Free market report · Data to July 2026
Mid-Coast property market
Mid-Coast is one of the 453 council areas we track on the Australian property clock. This page is the plain-numbers read: where it sits in the cycle, who lives there, what's being built, and the suburbs inside it.
Houses · cycle position
Peak
The Mid-Coast house market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.
-7% to +14%
Modelled 12-month price range
+5.9%
Modelled 12-month rent change
Units · cycle position
Peak
The unit market is growing at its fastest pace in the current cycle. That is a momentum reading, not a crash call: markets can sit at peak growth for a long time before easing.
-10% to +17%
Modelled 12-month price range
+3.3%
Modelled 12-month rent change
The clock measures growth momentum, not price. Peak means growing fastest, not about to fall. See Mid-Coast on the clock.
The people
Who lives in Mid-Coast.
Population · ABS estimates
99,448
People (2025)
+0.8%
Growth per year, last 5 years
Steady growth. Not a boom town, not going backwards.
Households · Census 2021
54
Median age
$1,060
Median household income per week
72% own or are paying off their home, 23% rent. An owner-occupier market at heart, which tends to steady prices through the cycle.
New supply
What's being approved to build.
Building approvals are tomorrow's supply. A market where approvals are falling while population grows is a market where pressure builds. The reverse deserves caution.
Dwellings approved · ABS
440 of the latest year's approvals were houses. Approvals are trending down: new supply is thinning out.
Jobs and investment
Who's working, and what's being spent.
Jobs pay mortgages and rents. Government and commercial building spend is where future jobs come from: schools, hospitals, shops and factories all get approved before they get built.
Jobs · SALM, March 2026
38,759
Employed residents
4.9%
Unemployment (national 4.2%)
5,590 more residents are in work than five years ago (+16.9%). That is strong jobs growth, and it usually shows up in housing demand with a lag.
Non-residential building approved · ABS
$75m
All sectors, FY26
$9m
Public sector (government projects)
| Year | Government | All non-residential |
|---|---|---|
| FY24 | $12m | $36m |
| FY25 | $15m | $78m |
| FY26 | $9m | $75m |
Public building spend has eased from its recent peak. Worth checking what was just completed versus what is next. For the named projects behind these numbers, ask for the full report below.
Inside the LGA
The suburbs of Mid-Coast.
We hold live snapshot data for 2 suburbs in Mid-Coast. Click through for the full numbers.
| Suburb | Typical price | Rent/wk | Gross yield | 1yr growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gloucester | $653,250 | $511 | 4.1% | +5% |
| Taree | $583,476 | $507 | 4.5% | +7% |
All 192 suburbs and localities in Mid-Coast
Allworth · Back Creek · Bakers Creek · Barrington · Barrington Tops · Baxters Ridge · Belbora · Berrico · Bindera · Black Head · Blueys Beach · Bobin · Bohnock · Bombah Point · Boolambayte · Boomerang Beach · Booral · Bootawa · Booti Booti · Bowman · Bowman Farm · Bretti · Brimbin · Bucca Wauka · Bulahdelah · Bulga Forest · Bulliac · Bundabah · Bundook · Bungwahl · Bunyah · Burrell Creek · Cabbage Tree Island · Caffreys Flat · Callaghans Creek · Caparra · Carrington · Cedar Party · Cells River · Charlotte Bay · Cobark · Coneac · Coolongolook · Coomba Bay · Coomba Park · Coopernook · Cooplacurripa · Copeland · Coralville · Craven · Craven Plateau · Crawford River · Croki · Crowdy Bay · Crowdy Head · Cundle Flat · Cundletown · Curricabark · Darawank · Dewitt · Diamond Beach · Dingo Forest · Dollys Flat · Dumaresq Island · Dyers Crossing · Elands · Elizabeth Beach · Failford · Faulkland · Firefly · Forbesdale · Forster · Gangat · Ghinni Ghinni · Giro · Girvan · Glen Ward · Glenthorne · Gloucester · Gloucester Tops · Green Point · Hallidays Point · Hannam Vale · Harrington · Hawks Nest · Hillville · Invergordon · Johns River · Jones Island · Karaak Flat · Khatambuhl · Kia Ora · Killabakh · Killawarra · Kimbriki · Kippaxs · Kiwarrak · Knorrit Flat · Knorrit Forest · Koorainghat · Krambach · Kundibakh · Kundle Kundle · Langley Vale · Lansdowne · Lansdowne Forest · Limeburners Creek · Manning Point · Mares Run · Markwell · Marlee · Mayers Flat · Melinga · Mernot · Minimbah · Mitchells Island · Mograni · Mondrook · Monkerai · Mooral Creek · Moorland · Moppy · Moto · Mount George · Mungo Brush · Myall Lake · Nabiac · Nerong · Nooroo · North Arm Cove · Number One · Old Bar · Oxley Island · Pampoolah · Pindimar · Possum Brush · Purfleet · Rainbow Flat · Rawdon Vale · Red Head · Rookhurst · Saltwater · Sandbar · Seal Rocks · Shallow Bay · Smiths Lake · Stewarts River · Stratford · Strathcedar · Stroud · Stroud Road · Tahlee · Tallwoods Village · Tarbuck Bay · Taree · Taree South · Tea Gardens · Terreel · The Bight · The Branch · Tibbuc · Tinonee · Tiona · Tipperary · Tiri · Titaatee Creek · Topi Topi · Tugrabakh · Tuncurry · Upper Karuah River · Upper Lansdowne · Upper Myall · Violet Hill · Waitui · Wallabi Point · Wallanbah · Wallingat · Wallis Lake · Wang Wauk · Wards River · Warranulla · Washpool · Waukivory · Weismantels · Wherrol Flat · Whoota · Willina · Wingham · Woko · Wootton · Yagon · Yarratt Forest
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General information only, not financial or investment advice. Cycle positions and projections are modelled LGA-level figures to July 2026 (licensed market analytics). Population and approvals are ABS estimates; employment is SALM smoothed data; income, age and tenure are Census 2021. None of it can see street quality, flood maps, zoning or the contract, which is where deals are actually won and lost. Get advice on your own situation before acting.
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