Suburb profile

The Gap NSW 2472

The Gap is located in the Northern Rivers region of New South Wales, postcode 2472. It has 18 properties across 2 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in The Gap, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About The Gap

The Gap, NSW 2472, sits in the Northern Rivers region and neighbours Evans Head, New Italy, Tabbimoble and Woodburn. Its 2 streets hold 18 properties, all of them houses.

Census figures are for the Evans Head area, which covers the whole of the suburb. At the 2021 Census the area had 5,643 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,127 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,563 a month and the median rent $320 a week. Of 2,263 dwellings, 1,590 were separate houses, 454 semi-detached, 89 flats and 115 other; 952 were owned outright, 576 owned with a mortgage and 641 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in The Gap

  • 5,643Peoplelive in the area
  • 49Median ageyears
  • $1,127Median household incomea week
  • $320Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,590
  • Townhouses and semis454
  • Flats and apartments89
  • Other115

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,563a month
  • Household size2.2people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 952Owned with a mortgage 576Rented 641Other 94

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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.