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Terrigal (North Avoca area)

New South Wales · Gosford, Central Coast

Live · ABS ERP June 2025

A 3-bedroom house rents for $825 a week, against $713 in the middle New South Wales area. The median house price in Terrigal (North Avoca area) is $1.64M, about 28% above the middle New South Wales area ($1.28M). The median age is 43, higher than the middle New South Wales area (40, Census 2021).

Terrigal (North Avoca area) has 4 schools (2 government, 2 non-government; ACARA School Profile 2025) and 9 NQS-rated childcare services (ACECQA register). Population is 15,631 (ABS ERP June 2025).

Terrigal (North Avoca area) at a glance

Median house price
$1,640,000
Down 4.9% in a year
Rent: $825 a week, 3-bedroom house
Family-Fit score
73/100
Strong for families
How it is calculated
Schools
4
Area centre zoned to Terrigal Public School
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Childcare services
9
9 rated Meeting NQS or above
Population
15,631
+1.0% in a year
Median age
43
18.2% are children under 15
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How the Family-Fit score is built73/100

Family-Fit score

Method published in full
73 /100
Strong for families

Strong for families - strongest on schools in the area, weakest on housing affordability.

Schools in the area · 20% of the score
92/100

NSW median 70/100

4 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1061

Childcare & early years · 15% of the score
90/100

NSW median 90/100

9 NQS-rated services nearby

Everyday amenities · 15% of the score
58/100

NSW median 78/100

10 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 0 supermarkets · 3 playgrounds

Housing affordability · 15% of the score
37/100

NSW median 38/100

Paying over 30% of income on housing: 14.8% of mortgage-holding households, 36.0% of renting households

Families already here · 10% of the score
67/100

NSW median 67/100

18.2% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 43.9% of families are couples with children

Socio-economic profile · 10% of the score
89/100

NSW median 56/100

SEIFA IRSAD decile 9 of 10 nationally

The grey marker on each bar is the median across the 612 New South Wales areas we publish a score for (state median overall: 64/100). It is context, not a pass mark.

Not scored here (no published data for this area, so it is left out rather than counted as zero): Getting around. The remaining inputs were rescaled to 100.

How this score is calculated

Each published figure for the Terrigal - North Avoca SA2 is mapped onto 0–100 by fixed thresholds, then weighted. Inputs with no data here are dropped and the rest rescaled - never scored as zero. Every threshold and weight →

Schools in the area 92/100 × 20% → 21.7 points
4 schools in this SA2 · average government-school ICSEA 1061
Childcare & early years 90/100 × 15% → 15.9 points
9 NQS-rated services nearby
Everyday amenities 58/100 × 15% → 10.3 points
10 parks · no GP mapped (not counted) · 0 supermarkets · 3 playgrounds
Getting around no data here - not counted
No train-time data for NSW yet, and no station mapped inside this SA2 - not counted either way
Housing affordability 37/100 × 15% → 6.6 points
Paying over 30% of income on housing: 14.8% of mortgage-holding households, 36.0% of renting households
Families already here 67/100 × 10% → 7.9 points
18.2% of residents are children aged 0–14 · 43.9% of families are couples with children
Socio-economic profile 89/100 × 10% → 10.5 points
SEIFA IRSAD decile 9 of 10 nationally

School results, crime and flood or bushfire overlays are not graded into this score. Limits of the score →

What families notice
In their own terms

What families notice

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Families often notice
  • This address is zoned to Terrigal Public School (government, no fees).
  • Ranks in the top 20% for socio-economic advantage in NSW (ABS SEIFA - not a safety or school-quality measure).
  • At least one nearby government school has an above-average ICSEA intake profile (1078 vs. 1000 national average).
Good to know
  • About 36% of renters here spend over 30% of income on rent - above the standard affordability guideline (ABS Census 2021).
Source: Templated from the live data on this page - ABS, ACARA, ACECQA, BOCSAR/CSA Victoria, SEIFA 2021.
Living in Terrigal - North Avoca: family snapshot
Family snapshot

Living in Terrigal - North Avoca

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A mid-sized suburb. Strong United Kingdom communities here (2021 Census). Many childcare options nearby - 9 NQS-rated services. Mostly detached family homes.

Source: ABS population estimates · ABS Census 2021 · ACARA · ACECQA
Terrigal (North Avoca area) compared with New South Wales10 measures
Terrigal - North Avoca compared with the NSW average
Measure Terrigal - North Avoca NSW average Against NSW
Children aged 0 to 4 5.0% 5.8% About the same
Children aged 5 to 14 13.2% 12.4% About the same
Couple families with children 43.9% 44.5% About the same
One-parent families 13.8% 15.9% Lower
Homes owned outright 39.4% 31.9% Higher
Homes owned with a mortgage 36.5% 33.7% Higher
Homes rented 23.0% 32.5% Lower
Separate houses 73.7% 67.4% Higher
Flats and apartments 19.4% 20.3% About the same
Born overseas 20.5% 29.3% Lower

Source: ABS Census 2021. The NSW figure is the population-weighted average of the 641 NSW areas with a published value. "Higher" and "Lower" describe the number only.

About this area and its boundary

Terrigal - North Avoca is a locality in the Gosford area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Terrigal - North Avoca SA2.

15,631 residents - 18.2% are children under 15, median age 43, the largest overseas-born community is United Kingdom (7.9%).

Why “Terrigal - North Avoca”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Terrigal into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries. It covers the gazetted suburbs of Terrigal and North Avoca, drawn separately on the map above.

Property market

The median house price is $1,640,000, down 4.9% in a year, and a 3-bedroom house rents for a median $825 a week.

Median house price
$1,640,000
Mar 2026
House price, change in a year
-4.9%
Median rent, 3-bedroom house
$825
per week

Source: NSW DCJ Sales Mar 2026 · Rent Jun 2026. © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice).

Homes and households

Who owns the homes
39% Owned outright 37% Mortgage 23% Rented
Families
44% Couple with children 42% Couple, no children 14% One parent
Types of home
74% House 7% Townhouse 19% Apartment

Source: ABS Census 2021. Where the shares do not add to 100%, the rest is "other" or "not stated".

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Housing cost pressuremortgage and rent against income
What households here actually pay

Housing cost pressure

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In Terrigal - North Avoca, 36% of renting households spend more than 30% of their income on rent, and 14.8% of households with a mortgage spend more than 30% on repayments - the ABS's stretched-household threshold (Census 2021).

ABS published figures, not our calculation.

Mortgage over 30% of income
14.8%

NSW avg 17.3%

Share of households WITH a mortgage whose repayments take more than 30% of income. That's 291 of 1,772 households with a stated repayment.

Rent over 30% of income
36%

NSW avg 35.5%

Share of RENTING households whose rent takes more than 30% of income. That's 445 of 1,130 households with a stated rent.

The two figures cover different households (mortgage-holding vs renting), so never add them. How the ABS counts these → Grey marker: NSW average (622 for mortgage and 622 for rent). Census 2021 - housing costs have moved since. Not financial advice.

Source: ABS Census 2021 - Mortgage & Rent Affordability Indicator Datasets (via ABS Data by Region, SA2)
What's being built herenew homes approved, year by year
Terrigal - North Avoca · new dwellings approved

What's being built here

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72 new homes were approved in Terrigal - North Avoca in the year to June 2025. Councils approved 266 new dwellings here across the 6 years to June 2025 - an approval is permission to build, not a home that exists yet.

72

Approved in the year to June 2025

Middle NSW area: 37

137

Separate houses

Private sector, over these 6 years

129

Townhouses & apartments

Private sector, over these 6 years

Counts are for the whole Terrigal - North Avoca statistical area. What these counts include → Dashed line: the median of 599New South Wales areas.

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Data by region, 2011-2025 (cat. 1410.0), sourced from ABS Building Approvals, Australia (cat. 8731.0) (source, CC BY 4.0). Each year is a year ended 30 June, published for the SA2, not the suburb.

Schools and childcare

4 schools are located in the area, and the centre of the area is zoned to Terrigal Public School. 9 childcare services are on the national register, 9 rated Meeting the National Quality Standard or above.

Your zoned school Live VIC + NSW + QLD catchments

Terrigal Public School

The government school your child can attend for free by living in Terrigal - North Avoca.

Sector Government
Years K-6
Students 888
ICSEA 1078
A picture of students’ family backgrounds - not a ranking or a quality score.

This is the zoned government school for the centre of Terrigal - North Avoca (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

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Zoned secondary school
Terrigal High School Government · 7-12 · 847 students
ICSEA 1044 intake context

The government Year 7 zone for the centre of Terrigal - North Avoca (NSW catchment data) - addresses elsewhere in the suburb may be zoned to a different school.

Also nearby - Catholic & Independent schools (not your catchment)
Our Lady Star of The Sea Catholic Primary School
Catholic 605 students
ICSEA 1102 intake context
Aspect Central Coast School
Independent 122 students
ICSEA 1030 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.

All school zones in the Central Coast council area →

To look beyond Terrigal - North Avoca, every New South Wales school is on the Australian schools and catchment zones map.

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Schools in Terrigal - North Avoca

ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). Source: ACARA School Profile 2025. All NSW schools →

Childcare: 9 services

Exceeding NQS: 4Meeting NQS: 5

National Quality Standard ratings from the ACECQA register, refreshed Oct 2026. Services are matched by suburb name.

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Childcare services, ratings and fees9 services
  • Terrigal School Care
    Centre-Based Care · 150 places · Terrigal
    Rated Jun 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Sprout Early Learning Centre
    Centre-Based Care · 130 places · Terrigal
    Rated May 2024
    Exceeding NQS
  • Explore and Develop Terrigal
    Centre-Based Care · 88 places · Terrigal
    Rated Aug 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Diocese of Broken Bay Early Learning Centre - Terrigal
    Centre-Based Care · 60 places · Terrigal
    Rated Jun 2025
    Exceeding NQS
  • Camp Australia - Our Lady Star of the Sea Primary School Terrigal OSHC
    Centre-Based Care · 76 places · Terrigal
    Rated Mar 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Little Miracles Preschool & Long Day Care (Terrigal)
    Centre-Based Care · 60 places · Terrigal
    Rated Nov 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Coastal Kids Education and Care - Terrigal
    Centre-Based Care · 40 places · Terrigal
    Rated Mar 2024
    Meeting NQS
  • Dinky Di Children's Learning Centre Terrigal Beach
    Centre-Based Care · 29 places · Terrigal
    Rated Aug 2023 · over 3 years old, check for a more recent assessment
    Meeting NQS
  • Keleah's Early Learning & Development
    Centre-Based Care · 25 places · Terrigal
    Rated Mar 2026
    Meeting NQS
Average subsidised fee - Gosford area
Centre-based day care
$14.26/hr
Outside school hours care
$9.65/hr

Mean hourly fee across CCS-approved services, December quarter 2025 - Dept of Education, © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Published at SA3 level (a wider area than this suburb's SA2), so it's an average across Gosford and surrounds, not this specific service list.

Verify locations before visiting. A rating over 3 years old is flagged. What the NQS ratings mean → Childcare places per child, by suburb →

Who lives here

Fewer rented homes than New South Wales overall: 23.0% of homes, against 32.5% statewide.

Median age
43
ABS Census 2021
Children under 15
18.2%
About the NSW average
Born overseas
20.5%
Below the NSW average
Density
1,492
people per km²

Ages of people here

Terrigal - North Avoca NSW average

Share of residents in each age band, in years. Source: ABS Census 2021.

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How the area is changingCensus 2011 to 2021
People counted at the Census, 2011 to 2021
+2,285 people
2011: 12,564 2021: 14,849
Median age, 2011 to 2021
+2 years
2011: 41 2021: 43
Children aged 0 to 14, 2011 to 2021
+0.6 points
2011: 17.6% 2021: 18.2%
Born overseas, 2011 to 2021
+1.7 points
2011: 18.8% 2021: 20.5%
Speak another language at home, 2011 to 2021
+1.6 points
2011: 5.9% 2021: 7.5%
Central Coast council area, official forecast
+59,900 people
2021: 348,490 2041: 408,390

Each line is drawn on its own scale, so compare the numbers, not the heights. Source: ABS Census 2011, 2016 and 2021; Travel Zone Projections 2024 (TZP24), Transport for NSW forecast, published for the council area, not the suburb.

Census trends against the middle NSW areafull charts
Three censuses, same boundaries

Which way this area is moving

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The 2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses for Terrigal - North Avoca, counted on today's boundaries.

Since 2011, Terrigal - North Avoca has grown older.

People counted
+2,285 people since 2011

Usual residents counted on Census night.

Median age
+2 years since 2011

Half the residents are older than this, half younger.

Children aged 0–14
+0.6 pts since 2011

Share of all residents. The clearest signal of families arriving or moving on.

Born overseas
+1.7 pts since 2011

Share of all residents born outside Australia.

Speak another language at home
+1.6 pts since 2011

Share of residents who stated a language, speaking one other than English at home.

The dashed line is the median across the New South Wales areas we profile. How the three Censuses line up →

Source: ABS Census Time Series Profile 2021 (2011, 2016 and 2021 Censuses, SA2)
How many people will live around hereofficial forecast
Central Coast council area · official projection

How many people will live around here

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The rest of this page looks backwards. This is the one number that looks forward - and it is the state government's own, not ours. Travel Zone Projections 2024 (Transport for NSW) projects the Central Coast council area, which contains Terrigal - North Avoca along with its neighbouring suburbs, to grow to 408,390 people by 2041: 59,900 more people than the 348,490 counted in 2021.

This is the council area, not Terrigal - North Avoca. Central Coast is a whole local government area covering many suburbs, and neither state publishes a projection for a single suburb. Growth is never spread evenly across a council - a greenfield estate and an established street inside the same council will move very differently - so read this as the direction of the wider area a suburb sits in, not as a forecast for its own streets. Only the years the publisher itself lists are plotted: nothing is filled in between them, and nothing is carried past 2041. A projection is an assumption about the future, not a measurement of it, and it will be revised - this one was released 2024. These figures sit on the projection's own series, so they are not directly comparable with the ABS resident-population and Census counts elsewhere on this page, which use different geographies and different years.

Source: Travel Zone Projections 2024 (TZP24), Transport for NSW, released 2024 (source, CC BY 4.0). Published for the council area, not the suburb; figures rounded to the nearest 10.
Where this year's population change came from+1.00% in a year
Population
15,631
ABS estimate, June 2025
Growth in one year
+1.00%
2024 to 2025
Net change
+162
people in a year

Where did the gain come from?

+162
Natural increase
Births minus deaths
+74
Internal migration
Net movers from elsewhere in Australia
-74
Overseas migration
Net arrivals from overseas
+162

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

Growth vs benchmarks
Terrigal - North Avoca
+1.00%
NSW median
+0.60%
National median
+0.80%
Ages against the state average, band by band
The neighbourhood, in people

Ages of people here

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13.2% of people here are school-age children (5–14) - about the New South Wales average of 12.4%, and 5% are under 5. The median age is 43.

0–4 years · before school
5%

NSW avg 5.8%

5–14 years · school age
13.2%

NSW avg 12.4%

15–19 years · teens
6.4%

NSW avg 5.7%

20–34 years
15%

NSW avg 20.3%

35–54 years
26.4%

NSW avg 26.3%

55–64 years
13.3%

NSW avg 11.9%

65 years and over
20.7%

NSW avg 17.6%

Share of all residents of Terrigal - North Avoca (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the New South Wales average. How the bands and averages work →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Households and families
The neighbourhood, in people

Households and families

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58% of families here have children living at home - about the New South Wales average of 60%. The largest overseas-born communities are United Kingdom (7.9%), New Zealand (1.8%) and South Africa (1.5%). 23% of homes are rented.

Family make-up

Share of all families in the area. A small "other family" group the ABS also counts is not shown.

Couple with children
43.9%

NSW avg 44.5%

One-parent family
13.8%

NSW avg 15.9%

Couple, no children
41.8%

NSW avg 37.9%

What people live in

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated structures are not shown.

Separate house
73.7%

NSW avg 67.4%

Semi-detached / townhouse
6.8%

NSW avg 11.6%

Flat or apartment
19.4%

NSW avg 20.3%

Owned or rented

Share of occupied private dwellings. Other and unstated tenures are not shown.

Owned outright
39.4%

NSW avg 31.9%

Owned with a mortgage
36.5%

NSW avg 33.7%

Rented
23%

NSW avg 32.5%

Figures describe Terrigal - North Avoca (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census; the grey marker is the New South Wales average. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Birthplaces, languages and communities
The neighbourhood, in people

Who lives in Terrigal - North Avoca

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Top 5 overseas birthplaces shown · 87.8% born in Australia or a country not in the top five.

United Kingdom · established by 2016
7.9%

NSW avg 3.2%

New Zealand · established by 2016
1.8%

NSW avg 1.1%

South Africa · established by 2016
1.5%

NSW avg 0.3%

China · established by 2016
0.5%

NSW avg 2.9%

India · established by 2016
0.5%

NSW avg 2.3%

Nearby
Erina - Green Point, Avoca Beach - Copacabana and Wamberal - Forresters Beach also have an established United Kingdom community.
Settlement pattern
Of overseas-born residents who stated when they arrived, 12.6% arrived in the last 5 years (2016–2021) (NSW avg 16.2%) and 53% arrived before 2001 (NSW avg 52%).
English at home
Of residents who speak a language other than English at home and stated their English proficiency, 9.6% report speaking English “not well” or “not at all” (NSW avg 13.5%) - a self-reported ABS figure across all languages combined, not a judgement of any one community.

Figures describe Terrigal - North Avoca (ABS Statistical Area 2) at the 2021 Census. The ABS publishes only the five largest communities per area, so a missing name did not rank in the top five. How these are counted →

Source: ABS Census 2021, General Community Profile (SA2)
Socio-economic index (SEIFA)decile 9 of 10
Decile (1 lowest, 10 highest)
Decile 9 of 10
Where this sits in NSW
top 20% of New South Wales areas

A relative comparison of the whole area against all of Australia - not a safety, liveability, or school-quality measure. What IRSAD measures → Source: ABS SEIFA 2021, IRSAD index (SA2).

Getting around and lifestyle

10 parks are mapped in the area, and the nearest emergency department is Gosford Hospital, 8.6 km away in a straight line.

None mapped
Supermarkets
Middle NSW area: 2
None mapped
GPs
Middle NSW area: 0
10
Parks
Middle NSW area: 17
3
Playgrounds
Middle NSW area: 8
None mapped
Train stations
Middle NSW area: 0
None mapped
Libraries
Middle NSW area: 1

Mapped inside the Terrigal - North Avoca boundary. A zero can mean "not mapped" rather than "not there". Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors.

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Train to the city and nearest emergency department

Train to the city

Not published

New South Wales publishes its timetable data behind a free developer account we have not yet set up, so we show no travel time here. This is a gap on our side, not a statement about the transport in this area.

Nearest emergency department

Mapped

Gosford Hospital · 8.6 km

Straight-line distance from the middle of this area - not a drive time. In an emergency call 000; do not plan around this figure.

Community and recreation
1
Places of worship
Middle NSW area: 1
None mapped
Community centres
Middle NSW area: 0
2
Swimming pools
Middle NSW area: 0
2
Sport and fitness venues
Middle NSW area: 1
About this data

Counts of features tagged in OpenStreetMap inside the Terrigal - North Avoca boundary. “Middle NSW area”: the median of 634 New South Wales areas. How these counts and times are made →

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors

Crime & safety in Terrigal - North Avoca

Police recorded 536 incidents in Terrigal - North Avoca in Jan-Dec 2025, down 3% on the year before. This is a raw count, not a rate or a rating.

Recorded incidents, 2025
536
Change on the year before
-3%
553 in 2024
Recorded incidents, 2021
612

Largest offence categories

Theft 127
Assault 112
Intimidation, stalking and harassment 60
Malicious damage to property 60
Against justice procedures 56
LGA rate, as published: Central Coast council areaJuly 2025 - June 2026

These rows cover the whole Central Coast council area, which is larger than Terrigal - North Avoca. The agency publishes a rate for each major offence, not one total, so there is no total row. We do not calculate rates.

OffenceRecorded incidentsPer 100,000 people
Domestic violence related assault1,932544.5
Non-domestic violence related assault1,522429.0
Sexual assault687193.6
Sexual touching, sexual act and other sexual offences450126.8
Robbery6618.6
Break and enter dwelling811228.6
Break and enter non-dwelling28279.5
Motor vehicle theft575162.1
Steal from motor vehicle1,068301.0
Steal from retail store1,350380.5
Other stealing offences1,338377.1
Malicious damage to property2,345660.9

Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research, July 2025 - June 2026, accessed 11 October 2026.

Is Terrigal - North Avoca safe? Here's what police recorded

Police recorded 536 criminal incidents in Terrigal - North Avoca in Jan-Dec 2025 (NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3). NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research publishes rates per 100,000 people for Central Coast council area one offence at a time, not as a single total (July 2025 - June 2026); they are listed on this page. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

How much crime is recorded in Terrigal - North Avoca?

536 incidents in Jan-Dec 2025, against 553 the year before. The largest offence categories were Theft (127), Assault (112), Intimidation, stalking and harassment (60). These are raw counts as published, not adjusted for population. Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe.

Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). Raw counts, not a rate, and not a judgement about the suburb. Counts are often higher where many people visit (shopping centres, stations, nightlife), not only where many people live. SuburbRadar does not rate suburbs as safe or unsafe. Source: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3. More on crime & safety →

© State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice). Suburb totals are added up from published figures.

Risks

4 of the 4 planning and hazard records we hold show something in this area: bushfire, heritage controls, traffic noise and acid sulfate soils. 3 more are not published for NSW - treat them as not checked.

Bushfire

Designated Bush Fire Prone Land

Present in this area

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

Present in this area

Traffic noise

Main roads only

Terrigal Drive · Scenic Highway · Charles Kay Drive · +6 more

Acid sulfate soils

Classified in the local plan

Present in this area

Each line is the extent of an official record across the whole Terrigal - North Avoca area - not a risk rating, and a specific address may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice.

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All 9 checks and what each one means

Flooding

Not published

New South Wales publishes flood planning maps council by council, with no free statewide layer we can republish - check the local council's flood planning map for this area.

Bushfire

Designated Bush Fire Prone Land

Present in this area

Part of this area is mapped as Bush Fire Prone Land by the NSW Rural Fire Service. This designation is drawn broadly around vegetation across most of NSW, so read it as "check the property", not as a measure of how exposed the area is.

Heritage controls

In an official overlay

Present in this area

Part of this area sits inside the heritage layer in the local environmental plan, so changes to buildings there - extensions, demolition, sometimes even paint colours - need planning approval. It applies property by property: most homes in an area with an overlay are not in it, and being in one is a protection as much as a restriction. Almost every NSW area contains some heritage-listed land, so read this as "check the address", not as something that sets this area apart.

Traffic noise

Main roads only

Terrigal Drive · Scenic Highway · Charles Kay Drive · +6 more

No freeway or highway is mapped inside this area. 9 named main roads (arterial or connector) run through it. Roads are counted by name, not by mapped segment.

Aircraft noise

Not mapped

New South Wales maps aircraft-noise contours only where a council or precinct plan writes them in - four councils and the Western Sydney Airport precinct do. Sydney Airport's contours are published federally in its master plan and are not in the state layer, so read this as "nothing mapped here", not as a quiet area.

Land contamination checks

Not mapped

New South Wales records contaminated land in the EPA's searchable register of notified sites rather than in a planning-scheme map layer, so we have no overlay to show for this area. Search the NSW EPA contaminated land record for a specific address - nothing mapped here means we have not checked it, not that the land is clear.

Acid sulfate soils

Classified in the local plan

Present in this area

Part of this area is classified for acid sulfate soils in the local environmental plan, which means work disturbing the soil below a set depth needs council consent. Acid sulfate soils are harmless while they stay wet and buried; digging into them - for a pool, footings, a basement or drainage - exposes them to air and produces acid that eats concrete and steel and can kill fish downstream, so excavation may need a management plan. The class describes how close the soils are likely to sit to the surface, not how bad they are. Much of the low-lying land around the coast and its rivers is classified, so read this as "check before you dig", not as something that sets this area apart.

Recorded crime

Official counts published

536 incidents

Police-recorded criminal incidents in Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025, down 3% on the prior year. A count, not a rate - busier areas with more shops, stations and visitors record more incidents than quiet ones of the same size. Full breakdown ↑

Social housing

Census figure

0.4% rented from a state or territory housing authority · 0.1% from a community housing provider

Share of occupied private dwellings here with a stated tenure (Census 2021). The middle NSW area is 1.6% public and 0.7% community, across 624 areas. Listed because families ask; it is a fact about who owns the homes, not a judgement about the people in them.

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Source: NSW Rural Fire Service Bush Fire Prone Land, © State Government of NSW and NSW Rural Fire Service · NSW Planning EPI Heritage, Airport Noise + Acid Sulfate Soils, © State of New South Wales, Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure - CC BY 4.0 · NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR), released 2026 Q3 · ABS Census 2021 (G37 tenure and landlord type) · © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) - road classification

Nearby suburbs

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Terrigal - North Avoca · 2 gazetted suburbs

The suburbs in this area

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Everything else on this page is published for Terrigal - North Avoca as a whole - one ABS statistical area covering 2 separate gazetted suburbs. These are the figures published for each of those suburbs on its own.

Gazetted suburbs inside Terrigal - North Avoca, with each suburb's own published figures.
Suburb Residents
Census 2021
Schools Median
house price
Terrigal 12,730 4 $1.64M
North Avoca 2,318 0 $1.64M

Each row is that suburb's own published figure - nothing here is the wider area's number divided up. Resident counts are the Census 2021 usual-resident count for the gazetted suburb, so they will not add up to the population at the top of this page, which is the ABS's later June 2025 estimate for the whole statistical area: a different measure on a different date. Schools are ACARA-registered schools whose published address falls inside the suburb boundary, which is not the same as the school your address is zoned to. Median house prices in New South Wales are published by postcode, not by suburb (marked *), so suburbs sharing a postcode show the same figure - it describes the postcode, not the individual suburb. Every other figure on this page - crime & safety, overlays, commute, amenities, projections, the Family-Fit score - is published for the whole statistical area and cannot be separated by suburb.

Source: ABS Census of Population and Housing 2021, General Community Profile for Suburbs and Localities; ABS ASGS Edition 3 suburb boundaries; ACARA School Location 2025; NSW Department of Communities and Justice median house sale prices (by postcode). © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (copyright notice).

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