Suburb profile

Pretty Beach NSW 2257

Pretty Beach is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, postcode 2257. It has 302 properties across 7 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Pretty Beach, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Pretty Beach

Pretty Beach, NSW 2257, sits in the Central Coast region and neighbours Booker Bay, Box Head, Hardys Bay and Wagstaffe. Its 7 streets hold 302 properties, 297 of them houses and 5 units.

Census figures are for the Box Head - MacMasters Beach area, which has 11,042 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income is $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 and 101 flats, with 137 other; 2,071 were owned outright, 1,517 owned with a mortgage and 497 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Pretty Beach

  • 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 Pretty Beach

  • Pretty Beach Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Pretty Beach

Neighbouring suburbs

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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.