Casuarina, NSW 2487
Casuarina property market
Casuarina has one of Australia's most balanced markets, led narrowly by unit rentals, with 77 sales (sharply up 24.2%) at around $1.119M (down 4.8%) as of July 2026, taking about 66 days to sell (up a lot from 54 days last year), less sought-after than most unit markets, with 3-bedroom making up about half.
Unit rentals are nearly as big, with 69 leases at $890 a week (up), renting out in about 28 days (up from 21 days last year), with rents growing faster than most unit rental markets in NSW, with 2-bedroom making up about half. Followed by 52 house sales at around $2.327M. 42 house rentals at $1,500 a week (up), one of the country's least in-demand house rental markets.
Who lives hereA high-income, mostly owner-occupied, family-first suburb — newcomer-heavy.
House covers houses, duplexes, semi-detached and terraces; Unit covers apartments, units, townhouses and villas.
Casuarina 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 Casuarina?
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 Casuarina
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 Casuarina
Incomes, employment, and the occupation mix of the people who live here.
A typical household pulls in about 1.9× 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 Casuarina
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 Casuarina
No school inside Casuarina 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.
Casuarina median house price & rent
Headline price, rent, yield and time on market for Casuarina — 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.
Casuarina 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 Casuarina
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
Casuarina against the neighbourhood
Eight diagnostic views cutting the data a different way each time — Casuarina 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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| Balanced | 2.1 | ▼ -1.9 | 3 | 17 | 1.4 | |
| Slightly loose | 3.4 | ▼ -0.6 | 5 | 17 | 1.4 | |
| Loose | 4.0 | ▲ +0.7 | 6 | 17 | 1.4 | |
| Loose | 5.3 | — | 8 | 17 | 1.4 | |
| Loose | 5.5 | ▲ +2.1 | 8 | 17 | 1.4 | |
| Loose | 5.6 | ▲ +2.5 | 8 | 17 | 1.4 | |
| Loose | 6.6 | ▲ +1.9 | 9 | 17 | 1.4 |
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.
Casuarina — Units & Houses, all bedrooms
Casuarina 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 Casuarina rose from $844k (Jul 2021) to $1.20M (Jun 2026) — +42.6% growth over five years — peaking at $2.03M between Apr 2025 and Mar 2026. Median house rent went from $643/wk to $825/wk (+28.3%) over the same period. For units, the median sale price rose from $460k to $786k (+70.7%), with rent up from $295/wk to $543/wk (+84.1%) over the same period.
Suburbs near Casuarina: prices compared
The nearest suburbs to Casuarina, ranked by distance — each lined up against Casuarina on the same measures, so the differences jump out at a glance.
Suburbs like Casuarina
Suburbs anywhere in NSW that behave like Casuarina — matched on price, growth, selling speed and demand, not on distance. A shortlist of markets that move the same way — including ones far away you'd never think to compare. (Want the suburbs right next door instead? See Nearby markets above.)
Casuarina vs Ocean Shores: the closest sales-market match trades at a median of $810k against Casuarina's $1.36M — about 41% lower, with homes selling in 36 days versus 49 days here.
Comparable sales markets to Casuarina: Ocean Shores median house price, Bogangar property growth, Byron Bay house prices, Kingscliff property growth and Liberty Grove house prices.
Casuarina's closest rental-market twins: Ocean Shores property market, Liberty Grove house prices, Bogangar property growth, Kingscliff house prices and Byron Bay average house price. Each link opens that suburb's full market report.
Frequently asked · Casuarina
26 data-driven answers about Casuarina's property market — every one computed from the metrics above.
What things cost
Prices, rent, yield, ownership costWhat is the median house price in Casuarina?
#The median house price in Casuarina, NSW 2487 is $1.36M as of June 2026, based on 27 sales over the past 12 months. Houses there have moved +50.0% 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 Casuarina?
#The median unit price in Casuarina, NSW 2487 is $1.36M as of June 2026, based on 27 sales over the past 12 months. Units have moved +0.5% year-on-year and currently trade at roughly 100% of the median house price.
How much does it cost to rent in Casuarina?
#The median weekly house rent in Casuarina is $752 as of June 2026, drawn from 19 leases over the past 12 months. Units rent for around $752 per week. House rents have moved +50.0% year-on-year. Current vacancy pressure is shown in the supply section above.
How much is rent for a 3 bedroom house in Casuarina?
#A 3 bedroom house in Casuarina rents for a median $752 per week as of June 2026, drawn from 19 leases over the past 12 months. Across other house sizes: 2-bedroom $752/week, 4-bedroom $752/week. Unit rents: 1-bedroom $752/week, 2-bedroom $752/week, 3-bedroom $752/week. 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 Casuarina?
#Gross rental yield in Casuarina is 3.24% for houses and 3.24% for units as of June 2026, compared with the NSW unit median of 4.20%. 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 3 bedroom house in Casuarina?
#As of June 2026, Casuarina medians by bedroom count:
| Property | 1 bed | 2 bed | 3 bed | 4 bed | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houses | — | $1.36M | $1.36M | $1.36M | $1.36M |
| Units | $1.36M | $1.36M | $1.36M | — | $1.36M |
Figures cover only segments with enough recent transactions to be statistically meaningful; sparse segments are excluded.
What does it cost to own versus rent at the Casuarina median?
#At the median Casuarina house ($1.36M purchase, $752/week rent), weekly mortgage repayments sit at roughly $1244 — about $492 more per week than renting. That gap is the ownership premium. For the median unit ($1.36M purchase, $752/week rent), repayments run about $1244 per week. Figures assume 80% LVR, a 6.0% interest rate and a 30-year principal-and-interest loan.
How the market is moving
Speed, supply, growth, cycle phaseWhat are Casuarina's property market trends?
#Casuarina's property market trends to June 2026: house prices rose +50.0% year-on-year and units +0.5%; weekly house rents moved +50.0%; homes now sell in a median 49 days — slower than a year ago by 7; sales supply sits at 4.0 months (loose). Read together — price, rent, selling speed and supply — they show which way the Casuarina market is leaning. The 5-year tape and demand cycle charts above plot the full trajectory.
What does the data say about Casuarina as an investment?
#As of June 2026 in Casuarina, house prices rose +50.0% over the year, gross rental yield is 3.24% against a NSW median of 3.03%, houses take a median 49 days to sell, sales supply is 4.0 months (loose). 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.
How quickly do houses sell in Casuarina?
#Houses in Casuarina sell in a median 49 days on market as of June 2026, with units clearing slightly similarly at 49 days. Days on market have lengthened by 7 days versus a year ago. Faster clearance typically coincides with stronger buyer demand and lower supply.
Is Casuarina a tight or loose property market right now?
#Casuarina's sales market sits at 4.0 months of supply for houses as of June 2026 — classified as Loose against the Australian distribution. Under 1.7 months is Severe (extreme shortage); over 4.5 months is Loose. The rental side is tighter still at 0.5 months of supply.
Have property prices in Casuarina gone up or down?
#House prices in Casuarina moved +50.0% over the 12 months to June 2026, while units moved +0.5%. 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 Casuarina?
#Casuarina's house rental market sits at 0.5 months of supply as of June 2026 — classified as Severe (extreme shortage), with 15 houses leased over the past 12 months. Units sit at 2.1 months. Tighter supply typically corresponds to faster letting and upward pressure on rents.
Where is Casuarina in its property market cycle?
#Casuarina's house market is currently in the 'softer_weakening' phase as of June 2026 — combining above-median sales velocity nationally with year-on-year loosening in days on market. The demand cycle chart above plots all eight segments on the same demand-versus-direction axes.
How it compares
Vs state, vs nearby, vs popularHow does Casuarina compare to other NSW suburbs?
#Casuarina's median house price ($1.36M) is 32% above the NSW median ($1.03M) as of June 2026. On selling speed, houses clear in 49 days vs 25 days state median. On gross yield, Casuarina sits at 3.24% vs 3.03% state median.
How does Casuarina compare to neighbouring suburbs?
#Casuarina's most-similar nearby market is Kingscliff (2.5 km away) with a median house price of $1.06M — about 22% cheaper. The Nearby and Similar markets sections above rank every peer within radius and by composite similarity across price, days on market, yield, ownership cost and cycle phase.
What's the most popular property type in Casuarina?
#The most-transacted segment in Casuarina over the 12 months to June 2026 is 2 bed houses with 17 sales. 3 bed houses come second at 17 sales. 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 Casuarina last year?
#Casuarina recorded 17 house sales and 17 unit sales over the 12 months to June 2026 — a combined 34 transactions. On the rental side, 15 houses and 15 units were leased. Segments with statistically thin samples are excluded from displayed figures.
About the area
Population, income, who lives here, schoolsWhat postcode is Casuarina in?
#Casuarina is in postcode 2487, in the Northern Rivers region of NSW. Addresses there are written as Casuarina, NSW 2487.
What is the population of Casuarina?
#Casuarina, NSW 2487 is home to 2,866 residents (ABS Census 2021). The median resident age is 25, and the average household holds 1.8 people. The "Who lives here" section above breaks the community down by age, life stage and tenure.
What is the median household income in Casuarina?
#The median household in Casuarina earns $2k per week — roughly $80k a year (ABS Census 2021). Median personal income runs $831/week. Income, rent-to-income and mortgage-to-income context sits in the "Who lives here" section above.
What is the unemployment rate in Casuarina?
#The unemployment rate in Casuarina 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 Casuarina?
#Casuarina 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 Casuarina?
#Casuarina has 40 schools within reach — including Kingscliff High School, Bogangar Public School, Cudgen Public School. The Schools section above maps each one with sector, year range, enrolment, Micromarkets-compiled academic ratings and ICSEA (ACARA).
Is Casuarina a good place to live?
#Casuarina, NSW 2487 has a population of 2,866, a median age of 25, a median household income around $2k/week, 50% of households renting (ABS Census 2021). There are 40 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 Casuarina market data last updated?
#This Casuarina 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.