Minnie Water, NSW 2462
Minnie Water, NSW 2462 recent property activity
Activity in Minnie Water, NSW 2462 was very light over the last 12 months: five houses sold, one unit sold and two units rented.
The most recent Census still shows who lives in Minnie Water; that profile sits below.
Who lives hereA low-income, largely mortgage-free, retirement-age suburb.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Minnie Water demographics & population
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing and Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2021 · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
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Who lives in Minnie Water?
The age structure, household make-up, and cultural fabric of the people who call this suburb home.
Share of all residents by 5-year band · hover a band for the count + split
A strongly multicultural community with deep migrant heritage.
2020–21 understated — COVID border closures.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Housing & affordability in Minnie Water
What it costs to live here, who owns versus rents, and the shape of the housing stock.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Income & employment in Minnie Water
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household pulls in about 1.8× the typical individual — a multi-earner area.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Getting around Minnie Water
How people get to work, and how car-dependent the suburb is — the clearest tell of inner-urban versus outer-suburban living.
Census data sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics — © Commonwealth of Australia, 2021 Census of Population and Housing · Shares, ratios and percentiles shown are Micromarkets transformations of that data · licensed CC BY 4.0.
Education · ACARA My School 2025
Schools in and around Minnie Water
No school inside Minnie Water itself — the closest options around it are shown. Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre and are not enrolment catchments — always confirm zones with the school.
ICSEA is ACARA’s official measure of a school’s socio-educational advantage — based mainly on parents’ education and occupation, plus the school’s location and student mix.
- No schools within 5 km — widen the radius.
Why are some State Rank and star ratings blank? Schools can choose not to publish their results. In practice, schools that score well above their state average almost always publish theirs — so a blank rating more often reflects a school opting out than a top result being hidden. Academic results also tend to rise with ICSEA Rank, so higher-ICSEA schools more often carry a strong State Rank as well.
School profile and ICSEA data sourced from ACARA — © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (data year 2025) · State Rank & star columns are Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings from publicly available school results · Distances are straight-line from the suburb centre, not catchments.
Turnover
How settled or transient the community is — and where newcomers came from.
Minnie Water median house price & rent
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Minnie Water — choose a property type and size below.
House & unit prices by bedroom
Every segment this suburb tracks — sales and rentals side by side, ranked by total activity over the last twelve months.
Minnie Water property growth
Where each segment sits against its peers in the chosen geography — past the midline means it's outperforming the rest.
Market demandHow fast this market is moving — a velocity index built from trailing-year transaction volume and median days on market. Strong volume lifts the score; days on market drags it down, with the drag growing sharply once listings start lingering. Ranked against peers in the chosen geography.
Houses
Units
Buying vs renting in Minnie Water
What it costs each week to own a property versus renting the same one — positive means buying carries the premium, negative means rent covers the mortgage.
How strong is demand, and which way is it heading?
Two questions on one chart — how strong demand is right now, and which way it's heading year-on-year.
Sales market velocity
Minnie Water against the neighbourhood
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Minnie Water in blue, peers in colour.
How fast — and is it getting faster?
Housing supply & months of stock
How long current listings would take to clear at the recent rate of sales or leases. Critical shortage and Oversupply only fire at the genuine tails of the national distribution — sales tip in under 0.7 months, rentals far faster, under 0.3.
Sales market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | SoldSold (last year)Total sold transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are sold each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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Rental market
| Segment | Band | Months of supply left | YoYYoY change12-month change in months of supply. Down means stock is tightening (fewer months than a year ago); up means stock is loosening. | ListedListedActive listings in this segment right now, derived from months of supply multiplied by the recent transaction rate. | LeasedLeased (last year)Total leased transactions completed in this segment over the last 12 months. | Per monthPer monthAverage monthly absorption — how many properties are leased each month in this segment, over the last 12 months. |
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Who's transacting — buyers or tenants?
Out of every property transaction in this suburb, what share are sales versus leases — each point a rolling twelve-month window.
Minnie Water — Units & Houses, all bedrooms
Minnie Water median house price & rent history
Each tape traces one metric across sixty months for the selected segment — every point a trailing twelve-month figure, matching the headline KPIs above.
Five-year summaryAs of Jun 2026, the median house sale price in Minnie Water fell from $633k (Jul 2021) to $370k (Jun 2026) — a 41.5% decline over five years — peaking at $1.15M between Apr 2022 and Mar 2023. Median house rent went from $285/wk to $444/wk (+55.8%) over the same period. For units, median rent went from $259/wk to $333/wk (+28.6%) over the same period.
Suburbs near Minnie Water: prices compared
The nearest suburbs to Minnie Water, ranked by distance — each lined up against Minnie Water on the same measures, so the differences jump out at a glance.
Frequently asked · Minnie Water
21 data-driven answers about Minnie Water's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
What things cost
Prices, rent, yield, ownership costWhat is the median house price in Minnie Water?
#The median house price in Minnie Water, NSW 2462 is $723k as of June 2026, based on a very small number of recent sales. Houses there have moved +0.5% year-on-year. Prices vary by bedroom count, from compact two-bedroom homes to larger four-bedroom houses. See the bedroom-level breakdown below for 2-, 3- and 4-bedroom medians.
What is the median unit price in Minnie Water?
#The median unit price in Minnie Water, NSW 2462 is $723k as of June 2026, based on a very small number of recent sales. Units currently trade at roughly 100% of the median house price.
How much is rent for a 2 bedroom unit in Minnie Water?
#A 2 bedroom unit in Minnie Water rents for a median $299 per week as of June 2026. Figures cover only segments with enough recent leases to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded. The segment breakdown covers rent, yield and days on market for every property type and bedroom count.
What is the gross rental yield in Minnie Water?
#Gross rental yield in Minnie Water is 2.58% for units as of June 2026, compared with the NSW unit median of 3.63%. Gross yield is annual rent divided by purchase price — it doesn't account for ownership costs like council rates, strata, maintenance or vacancy.
How much is a 4 bedroom house in Minnie Water?
#As of June 2026, Minnie Water medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
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| Houses | — | $723k | — | $723k | $723k |
| Units | — | — | $723k | — | $723k |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
How the market is moving
Speed, supply, growth, cycle phaseWhat are Minnie Water's property market trends?
#Minnie Water's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +0.5% year-on-year; sales supply sits at 7.1 months (saturated). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Minnie Water market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
What does the data say about Minnie Water as an investment?
#As of June 2026 in Minnie Water, house prices rose +0.5% over the year, sales supply is 7.1 months (saturated). Capital growth, rental yield, selling speed and supply are the signals investors weigh — but these figures describe the market, not a recommendation. This is data, not financial advice; always do your own research and consider a licensed adviser.
Is Minnie Water a tight or loose property market right now?
#Minnie Water's sales market sits at 7.1 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Saturated (extreme oversupply) against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose.
Have property prices in Minnie Water gone up or down?
#House prices in Minnie Water moved +0.5% over the 12 months to June 2026. The 5-year tape above plots the full monthly trajectory — showing where the market changed character rather than just crossing round numbers.
How active is the rental market in Minnie Water?
#. Units sit at 0.4 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
How it compares
Vs state, vs nearby, vs popularHow does Minnie Water compare to other NSW suburbs?
#Minnie Water's median house price ($723k) is 0% below the NSW median ($725k) as of June 2026.
What's the most popular property type in Minnie Water?
#The most-transacted segment in Minnie Water over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed houses with 1 sale. 3 bed houses come second at 1 sale. The buying-versus-renting section above breaks down the top segments with weekly mortgage, rent and ownership-cost detail.
How many properties were sold and leased in Minnie Water last year?
#Minnie Water recorded 1 house sale and 1 unit sale over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 2 transactions. On the rental side, 0 houses and 1 unit were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
About the area
Population, income, who lives here, schoolsWhat postcode is Minnie Water in?
#Minnie Water is in postcode 2462, in the Coffs Harbour & Grafton region of NSW. Addresses there are written as Minnie Water, NSW 2462.
What is the population of Minnie Water?
#Minnie Water, NSW 2462 is home to 124 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 46, and the average household holds 1.4 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
What is the median household income in Minnie Water?
#The median household in Minnie Water earns $690 per week — roughly $36k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $379/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
What is the unemployment rate in Minnie Water?
#The unemployment rate in Minnie Water is 50.0% (ABS Census 2021). That sits right around the median for Australian suburbs. The rate counts people who are working or actively looking for work — not a share of all residents. Workforce participation sits at 50%. The local economy section above covers incomes, employment status and the occupation mix.
Do people own or rent in Minnie Water?
#Minnie Water is mostly owner-occupied: about 100% of households are owner-occupiers and 50% rent (ABS Census 2021). Of owners, 50% own outright and 50% are paying off a mortgage.
What schools are near Minnie Water?
#Minnie Water has 2 schools within reach — including Wooli Public School, Tucabia Public School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Is Minnie Water a good place to live?
#Minnie Water, NSW 2462 has a population of 124, a median age of 46, a median household income around $690/week, 50% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 2 schools within reach. Whether it's the right fit depends on your priorities — these figures describe the community, housing mix and amenity rather than offer a verdict.
About this data
Methodology and update cadenceWhen was this Minnie Water market data last updated?
#This Minnie Water market data was last updated July 2026, covering the 12 months to June 2026. Figures are computed monthly from 12-month rolling windows of recorded sales and leases, with five years of monthly history behind the trend charts. Methodology, glossary and data sources are linked in the footer.