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What it costs to live in Northern Beaches, NSW
Northern Beaches council area, New South Wales. About 272,656 people lived here in 2025. Here's what rent, power, fuel, the pokies and crime look like, and how each one sits against the rest of New South Wales.
Rent
$950
A week. That's the median rent on new leases in the June quarter 2026.
Pokies losses
$581
Lost for every resident in a year. That's 52% of the NSW average.
See pokies losses in Northern BeachesElectricity
$1,899
A year on the default offer in the Ausgrid network area, for 3,900 kWh. That's the most a standing offer can cost. A typical plan here costs $1,709.
See electricity pricesUnleaded petrol
192c
A litre, on average, at 31 stations here over the year to September 2026. That's about the NSW average.
See when fuel is cheapestCrime police recorded
Violent crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 1,370 of these in Northern Beaches. That's 506 for every 100,000 people, or 43% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 500, so it's about the same.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1,370 | 506 | 1,183 |
| 2024–25 | 1,387 | 512 | 1,171 |
| 2023–24 | 1,322 | 488 | 1,156 |
| 2022–23 | 1,141 | 426 | 1,084 |
| 2021–22 | 1,078 | 409 | 981 |
| 2020–21 | 1,322 | 500 | 1,055 |
| 2019–20 | 1,386 | 518 | 1,009 |
| 2018–19 | 1,511 | 553 | 1,008 |
| 2017–18 | 1,287 | 475 | 999 |
| 2016–17 | 1,283 | 477 | 1,000 |
Property crime, 2025–26
Police recorded 1,989 of these in Northern Beaches. That's 735 for every 100,000 people, or 45% of the NSW average. Five years before, in 2020–21, it was 972, so it has come down 24%.
See each year
| Year | Recorded | Per 100,000 | NSW per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 | 1,989 | 735 | 1,622 |
| 2024–25 | 2,313 | 854 | 1,589 |
| 2023–24 | 2,477 | 915 | 1,651 |
| 2022–23 | 2,243 | 837 | 1,572 |
| 2021–22 | 1,953 | 742 | 1,381 |
| 2020–21 | 2,572 | 972 | 1,544 |
| 2019–20 | 2,778 | 1,038 | 1,826 |
| 2018–19 | 3,424 | 1,252 | 2,022 |
| 2017–18 | 3,485 | 1,286 | 2,066 |
| 2016–17 | 3,399 | 1,264 | 2,184 |
This is crime that police recorded in the area over a year, July to June. Lots of crime is never reported, and a rise can mean police are looking harder, not just that more crime happened. Each state counts crime its own way, so only compare a council with its own state.
Suburbs in Northern Beaches
Who lives in each one, their homes and how they get around.
- Allambie Heights
- Avalon Beach
- Balgowlah
- Balgowlah Heights
- Bayview
- Beacon Hill
- Belrose
- Bilgola Beach
- Bilgola Plateau
- Brookvale
- Church Point
- Clareville
- Clontarf
- Coasters Retreat
- Collaroy
- Collaroy Plateau
- Cottage Point
- Cromer
- Curl Curl
- Davidson
- Dee Why
- Duffys Forest
- Elanora Heights
- Elvina Bay
- Fairlight
- Forestville
- Frenchs Forest
- Freshwater
- Great Mackerel Beach
- Ingleside
- Killarney Heights
- Ku-ring-gai Chase
- Lovett Bay
- Manly
- Manly Vale
- Mona Vale
- Morning Bay
- Narrabeen
- Narraweena
- Newport
- North Balgowlah
- North Curl Curl
- North Manly
- North Narrabeen
- Oxford Falls
- Palm Beach
- Queenscliff
- Scotland Island
- Seaforth
- Terrey Hills
- Warriewood
- Whale Beach
- Wheeler Heights
Look further
- Rents across Australia: what tenants really pay by suburb and postcode.
- Pokies losses by council: where the most is lost, in four states.
- Fuel prices: the price cycle and the cheapest day to fill up.
- Compare Northern Beaches with another area, side by side.
- Look up another area.
Sources: recorded crime, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research. Population: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Regional population, CC BY 4.0. Pokies losses: the state's gambling regulator (see the pokies page for its credit). Rent: state rental bond data (see the rent pages). Electricity: Default Market Offer 2026–27: © Commonwealth of Australia (Australian Energy Regulator), CC BY 4.0; retailers' plans under the Consumer Data Right. Fuel: NSW Government FuelCheck, CC BY-SA, so the fuel figure can be reused under the same licence.