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Suburb profile ·Central Coast (NSW) LGA · NSW ·2259

Alison NSW 2259

Alison is in Central Coast (NSW) LGA, NSW, postcode 2259, with population 85.

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.

$660/wk
Rising
+2.7% YoY
Jun 2025 → Jun 2026 · 13 periods
NSW Fair Trading · postcode 2259 · Jun 2026
$700
$640
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
No local house series
Median rent
$660/wk
Rent context available
2.7%YoY D10 vs AU
Gross yield
Need rent + price
Population
357,816
358K via Central Coast (NSW) LGA · SAL undercount
Schools
No matched school data
Drive to city
Not in commute dataset
Solar
13,821
988 added 12mo · 94MW

Price history

No price history available

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

Median mortgage · mth$3,500
Median rent · wk$600

Trend & investor depth

Rent stabilitystable — rents vary ±2.7% around trend (short window, 13 pts)

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).

Investor profile

Who invests in Alison

Owner-occupied 76%Rented 24%
Investor activityATO
Negatively geared5%
1,876 of 3,933 landlords
Avg rental loss$7,231/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,933
Reported capital gains2,099
The read

Mixed owner-renter market

68% of homes here are owner-occupied and 22% rented, with 5% of landlords negatively geared.

Why it fits

A balanced 68% owner-occupier / 22% renter mix.

ABS Census 2021 tenure (G37), ATO postcode rental statistics, and QuickProperty's investor-exposure index. Owner-occupied = owned outright + with a mortgage.

Affordability

29%
median weekly rent as a share of gross household income (the 30% rule)
Manageable

Owners with a mortgage repay a median of $3,500/mo, while renters pay about $2,860/mo — owning runs $640/mo higher on these medians.

Household income · yr
$117K
Median rent · wk
$660
Owner mortgage · mo
$3,500

Household income

$117K household · yr+42.1% vs NSW suburb median
Personal
$35K
Family
$133K
Household
$117K

Housing stock and tenure

Tenure (41 households)
Owned outright
49%
Owned with mortgage
20%
Rented
22%
Dwelling structure6.3% of dwellings unoccupied on census night
Separate house
100%
Townhouse / semi
0%
Flat / apartment
0%

Getting to work: 61% drive, 0% public transport, 0% walk or cycle, 26% worked from home (2021 Census, taken during COVID-era work-from-home arrangements).

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

No local compliance layer is staged.

This is missing evidence, not evidence that the property has no constraints.

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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

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

Alison is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Central Coast (NSW) local government area (postcode 2259). It is home to about 85 residents, with an older-leaning population and a median age of 47. Households earn a median income of $117K per year, with an average household size of 2.9 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 managers, professionals, clerical & administrative. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and education. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.

The current median weekly rent is $660. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $3,500.

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

On the investment side, 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
Pop. Growth+0.7%· Stable
Development+0%· Steady
InvestmentNSW
Mortgage · mth$3,500
Rent · wk(Census)$600
Market rent · wk(2026-06)$660
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 2259ATO
Negatively geared5%
1,876 of filers
Avg rental loss$7,231/yr
Landlords (rental income)3,933
Reported capital gains2,099
People & prosperity
DemographicsCensus 21
Population85
Median age47
Household size2.9
HH income · wk$2,249
Personal income · wk$669
Persons / bedroom0.7
Income momentumCensus 16→21
HH income · wk$1,062 → $2,249
Change+111.8%
vs NSW median+91.2 pp
Median rent+150%
gentrifyingvs NSW 2016–21
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
Usable evidence

Alison works as a starting read but still needs cross-checking.

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 · 2026-06 · 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 Alison 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 main gaps on this page are school matches, hospital coverage, and transport stops. That narrows how much confidence you should place on a single-page read.

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

Read it as a direction-setter rather than a final answer: frame the locality, then verify with compare, stronger nearby suburbs, and the state hub.

Stronger nearby reads

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

Little Jilliby better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$100/wk

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

Cheero Point better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$145/wk

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

Palmdale better covered
similar rent profile similar suburb scale better market coverage

pop same · adds house price coverage · rent -$260/wk

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

Alison FAQ

Common questions
  1. What LGA is Alison in?

    Alison is in the Central Coast (NSW) Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2259. 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 typical weekly rent in Alison?

    The median weekly rent in Alison is $660/wk, based on the current market rent dataset. The current rent signal is rent context available.

  3. What does the rent signal say about Alison?

    Rent context available: Alison 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.

  4. Is Alison a good investment?

    QuickProperty's investment signals for Alison 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 Alison?

    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 Alison 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.