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Bellingen

New South Wales · Coffs Harbour · Coffs Harbour - Grafton

This profile uses the ABS Bellingen statistical area (SA2) — the level Australian government data is published at. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.

Bellingen is a locality in the Coffs Harbour area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Bellingen SA2.

Where in NSW
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At a glance
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Schools
5
Top ICSEA 1006 (gov)
Childcare
5
NQS-rated services
Recorded incidents
260
-18% vs prior year
Median house
$1,050,000
-5.8% YoY
3BR house rent
$630
per week
Population
6,200
+0.5% in 1 year
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Family essentials

Schools, childcare & safety

Live data for the Bellingen SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW catchments

Bellingen Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Bellingen.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 219
ICSEA 998
A picture of students’ family backgrounds — not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned in-area government school for Bellingen (NSW catchment data).

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Also nearby — Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Chrysalis School for Rudolf Steiner Education
Independent 188 students
ICSEA 1032 intake context
St Mary's Primary School
Catholic 123 students
ICSEA 1039 intake context

Fee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.

We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).

Schools in Bellingen

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ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →

Source: ACARA School Profile 2025

Childcare & early learning

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  • Bellingen Community Preschool Inc.
    Centre-Based Care · 29 places · Bellingen
    Exceeding NQS
  • Bellingen Burrow Long Day Care Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 28 places · Bellingen
    Meeting NQS
  • Hands and Hearts Early Learning Centre Bellingen
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Bellingen
    Meeting NQS
  • Ngaarrila Preschool Kalang
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Kalang
    Meeting NQS
  • Ngaarrila Preschool Thora
    Centre-Based Care · 20 places · Thora
    Meeting NQS

NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.

Source: ACECQA NQS register

Safety — recorded incidents

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Incidents, latest year
260
vs previous year
-18%
vs 2021
310
  • Theft 68
  • Assault 54
  • Malicious damage to property 46
  • Intimidation, stalking and harassment 34
  • Against justice procedures 15

Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →

Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR)
The neighbourhood

Amenities

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GPs / clinics
0
Supermarkets
0
Parks
16
Train stations
0

Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Bellingen SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.

Source: OpenStreetMap contributors

Climate & hazards

Live
Bushfire overlay
Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land

This shows whether the Bellingen SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.

Source: NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land, © State Government of NSW and NSW Rural Fire Service — CC BY 4.0
Money

Property & rent

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Median house price
$1,050,000
House price YoY
-5.8%
Median 3BR house rent
$630/wk
Source: NSW DCJ Sales Dec 2025 · Rent Mar 2026
Population & growth
Population
6,200
Jun 2025
1yr growth
+0.50%
2024→25
Net change
+32
people / yr
Density
6
people / km²

Where did the gain come from?

+32
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+19
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-8
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+21

Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.

Growth vs benchmarks
Bellingen
+0.50%
NSW median
+0.60%
National median
+0.80%