Median house price
$800k
-2.3% change
NSW · Mid-Coast Council
Hannam Vale, 2443
Est. population · Jun 2025
222
Growth (1 yr)
+1.4%
Growth (5 yr)
+5.7%
Median age
51
Median income
$1,406/wk
Employment rate
48.4%
Median house price · October to December 2025
$800,000
Languages at home
2.6%non-English
Mostly English at home
2021 Census · usual residence
Desirability score
- Excellent transport
- Education hub
- High desirability
Suburb profile
Hannam Vale is a quieter smaller community in Mid-Coast Council, where peace, space and a country-town pace still dominate. Retirees and empty-nesters are well represented here, with multiple generations sharing the same neighbourhood. Everyday life leans local, with a handful of trusted shops, a familiar main street and neighbours who know your name.
Everyday basics may be close by, but bigger shopping and services typically require a trip to a nearby centre. Open space is thinner than in many regional towns, so residents often travel a little further for a longer park day. A car helps for most daily errands, though buses still link the suburb further afield.
Housing is expensive relative to much of the state. The streetscape feels settled and established, with older homes giving the area a familiar, lived-in look.
Against similar regional towns, the suburb sits below average overall, mainly because growth momentum, plus community and employment lag behind, despite relative strength in safety. Limited access to some essential local services also trimmed the result.
At a glance
Hannam Vale snapshot
A quick read of housing, growth, livability, and risk
Median rent
$570/wk
Population (ERP)
222
+1.4% annual growth
Dwelling vacancy
15.1%
Census unoccupied dwellings
Livability profile
Desirability pillars vs the peer median (50th percentile)
How it compares
Relative standing using percentiles, ranks, and national deciles
Desirability
#311
among Country & regional · Mature
Safety
20th
percentile in state (higher = safer)
Pop. growth
76th
percentile in NSW
Advantage (IRSAD)
6/10
national SEIFA decile
School ICSEA
61st
percentile among schools with ICSEA
Population growth
Recent ERP change over 1 and 5 years
Housing mix
Dwelling types from the 2021 Census
Risks & flags
Quick scan — open a section below for full context
Living here
Desirability
Ranks & confidence
- Desirability score
- 33.8/100 — Below average
- National rank
- 4909th in Australia
- State rank
- 1572nd in NSW
- Peer rank
- #311 among Country & regional · Mature suburbs
- Cohort rank
- #630 among Country & regional suburbs
- Data confidence
- 79%
Data sources & freshness
- Suburb Guide desirability index — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
Housing
- Houses (January to March 2026)
- $600
- Rental bonds lodged (January to March 2026)
- 37
- Median house price (October to December 2025)
- $800,000
- Median price change
- -2.3%
Median weekly rent from NSW DCJ rent tables. Figures can be unreliable where few bonds were lodged in the quarter.
Contributes to desirability score · Housing (15%) · Future Growth (7%)
Median price, rental yield and vacancy Recent price momentum
Data sources & freshness
- DCJ rent and sales tables — NSW Department of Communities and Justice · January to March 2026; October to December 2025 · Updated · Quarterly releases
Population
Estimated resident population
222(June 2025)
+1.4% annual · +5.7% over 5 years · 76th percentile in NSW
Growth figures & methodology
- Annual growth
- +1.4%
- 5-year growth
- +5.7%
- Change in 1 year
- +3
- Change in 5 years
- +12
- Growth rank in NSW
- 76th percentile
ABS Estimated Resident Population allocated to this suburb from SA2-level data. Not an official ABS suburb count.
Methodology
Figures are allocated from ABS Estimated Resident Population at Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2), using 2021 Census share within overlapping SA2 regions. Where Census data is unavailable, area overlap is used instead.
The dashed chart line is a simple growth-trend estimate to June 2030 (~250), extrapolated at +1.0% average annual growth since 2011. It is illustrative only — not an official ABS forecast.
2021 Census figures
2021 Census
- Population
- 218
- Median age
- 51
- Median household income / week
- $1,406
- Dwelling vacancy
- 15.1%
- Unoccupied private dwellings
- 14 of 93
- Median monthly mortgage
- $1,420
- Employment rate
- 48.4%
- Dwelling mix (houses / semi / flats)
- 76 / 0 / 0
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Employment, household income and age diversity (2021 Census)
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
- Estimated Resident Population — Australian Bureau of Statistics · 2025 · Updated · SA2 ERP allocated to suburb boundaries
Community & culture
No 2021 Census cultural diversity data for this suburb yet.
Data sources & freshness
- 2021 Census — General Community Profile — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
The 2026 Census runs in August 2026; suburb-level updates are expected from mid-2027.
Crime & safety
Reported offences decreased compared with the previous period.
Offence counts & rates
- Total offences (Jan 2025 to Dec 2025)
- 9
- Against the person
- 3
- Against property
- 4
- Rate per 1,000 residents
- 40.5
- Person-crime prevalence
- About 1 in 73 residents
- State safety percentile
- 19.5th (lower crime is better)
- Decrease (daily rate)
- -9.8%
Most common offence types
- Breach Apprehended Violence Order28
- Domestic Violence Related Assault36
- Fraud29
- Intimidation, Stalking And Harassment38
- Malicious Damage To Property41
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Crime rate and year-on-year trend
Data sources & freshness
- BOCSAR postcode crime statistics — NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research · Jan 2024 to Dec 2024 → Jan 2025 to Dec 2025; Jan 2025 to Dec 2025 · Updated · Rolling 12-month windows
Family & Lifestyle
Schools & preschools
- Schools within 2 km
- 1
- Median school ICSEA
- 1,033
- Median ICSEA percentile
- 61th
School list
- Hannam Vale Public SchoolPrimary · Government · ICSEA 1033 · 61th percentile · LBOTE 0% · 36 students · Top SEA quarter 23% · 1.0 km awayView on My School →
Contributes to desirability score · Education (15%)
School and preschool counts, median school ICSEA
Data sources & freshness
- ACARA school locations — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
- School ICSEA scores — Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority · 2025 · Updated · Annual release
Public transport
13 public transport stops in this suburb
- 92 Deep Creek Rd
- Deep Creek Rd At Coaldrakes Lane
- Deep Creek Rd At Tallowood Lane
- Hannam Vale Rd Opp Francis Redman Pl
- Hannam Vale Rd Opp Hannam Vale Public School
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Public transport stop coverage
Data sources & freshness
- Timetables Complete GTFS stops (© Transport for NSW, CC BY 4.0) — Transport for NSW — Open Data Hub · current · Updated · Nightly GTFS feed
Amenities
7 nearby amenities within ~1.5 km
1 restaurants · 1 places of worship
Local character & venue list
Local character
- Limited walkable amenities nearby
- Reasonable bus and transport access — 13 public transport stops
- Walkability proxy
- 22/100
- Cafés per 1,000 residents
- 0
- Food & drink per 1,000 residents
- 4.59
- Parks per 1,000 residents
- 0
Food & drink(1)
- Restaurant
Shopping(1)
- Hannam Vale ShopConvenience store
Community(1)
- Hannam Vale Public SchoolSchool
Hannam Vale
Sport & outdoors(1)
- Sports field
Other(3)
- Hannam Rural Fire BrigadeFire station
- Place of worship
- TelstraTelephone
Names and addresses from OpenStreetMap. Unnamed venues show as their type (e.g. Cafe). Transport stops are summarised by type rather than listed individually.
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Food, shopping, recreation and sport (OpenStreetMap)
Data sources & freshness
- Local amenity insights — Suburb Guide (derived) · current · Updated
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Places of worship
1 places of worship within ~1.5 km
- Place of worship
From OpenStreetMap within ~1.5 km of the suburb centre.
Data sources & freshness
- OpenStreetMap amenities — OpenStreetMap contributors · current · Updated
Health access
- Nearest hospital
- Mayo Private Hospital (23.6 km)
- Nearest hospital type
- Hospital
- Nearest hospital emergency
- Emergency department
Contributes to desirability score · Accessibility (15%)
Hospitals and GP clinics
Data sources & freshness
- Hospitals & clinics — OpenStreetMap + state health datasets · current · Updated
NDIS participation
- NDIS participants (31 March 2026)
- 6
- Participants per 1,000 residents
- 27.0
Active NDIS participants allocated from NDIA Statistical Area Level 2 (SA2, ASGS 2016) counts to this suburb boundary. Not an official suburb-level NDIS figure · as at 31 March 2026.
For NDIS spend and service-demand exploration by SA2 or postcode, see the Care Sector Demand Map.
Data sources & freshness
- NDIS participants by SA2 — National Disability Insurance Agency · 2026-Q1 · Updated · Quarterly SA2 counts allocated to suburb boundaries
Weather
Typical conditions by season for suburbs in the same ~44 km climate area. Rainfall totals are summed from monthly WorldClim layers; rainy-day counts are approximate.
Summer (Dec–Feb)
- Usual max / min
- 28° / 16°
- Rainfall
- 372 mm · ~46 rainy days
Autumn (Mar–May)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 12°
- Rainfall
- 329 mm · ~41 rainy days
Winter (Jun–Aug)
- Usual max / min
- 17° / 6°
- Rainfall
- 148 mm · ~18 rainy days
Spring (Sep–Nov)
- Usual max / min
- 23° / 11°
- Rainfall
- 218 mm · ~27 rainy days
Contributes to desirability score · Lifestyle (15%)
Temperature and humidity comfort
Data sources & freshness
- Seasonal climate normals — WorldClim 2.1 · Updated
Future & Planning
Planning & development
Development applications from NSW Planning Portal.
2026· 2 proposals
May 2026
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure7 DEEP CREEK ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
April 2026
- Dwelling house; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Residential Accommodation86 MCCAFFREYS ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
2025· 2 proposals
October 2025
- Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; School1159 HANNAM VALE ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Withdrawn
April 2025
- Erection of a new structure; Balcony, deck, patio, terrace or verandah (screened enclosures); Swimming pool453 DEEP CREEK ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
2024· 2 proposals
September 2024
- Dual occupancy; Erection of a new structure; Dual occupancy (detached)29 COALDRAKES LANE HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
May 2024
- Dual occupancy; Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure; Erection of a new structure; Dual occupancy (detached); Garage, carport or carparking space; Residential Accommodation32 WAITUI ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
2023· 3 proposals
November 2023
- Dual occupancy; Erection of a new structure; Dual occupancy (detached)29 COALDRAKES LANE HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
August 2023
- Alterations and additions to residential development34 FRANCIS REDMAN PLACE HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
January 2023
- Home business56 BROTHER VIEW LANE HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
2022· 5 proposals
September 2022
- Other342 DEEP CREEK ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
July 2022
- OtherHANNAM VALE ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
June 2022
- Alterations and additions to commercial development1164 HANNAM VALE ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Withdrawn
March 2022
- Alterations and additions to residential development57 TALLOWOOD LANE HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
- Pools / decks / fencing109 DEEP CREEK ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
2021· 5 proposals
December 2021
- Garages, carports and car parking spaces77 MAYNARD MEADOWS ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
October 2021
- Dual occupancy4 BROTHER VIEW LANE HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
June 2021
- Subdivision of land109 DEEP CREEK ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
May 2021
- Recreational Uses1107 Hannam Vale RoadDetermined
April 2021
- Dwelling24 WAITUI ROAD HANNAM VALE 2443Determined
Contributes to desirability score · Future Growth (7%)
Development and planning activity
Data sources & freshness
- Online DA development application register — NSW Department of Planning, Housing and Infrastructure · 2026 · Updated · Daily feed (from Oct 2018)
Hazards
- Bushfire planning zone
- Overlay applies
Bushfire overlay checked at suburb centroid via NSW bush fire prone land mapping.
Contributes to desirability score · Safety (18%)
Bushfire hazard overlays
Data sources & freshness
- Hazard planning overlays — State government hazard layers · current · Updated
Politics & representation
- Federal electorate
- Lyne
- Member of Parliament
- Alison PENFOLD (The Nationals)
- Results from
- 2025 federal election
- Electorate enrolment (2025)
- 129,584
- Turnout (2025)
- 92.9%
- Swing since 2022 (2025)
- +4.0 pp toward Labor
Two-party preferred (2025)
Coalition 59.8%Labor 40.2%
Estimated suburb voting profile
Estimated from 8 nearby ordinary polling places (up to 14.4 km away).
Coalition 61.0%Labor 39.0%
1.2 percentage points more Coalition-leaning than the electorate
Estimated swing since 2022: -7.9 pp toward Coalition
Nearest polling places
- Hannam ValeLabor 39.1% · Coalition 60.9% TPP (2025)0.9 km away
- LorneLabor 35.3% · Coalition 64.7% TPP (2025)6.2 km away
- MoorlandLabor 32.9% · Coalition 67.1% TPP (2025)9.0 km away
- LansdowneLabor 39.9% · Coalition 60.1% TPP (2025)9.4 km away
- Johns RiverLabor 30.9% · Coalition 69.1% TPP (2025)10.8 km away
Federal electorate from AEC federal division boundaries (2025 redistribution). Division-level results are official AEC figures from the latest general election, with by-election updates where applicable. The estimated suburb profile blends up to eight nearest ordinary polling booths in the same electorate using inverse-distance weighting from the suburb centroid — an approximation, not official AEC data. Nearest polling places are shown for reference.
Data sources & freshness
- Federal election results — Australian Electoral Commission · Updated · 2025 election with by-election overlays
Socio-economic
- IRSAD decile (2021)
- 6/10
- IRSD decile (2021)
- 6/10
ABS Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA), 2021 release — the latest available, derived from the 2021 Census. Deciles rank suburbs nationally from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest).
What do IRSAD and IRSD measure?
IRSAD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Advantage and Disadvantage. Combines indicators of advantage (e.g. high income, skilled occupations) and disadvantage. Higher decile = more advantaged relative to other Australian areas.
IRSD — Index of Relative Socio-economic Disadvantage. Focuses on disadvantage only (e.g. low income, unemployment, limited education). Higher decile = less disadvantage nationally.
A new SEIFA edition typically follows each census; the ABS has not announced a release date beyond 2021.
Contributes to desirability score · Community (5%)
Socio-economic advantage (IRSAD decile)
Data sources & freshness
- SEIFA 2021 (IRSAD / IRSD) — Australian Bureau of Statistics · Updated
More in Mid-Coast Council
Other suburbs in the same local government area.
Comparable suburbs
Similar population and socio-economic profile in other parts of New South Wales.