Coffs Harbour
82,109 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,174 km², 31 suburbs. Council website: coffsharbour.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
82,109
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +0.7% in a year
Density
70/km²
1,174 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$850k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$121
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
4.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
31
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 44
- Median household income
- $1,363/week
- Median rent
- $375/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,733/month
- Households renting
- 29.4%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 5 of 10
Suburbs
31 suburbs where Coffs Harbour holds most residents. Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coffs Harbour | 27,089 | All | $813kDec 2025 | – / 58% | 2 |
| Toormina | 6,171 | All | $752kDec 2025 | – / 58% | 1 |
| Woolgoolga | 6,151 | All | $853kDec 2025 | – / 88% | 3 |
| Boambee East | 5,304 | All | $793kDec 2025 | – / 64% | 3 |
| Sawtell | 3,788 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 43% | 6 |
| Bonville | 2,939 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 7 |
| Sandy Beach | 2,913 | All | $913kDec 2025 | – / 74% | 4 |
| Korora | 2,740 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 84% | 8 |
| Emerald Beach | 2,677 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 95% | 7 |
| Sapphire Beach | 2,660 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 85% | 9 |
| North Boambee Valley | 2,318 | All | $890kDec 2025 | – / 84% | 6 |
| Moonee Beach | 2,176 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 91% | 7 |
| Corindi Beach | 1,802 | All | $905kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 5 |
| Boambee | 1,770 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 95% | 8 |
| Nana Glen | 1,132 | All | $808kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 4 |
| Safety Beach (NSW) | 1,103 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 64% | 8 |
| Upper Orara | 863 | All | $985kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Coramba | 817 | All | $710kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Arrawarra Headland | 615 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 96% | 6 |
| Bucca (NSW) | 614 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 96% | 4 |
| Mullaway | 607 | All | $930kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 6 |
| Arrawarra | 591 | All | $948kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 1 |
| Karangi | 515 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Red Rock | 412 | All | $850kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 3 |
| Lowanna | 359 | All | $405kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Ulong | 215 | All | $580kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 2 |
| Upper Corindi | 158 | All | $915kDec 2025 | – / 97% | 2 |
| Dirty Creek | 106 | All | – / 84% | 2 | |
| Bundagen | 96 | All | – / 99% | 1 | |
| Brooklana | 42 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Barcoongere | All | 3% / 99% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 27 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $405k
- Median of suburb medians
- $930k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.4M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 12 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,193
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 411
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,041
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 4,655
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Cowper · Pat CONAGHAN (NP)64%
- Page · Kevin HOGAN (NP)36%
State districts
- Coffs Harbour · Gurmesh Singh (NAT)100%
- Clarence · Richie Williamson (NAT)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.