Coolangatta real estate
NSW 2535 · Shoalhaven City Council · About 32 km from our Shell Cove office
The suburb
Living in Coolangatta
This Coolangatta is the rural locality on the north bank of the Shoalhaven River, under Mount Coolangatta and just west of Shoalhaven Heads, not the town on Queensland's Gold Coast. It is where Alexander Berry began European settlement of the Shoalhaven in 1822, and Coolangatta Estate still has convict-built buildings from that time, restored as accommodation beside its vineyard and cellar door. The rest is farmland, river flats and rural homes.
The market
Prices and rents in Coolangatta
Median house price, postcode 2535
+4.3% on a year earlier
Median weekly rent, houses, 2535
+23.1% on a year earlier
Median price, all homes, 2535
Postcode sale prices: NSW Rent and Sales Report, March quarter 2026, sales in postcode 2535. Rents: NSW Rent and Sales Report, June quarter 2026, median of new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading for postcode 2535. © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), CC BY 4.0. Medians are a guide, not a valuation. Compare all suburbs.
Living here
Under Mount Coolangatta
Mount Coolangatta rises behind the locality. To the Jerrinja people it is Cullunghutti, meaning splendid view, and part of it is protected as the Cullunghutti Aboriginal Area. Shoalhaven Heads, just to the east, has the beach, the shops and the primary school, Berry is to the north, and Nowra is across the river for larger shopping and services.
The people
Who lives in Coolangatta
People
Median age
Median household income a week
- Owned outright 53.6%
- Owned with a mortgage 41.8%
- Rented 6.4%
Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, 2021 Census of Population and Housing, Coolangatta (SAL11026). © Commonwealth of Australia, CC BY 4.0. Tenure shares are of occupied private dwellings and don't add to 100% where some households didn't say.
Selling
Selling in Coolangatta
Coolangatta property is mostly rural: farms, river flats used for grazing and turf, and acreage homes. Much of the low land is part of the lower Shoalhaven floodplain, so flood mapping, zoning, water and access matter as much as the house. Sales are infrequent, and we appraise from comparable rural sales across the Berry and Shoalhaven Heads district.
Renting it out instead? We manage rental homes in Coolangatta too, where houses in the postcode lease for around $800 a week.
Questions
About Coolangatta
What is the median house price in Coolangatta?
Houses across postcode 2535, which includes Coolangatta, sold for a median of $1,618,000 in the March quarter 2026, up 4.3% on a year earlier, according to the NSW Rent and Sales Report. Prices within a postcode vary a lot from street to street, which is what an appraisal accounts for.
How much does it cost to rent a house in Coolangatta?
The median weekly rent for a house across postcode 2535 was $800 in the June quarter 2026, from new bonds lodged with NSW Fair Trading. Ask us for a rental appraisal of your property for a figure that reflects its size and condition.
Do you sell homes in Coolangatta?
Yes. Monique Field Property sells and manages homes in Coolangatta, about 32 km from our office on Harbour Boulevard in Shell Cove. Book a free appraisal and we'll show you recent sales near you and what we'd expect your home to sell for.
Is Coolangatta in NSW the same place as Coolangatta in Queensland?
No. Coolangatta, NSW 2535 is a small rural locality on the Shoalhaven River near Berry and Shoalhaven Heads. The Queensland town on the Gold Coast took its name from the brigantine Coolangatta, a ship named after Alexander Berry's estate here, which was wrecked on that coast in 1846.
What's your Coolangatta home worth?
A free appraisal from Monique: recent sales near you, what's on the market, and the price range she'd expect.