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Empire Bay NSW 2257

Empire Bay is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, postcode 2257. It has 1,152 properties across 25 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Empire Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Empire Bay

Empire Bay, NSW 2257, sits in the Central Coast region and neighbours Bensville, Daleys Point, Davistown and Killcare. Its 25 streets hold 1,152 properties, 996 of them houses and 156 units.

Census figures are for the Box Head - MacMasters Beach area. It had 11,042 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,775 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $450 a week. Of 4,221 dwellings, 3,888 were separate houses, 97 semi-detached, 101 flats and 137 other; 2,071 were owned outright, 1,517 owned with a mortgage and 497 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Empire Bay

  • 11,042Peoplelive in the area
  • 49Median ageyears
  • $1,775Median household incomea week
  • $450Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,888
  • Townhouses and semis97
  • Flats and apartments101
  • Other137

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,071Owned with a mortgage 1,517Rented 497Other 136

Schools in Empire Bay

  • Empire Bay Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Empire Bay

  1. Awinya Close16 properties
  2. Belrose Place6 properties
  3. Boongala Avenue47 properties
  4. Currong Road2 properties
  5. Echuca Road35 properties
  6. Empire Bay Drive161 properties
  7. Gordon Road37 properties
  8. Greenfield Road74 properties
  9. Hillcrest Road70 properties
  10. Kallaroo Road1 property
  11. Kendall Road74 properties
  12. Merritts Road2 properties
  13. Myler Avenue10 properties
  14. Myrtle Road16 properties
  15. Palmers Lane6 properties
  16. Pomona Road75 properties
  17. Poole Close9 properties
  18. Rickard Road152 properties
  19. Rosella Road80 properties
  20. Shelly Beach Road88 properties
  21. Sher Close10 properties
  22. Sorrento Road87 properties
  23. Wanawong Close1 property
  24. Wards Hill Road91 properties
  25. Yaringa Parade2 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.