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Suburb profile ·Central Coast (NSW) LGA · NSW ·2256

Little Wobby NSW 2256

Little Wobby is in Central Coast (NSW) LGA, NSW, postcode 2256, with population 23.

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$615/wk
Rising
+3.4% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2256 · Jun 2026
$662
$575
Jun 2025Jun 2026
What to check

The page is thin enough that nearby alternatives should be checked before shortlisting. Small local population makes the signal set more fragile.

Median house
$835K
House median, latest period
26.6%YoY D5 vs AU
Median rent
$615/wk
Rent context available
3.4%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
3.8%
Below investor band
D10 vs AU
Population
357,816
358K via Central Coast (NSW) LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
2,364
140 added 12mo · 15MW
Price cycleCorrecting
LowPeak

26.6% below peak · 138.6% above its low

See trend depth →

Price history

Trend & investor depth

Cycle positionCorrecting
Low · 2013Peak · 2022

26.6% below peak · 138.6% above its low

Price growth (compound)% per year
3-yr
+18.2%
5-yr
+5.5%
Indicative cashflow-$361/wk (-$18,767/yr) · interest-only @ 6.4%, 80% LVR
Rent stabilitytypical — rents vary ±3.8% around trend (short window, 13 pts)
Value vs advantage-16% vs suburbs of similar SEIFA advantage (decile 6)

Indicative cashflow is interest-only and excludes tax — use the calculator for a full projection. Turnover divides recorded sales by an estimated household count (population over average household size).

Mortgage affordability

84%
of household income to service a new loan
19.0 yrs
to save a 20% deposit
Severe
housing-stress band
Rent vs buyRenting cheaper

New-loan repayment $4,091/mo vs median rent $2,665/mo (+54% · +$329/wk)

If rates move

At 4.2%: $3,267/mo (-825) · at 6.2% (current): $4,091/mo · at 8.2%: $4,995/mo (+904)

Assumes a 20% deposit and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan at the current RBA new owner-occupier variable rate, against median weekly household income (ABS Census 2021). Stress bands follow the 30% / 45%-of-income thresholds used in ANZ-CoreLogic and AIHW reporting. Rent vs buy compares that repayment with the suburb's median advertised rent; it excludes rates, insurance, maintenance and deposit opportunity cost.

Stronger alternatives nearby

Higher yield

similar price · cross-LGA

Stronger 5-yr growth

similar price · cross-LGA

More affordable

lower price-to-income

Alternatives are similar-priced suburbs (0.7–1.4x this suburb's median) in other council areas that exceed it on the named metric. Indicative — not financial advice.

Affordability

Buying
14.3x
median home price as a multiple of annual household income
Stretched
Renting
55%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $2,167/mo, while renters pay about $2,665/mo — renting runs $498/mo higher on these medians.

Median price
$835K
Household income · yr
$58K
Median rent · wk
$615
Owner mortgage · mo
$2,167
Gross yield
3.8%

Household income

$58K household · yr-29% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$29K
Family
$68K
Household
$58K
Crime April 2025 - March 2026
12,455
3,510 per 100k
D5 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k3,510
Total incidents12,455· April 2025 - March 2026
  • Assault3,37960%
  • Sexual Offences1,15921%
  • Robbery751%
  • Break And Enter1,01218%

Building due diligence

Construction requirements can change by location.

The National Construction Code is the baseline. Local hazards and site classifications can change the required structure, materials, fixings, insulation and detailing.

Known here

SUBURB CONTEXT

Bushfire-prone land

Severe broad-area context

About 100.0% of the suburb intersects mapped bushfire-prone land.

May affect: External construction · Roof and wall systems · Openings, screens and decks

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ADDRESS + DESIGN

NCC climate zone

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Confirm the NCC climate zone used for the building design and energy provisions.

May affect: Insulation and glazing · Condensation control · Roof-space ventilation

Wind class and BAL

Site assessment required

A suburb layer cannot determine the site wind classification or Bushfire Attack Level.

May affect: Structure and tie-downs · Cladding and fixings · Openings and bushfire detailing

Corrosion and termite exposure

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Confirm marine or corrosive exposure and the applicable termite-management requirements.

May affect: Fasteners and connectors · Roofing and coatings · Termite management

This screen identifies investigation triggers, not building quality or property compliance. Confirm the address, design and current jurisdiction rules with the council, building surveyor or certifier, designer and engineer.

NCC 2022 Housing Provisions: how to use · NCC 2022 Volume Two and Housing Provisions

Bushfire exposure

Severe exposure ~100.0%
~100.0% of the suburb is Bush Fire Prone Land · ~97.5% Category 1 (highest hazard)

Estimated exposure to NSW RFS Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY), point-sampled across the suburb. This shows how much of the suburb sits within the official hazard layer — it is not a Bushfire Attack Level (BAL) rating or a property-level assessment. Obtain a BAL assessment (AS 3959) for an individual property.

Planning zones

Dominant zone Public Recreation
Public / Open space 98%

Land-use mix estimated by point-sampling the suburb against NSW EPI Land Zoning polygons (CC BY 4.0). This is a suburb-level snapshot of planning zones, not a parcel-level zoning certificate or development advice. Check the relevant planning scheme for an individual property.

Population outlook

4,700 people · 20224,878 by 2032 (+3.8%)

ABS population projection (2022 base) for the Calga - Kulnura SA2 statistical area — the finest official projection grain available; suburb-level projections do not exist.

Full data detail Census · ATO · ABS · state datasets
Little Wobby NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Little Wobby (postcode 2256) is a small, quiet locality in New South Wales within the Central Coast (NSW) local government area. It is home to about 23 residents, with a more retirement-aged population and a median age of 62. Households earn a median income of $58K per year, with an average household size of 1.9 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.7% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are professionals, sales, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and healthcare. The top ancestries reported are Scottish, Irish, English.

Median house prices in Little Wobby stand at $835,000, having dropped significantly by 26.6% over the last twelve months. The current median weekly rent is $615. This gives a gross rental yield of approximately 3.8%. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $2,167.

The crime rate in the Central Coast (NSW) LGA is below average at 3,510 incidents per 100,000 population.

From an investment perspective, The gross rental yield works out to roughly 3.8%, which reads as moderate yield. Property prices sit below the state median ($835K/$1.5M), which can point to relative value. The price-to-income ratio of 14.3x is considered stretched. House prices have moved -26.6% year-on-year. Population growth of +0.7% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Rental Yield3.8%· Moderate Yield
Price vs State$835K/$1.5M Below Median
Affordability14.3x Stretched
Price Momentum-26.6% Falling
Pop. Growth+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$2,167
Rent · wk(Census)$225
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$615
Gross yield1.4%
Price / income14.3x
Population growth · Central Coast (NSW) LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)357,816
5-year growth+0.6% CAGR
YoY change+0.7%
20012025
Development · Central Coast (NSW) LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)1,116
Houses 62%Units 38%
YoY change+0%
Employment · Central Coast (NSW) LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.4%
YoY change+0pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2256ATO
Negatively geared5.9%
520 of filers
Avg rental loss$8,370/yr
Landlords (rental income)1,205
Reported capital gains796
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population23
Median age62
Household size1.9
HH income · wk$1,124
Personal income · wk$550
Persons / bedroom0.9
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)6/10
Education (IEO)9/10
Economic (IER)5/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)8/10
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,375 → $1,124
Change-18.3%
vs NSW median-38.9 pp
Median rent-35.7%
softeningvs NSW 2016–21
Top occupationsCensus
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
Hospitals · Central Coast (NSW) LGAAIHW
Public4
Private5
Gosford Hospitalpublic
Long Jetty Health Care Centrepublic
Woy Woy Hospitalpublic
Wyong Hospitalpublic
Berkeley Vale Private Hospitalprivate
Brisbane Waters Private Hospitalprivate
+3 more in Central Coast (NSW) LGA
Aged care · Central Coast (NSW) LGAGEN
Facilities38
Residential places3,910
Peninsula Villages Ltd314 places
Estia Health Erina250 places
Uniting Nareen Gardens Bateau Bay195 places
Killarney Vale Care Community162 places
Berkeley Vale Care Community160 places
Hill View House Aged Care Facility160 places
+32 more in Central Coast (NSW) LGA
Childcare · Central Coast (NSW) LGAACECQA
Services225
Approved places14,596
Exceeding NQS59
Erina Kindergarten219 places
Little Miracles Preschool and Long Day Care171 places
North Wyong Early Childhood Learning Centre150 places
Terrigal School Care150 places
YMCA Wamberal OSHC150 places
Point Clare OSHClub134 places
+219 more in Central Coast (NSW) LGA
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

Little Wobby has enough direct local evidence for a first-pass decision.

QuickProperty mixes release files, Census baselines, and matched local services on this page. Read the status panel before treating every metric as equally fresh.

PRICE POSTURE
NSW price medians are parser-guarded official records.

Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records

RENT POSTURE
Rent is using a state market dataset when available.

Use current rent as a starting signal, not as a fixed underwriting truth.

SERVICE POSTURE
Service coverage is matched locally, not inferred nationally.

Schools, transport, and hospitals are useful as presence signals, but they still have different source cadences.

Data status
Property prices
NSW Valuer General · 2024 · Official sale records parsed from cached Bulk PSI ZIP files with parser guardrails for token sales, non-house zoning, and low-value strata component records
medium stability · automated · every update · weekly
Available
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-06 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · April 2025 - March 2026 · Area-level release dataset
medium stability · automated · every update · release-based
Available
Schools
ACARA 2025 · No local school matches exposed
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Missing
Hospitals
AIHW · No linked local hospital coverage
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Transport
GTFS feeds · No matched local transport stops
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Missing
Population growth
ABS ERP · 2025 · Annual estimate series
stable source · automated · every update · annual
Available
Building approvals
ABS Building Approvals · 2026 · Annual release series
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Available means a direct local dataset is linked. Verify means coverage exists but freshness or precision is weaker, such as ABS price fallback, Census rent fallback, or low-confidence hospital matching.
Sparse locality note

This page stays indexable because Little Wobby is a real locality with enough context to be directionally useful. The tradeoff is that coverage is lighter than a stronger suburb profile, so the read should stay cautious.

WHY IT LOOKS LIGHTER
This is a real locality, but it has a very small Census footprint.

Small-population localities can still be worth checking, but rankings, comparisons, and broad suburb assumptions become noisier faster.

WHAT IS MISSING
Coverage is lighter across school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops.

The lighter areas here are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops, so a single-page read should carry less weight than usual.

BEST NEXT STEP
Use this page to understand the locality shape, then compare outward.

Start here for context, then open compare, the state hub, or larger nearby suburbs before treating this as a complete market decision.

Page status
INDEXED WITH LIGHTER COVERAGE

This page remains visible, but it should be read as a locality brief rather than a full-confidence suburb profile.

HOW TO READ THIS PAGE

Use this page to set direction, not to close a decision — frame the locality here, then confirm with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

If Little Wobby feels too thin on its own, use these nearby suburbs as stronger local reads before making a shortlist decision.

Mooney Mooney Creek most similar
similar price band similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$35K · rent -$15/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Marlow most similar
similar price band similar rent profile similar suburb scale

pop same · house -$350K · rent -$365/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Canton Beach most similar
similar price band similar rent profile

pop +1200 · house same $ · rent -$315/wk

Similar local read: useful for context, but still compare the actual market signals.

Little Wobby FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Little Wobby in?

    Little Wobby is in the Central Coast (NSW) Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2256. Council-level context for Central Coast (NSW) LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the median house price in Little Wobby?

    The current median house price in Little Wobby, NSW is $835K, based on the latest available sales data from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region.

  3. What is the typical weekly rent in Little Wobby?

    The median weekly rent in Little Wobby is $615/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  4. What does the rent signal say about Little Wobby?

    Rent context available: Little Wobby has usable rent context. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  5. Is Little Wobby a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Little Wobby show: Moderate Yield, Below Median, Stretched. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  6. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Little Wobby?

    Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.

  7. How often is the Little Wobby data updated?

    Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.