Suburb profile

Hardys Bay NSW 2257

Hardys Bay is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, postcode 2257. It has 227 properties across 7 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Hardys Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Hardys Bay

Hardys Bay, NSW 2257, sits in the Central Coast region and neighbours Box Head, Killcare and Pretty Beach. Its 7 streets hold 227 properties, 223 of them houses and 4 units.

Census figures are for Box Head - MacMasters Beach, the statistical area that includes Hardys Bay. The area 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. Tenure was 2,071 owned outright, 1,517 owned with a mortgage and 497 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Hardys 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

Streets in Hardys Bay

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.

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