General Residential dominant. Median sale $1.11M over the last 24 months. 79% of decided DAs approved.
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Zoning
Ettalong Beach is dominated by R1 — General Residential. Land use rules, height, FSR, and permitted developments are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan and refined by the Development Control Plan.
Limit varies by lot — check your address for the exact figure.
Floor Space Ratio — total floor area as a multiple of lot area.
Location
Ettalong Beach 2257 covers an undefined area within Central Coast Council.
Drill into any lot in Ettalong Beach
Open the interactive map — click any address to see its zone, height, FSR, overlays, and approval likelihood.
Development potential
We score every lot for development signal — under-built relative to the controls, eligible for a granny flat, or sized for subdivision.
lots with remaining GFA capacity
under SEPP (Housing) 2021
lots that may support subdivision
adjoining lots with combined upside
show at least one development signal
average uplift signal across the suburb
Theoretical capacity if every lot built to its limit: 7,519 dwellings, with 336,684 m² of unused GFA across the suburb.
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Constraints & risks
5% of lots are bushfire-prone — a bushfire assessment is likely required; also: 0% of lots carry heritage controls; 0.5% of lots intersect a Threatened Ecological Community; 0.1% of lots are exposed to projected sea-level rise.
Suburb-wide percentages — your specific lot may have all, some, or none of these.
Mapped flood-prone land
RFS bushfire-prone land mapping
Heritage item or Conservation Area
Within 100 m of EPA-listed site
Mapped TEC vegetation
Coastal hazard mapping
ANEF / aircraft noise
Construction company · serves Ettalong Beach, NSW
41 Banksia St, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
Market
Sales, rent, and yield data drawn from NSW Property Sales Information and rental bond data over the past 24 months.
DA activity
160 development applications for Ettalong Beach addresses were decided by Central Coast Council over the past 24 months. 127 approved — a 79% approval rate. Average processing time: 31 days.
Demographics & lifestyle
ABS Census 2021 population data combined with lot-level amenity, healthcare, lifestyle, and crime indices.
Walkable amenity within 1 km
GP / hospital / pharmacy proximity
Cafés, parks, schools, transport
ZoneDSS Marketplace
19 businesses serving Ettalong Beach and nearby.
Construction company
41 Banksia St, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
Financial consultant
Unit 2/237-245 Ocean View Rd, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
Real estate agency
3/382 Ocean View Rd, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
Real estate agent
253 Ocean View Rd, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
House cleaning service
2/7 Whiting Rd, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
Carpet cleaning service
27 Palm St, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
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Ettalong Beach is dominated by the R1 (General Residential) zone, which covers 1,750 of 1,830 lots (96%). The full mix is: R1 General Residential (96%), E1 Local Centre (4%), RE1 Public Recreation (1%), W2 Recreational Waterways (0%), RE2 Private Recreation (0%).
Across Ettalong Beach, the average maximum building height is 8.1 m and the average maximum Floor Space Ratio (FSR) is 0.52:1. Individual lots can vary materially — height and FSR are set per zone in the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) and can be modified by overlays. For an exact figure on a specific address, generate a planning report.
Yes — 1,702 lots in Ettalong Beach appear eligible for a granny flat under SEPP (Housing) 2021, based on lot size, zoning, and frontage. Eligibility is lot-specific: get a planning report on your address to confirm.
The median sale price in Ettalong Beach over the past 24 months is $1,110,000, across 298 sales. Median unimproved land value is $793,000.
Median weekly rent for a house in Ettalong Beach is $550. Gross rental yield works out to 2.4%.
Central Coast Council decided 160 development applications for Ettalong Beach addresses over the past 24 months, with 127 approved (79% approval rate). Average processing time is 31 days. Processing time depends heavily on application complexity, council backlog, and whether the application requires referral to other agencies.
Across Ettalong Beach, 0% with heritage controls, 5.2% bushfire-prone. These are suburb-wide percentages — every lot has its own combination. A planning report on a specific address shows exactly which controls apply.
1,811 of 1,830 lots in Ettalong Beach show identifiable development potential — under-developed for the planning controls, eligible for a granny flat, or capable of subdivision. Average rezoning signal score: 0.0 / 100.
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Financial consultant · serves Ettalong Beach, NSW
Unit 2/237-245 Ocean View Rd, Ettalong Beach NSW 2257
Suburb-wide stats are useful for context. For a buy-or-walk decision on a specific lot, you need every control, every constraint, and every clause cited to source.
Run a report — from A$2914-section report · LEP + SEPP + DCP cross-referenced · cited to source
Verify with official sources
Don't take our word for it. Every figure on this page is computed from authoritative New South Wales Government data — and you can verify any of it directly with the source.
Official zoning, height, FSR, and overlay maps for any NSW address. The primary source for everything on this page.
planningportal.nsw.gov.au
Cadastral lot boundaries, aerial imagery, easements, and environmental overlays from NSW Spatial Services.
maps.six.nsw.gov.au
State-listed heritage items and Heritage Conservation Areas. Search by suburb to see what's listed in Ettalong Beach.
hms.heritage.nsw.gov.au
Sites notified to the EPA under the Contaminated Land Management Act. Critical for due diligence on any address.
apps.epa.nsw.gov.au
Rural Fire Service map of bushfire-prone land categories. Triggers BAL assessment requirements for new builds.
rfs.nsw.gov.au
Australian Bureau of Statistics QuickStats for postcode 2257 — population, age, household composition, income, tenure.
abs.gov.au
Zoning, height, FSR, and overlays parsed from the Central Coast Council Local Environmental Plan, applicable State Environmental Planning Policies, and the Development Control Plan. Property sales drawn from NSW Property Sales Information. DA history aggregated from the NSW Planning Portal. Heritage, flood, bushfire, contaminated land, TEC, sea-level rise, and aircraft noise overlays from the NSW Spatial Services and EPA registers. Population, age, income, and tenure from ABS Census 2021. Aggregated by ZoneDSS · last updated 2026-04-27.
Suburb-wide statistics — your specific lot may vary. Always run a planning report on the actual address before making a decision. How ZoneDSS works →