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Suburb profile ·Northern Beaches LGA · NSW ·2105

Morning Bay NSW 2105

Morning Bay is in Northern Beaches LGA, NSW, postcode 2105, with population 31.

Limited data

Thin-context

The page is still useful for local context, but the evidence stack is too thin for a clean one-page call. Use nearby stronger suburbs or compare mode before treating it as a serious shortlist decision.

$1900/wk
Mar 2025 → Apr 2026 · 12 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2105 · Apr 2026 · sparse signal
$1900
$526
Mar 2025Apr 2026
Why it fits

Higher SEIFA context supports a stronger local-quality read.

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
No local house series
Median rent
$1900/wk
Rent-pressure candidate
D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
272,656
273K via Northern Beaches LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Solar
197
18 added 12mo · 2MW

Price history

No price history available

Price series isn't recorded for this suburb. Census housing data is shown instead.

Median mortgage · mth$3,300
Median rent · wk$215

Affordability

106%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
High stress

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,300/mo, while renters pay about $8,233/mo — renting runs $4,933/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$93K
Median rent · wk
$1,900
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,300

Household income

$93K household · yr+13.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$59K
Family
$130K
Household
$93K
Crime January 2025 - December 2025
4,058
1,515 per 100k
D2 vs AU

Crime

Rate · per 100k1,515
Total incidents4,058· January 2025 - December 2025
  • Assault99760%
  • Sexual Offences37823%
  • Robbery241%
  • Break And Enter27316%

Full data detail

Morning Bay NSW — Property Data and Demographics

Located in New South Wales within the Northern Beaches local government area, Morning Bay is a small, quiet locality (postcode 2105). With a population of 31, the suburb has an older demographic with a median age of 57. Households earn a median income of $93K per year, with an average household size of 1.6 people. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +0.5% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, professionals, managers. The top ancestries reported are English, Australian, Irish.

The current median weekly rent is $1900. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,300.

Public transport access includes 1 ferry wharf. The crime rate in the Northern Beaches LGA is low at 1,515 incidents per 100,000 population.

Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +0.5% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.

Market & money
Investment signalsHeuristics
Pop. Growth+0.5%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$3,300
Rent · wk(Census)$215
Market rent · wk(2026-04)$1900
Population growth · Northern Beaches LGAABS ERP
Population (2025)272,656
5-year growth+0.3% CAGR
YoY change+0.5%
20012025
Development · Northern Beaches LGAABS Approvals
Approvals (2026)415
Houses227
Units188
YoY change+0%
Employment · Northern Beaches LGASALM
Unemployment (Dec-25)3.8%
YoY change+1pp
Dec-10Dec-25
Property investors · Postcode 2105ATO
Negatively geared103 (7.2% of filers)
Avg rental loss$14,437/yr
Landlords (rental income)287
Reported capital gains256
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population31
Median age57
Household size1.6
HH income · wk$1,791
Personal income · wk$1,125
Persons / bedroom0.7
SEIFA indexABS
Advantage (IRSAD)10/10
Education (IEO)10/10
Economic (IER)8/10
Disadvantage (IRSD)10/10
Top industriesCensus
Area & amenity
TransportGTFS
Ferry wharves1
Morning Bay, Halls Wharf
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Sources & freshness
Strong evidence

There is enough direct local evidence on Morning Bay 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 · 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
Missing
Market rent
NSW Fair Trading · 2026-04 · State market dataset
stable source · automated · every update · monthly
Available
Crime
BOCSAR · January 2025 - December 2025 · 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 · 1 matched stops/stations
medium stability · manual file · snapshot · mixed
Available
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 Morning Bay 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 and hospital coverage.

The lighter areas here are school matches and hospital coverage, 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.

Begin here, but pressure-test the read in compare, against the state hub, or a bigger nearby suburb before deciding.

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

This page is useful for direction-setting, not closure. Use it to frame the locality, then confirm the story with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Coasters Retreat better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$1550/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Great Mackerel Beach better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$1550/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Elvina Bay better covered
better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$1400/wk

Better covered alternative: use this as the stronger reference point before judging the thin page.

Morning Bay FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Morning Bay in?

    Morning Bay is in the Northern Beaches Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2105. Council-level context for Northern Beaches LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.

  2. What is the typical weekly rent in Morning Bay?

    The median weekly rent in Morning Bay is $1900/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent-pressure candidate.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Morning Bay?

    Rent-pressure candidate: Morning Bay rents screen above the local benchmark. Use this as a suburb screening signal before comparing candidates or modelling a purchase; the matching rent ranking can provide broader market context.

  4. Is Morning Bay a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Morning Bay show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.

  5. Where does QuickProperty get its data for Morning Bay?

    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.

  6. How often is the Morning Bay 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.