 37.5% locally and 39.6% across Rest of NSW. That is close to the Rest of NSW average.
Renting accounted for 21.6% in Emerald Beach, against 27.9% across Rest of NSW.
Capital-region comparisons use the same Census definitions and year.
Three useful questions
The median house price is $1,040,000. Bedroom count, land and condition still create a wide range around those suburb medians.
The Census counted 788 local families, and 22.0% of residents were under 15. That describes the community; school quality, travel times and the right fit for a particular family need separate research.
Larger houses have a median around $1,220,000, the closest bedroom benchmark we hold to a $1.5m budget. Individual homes can differ substantially with block size, renovation and location.
Medians describe recorded market activity across the suburb; they are historical context, not a valuation or forecast for an individual home.
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