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Northern Beaches Real Estate

Northern Beaches real estate

Across the Northern Beaches council area, flats and apartments make up 33% of occupied homes, above the 22% across New South Wales.

  • House 57
  • Townhouse or terrace 9
  • Flat or apartment 33
  • Other or not stated 1
  • Owned outright 35
  • Mortgaged 35
  • Rented 27
  • Other or not stated 3
Homes in the Northern Beaches council area as a street of 100, from the census count of households by kind of home and tenure.
Median rent$625 a weekNSW $420
Median mortgage repayment$3,124 a monthNSW $2,167
Median household income$2,592 a weekNSW $1,829

Flats, houses and bedrooms in the Northern Beaches council area

Flats or apartments accounted for 33% of occupied homes in the Northern Beaches council area in 2021, above the NSW figure of 22%. Separate houses made up 57%, below the state's 66%, and townhouses, terraces or semi-detached houses 9%, below the 12% across New South Wales.

Homes with two bedrooms or fewer came to 36%, above the state's 30%, and homes with four or more bedrooms to 36%, above the NSW 34%, while three-bedroom homes, at 27%, sat below the state's 35%. On Census night 7% of private dwellings in the council area were unoccupied, below the 9% across New South Wales.

New South Wales, the same way: 66 houses, 22 flats, 33 rented. Other or not stated also takes up the rounding.

Rent, repayments and income in the Northern Beaches council area

Median rent in the Northern Beaches council area was $625 a week, above the $420 across New South Wales; the median mortgage repayment was $3,124 a month, above the state's $2,167; and median household income was $2,592 a week, above the state's $1,829. Worked out on this page from the two medians, the median rent equals 24% of the median income of all households, renters or not, above the 23% across NSW.

In the council area, 27% of households rent, below the NSW figure of 33%. Of those renting households, 73% rent from a landlord the ABS records as a real estate agent, above the state's 69%. Of all households, 35% own their home outright, above the 32% across NSW, and 35% are paying off a mortgage, above the 33% across NSW.

Age, household size and the same address in the Northern Beaches council area

The Northern Beaches council area was home to 263,554 people at the 2021 Census. Among people aged five and over, 58% lived at the same address five years earlier, above the 54% across New South Wales. The median age across the council area was 41 years, above the NSW median of 39, and an average household held 2.7 people, above the state's 2.6.