Eurobodalla, NSW
river-town · granite · market-town · coastal-country
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Drive to the coast
9 min
By road
Nearest major hospital
5 min
By road
Airport access
9 min
By road
Schools access
Good
Average daytime temp
21.4°C
Rainfall
Dry
Moruya is a small South Coast service town with a stronger country-and-river identity than a beach-town one. About 4,300 people live here, the median age is 52 and population has grown by roughly 7% since 2016. The hospital is only a few minutes away, the airport about ten minutes and schooling is solid, giving the town useful practical depth for its size.
Shopping is adequate rather than extensive. The Moruya River, local markets, museum and nearby beaches give residents a mix of town and coastal life without putting tourism at the centre of every street. A typical house sits around a $915,000 median, while three-bedroom rent is near $600 a week. Canberra is about 2 hours 35 minutes away, while the coast is less than ten minutes.
Winters are cooler than in northern NSW and the overall pace is more regional than resort-like. Moruya suits people who want a functional small town near the sea and value healthcare and airport access over a polished visitor strip. The main compromise is limited retail and a narrower employment market, which can push some households toward larger centres for work or specialist needs.
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Families, retirees, tradespeople, healthcare workers, remote workers and acreage buyers are likely to appreciate Moruya. It is especially well suited to people who want beaches and waterways nearby but prefer a working town, local services and a bit of rural space over a resort atmosphere.
Shopping is adequate rather than extensive, and the town's small size limits some employment and entertainment choices. Canberra is about 2 hours 35 minutes away. Winters are cooler than northern coastal NSW, and specialist services may still require travel to a larger centre.
Browse Moruya Country Market
Kayak the Moruya River
Visit Moruya Museum
Swim at Shelly Beach
Median house price
$915,000
18% below the NSW median
Median attached price (townhouse/apartment)
$750,000
Median weekly rent (3-bed house)
$600
≈ $2,600/month
Houses here typically sell from $743,000 to $1,100,000 (25th–75th percentile).
Attached properties typically sell from $530,000 to $836,000.
Sourced from NSW Department of Communities and Justice · January - March 2026 quarter
Healthcare access
Excellent
Shopping & everyday services
Moderate
Supermarket within 10km, limited other retail
Internet connection
Fixed line
Job market by industry
Professional & office-based — 11.5%
Largest share of local jobs
Employment figures cover this town's wider statistical region, not the town alone — you'll see the same figures for Narooma, Batemans Bay, Bermagui, Eden, Merimbula, Mystery Bay, Thredbo, Tuross Head, Bega and Central Tilba.
The score ranks this region against other regions for the same occupation, not against other jobs here — a low score means it isn't a regional stronghold for that field, not that there are no vacancies. Counts online job advertisements, so trades and farm work hired by word of mouth are undercounted, and outside capital cities this is published at a regional level larger than one town.
Moruya (SAL 12745) · 2021 Census
Older than the country as a whole: 28.5% are 65 or over against 17.2% nationally, and 14.7% are children against 18.2%. Among households, couples without children outnumber couples with them (53.1% of families against 29%), and home ownership is high at 74.2% of dwellings against 65.9% nationally.
Population
4,295
Population growth
+7.4%
Moruya - Tuross Head (SA2 101041026)
Median age
52 years
Labour force participation
47.4%
Growth is measured across the wider area named under the figure, which can be a different size to the town.
Share of total population in each band — rounding means these won't land on exactly 100%.
Couples are a share of total families; lone-person households are a share of total households — different bases, not one breakdown.
Median personal income
$592
Per week · ≈ $30,784/year
Median family income
$1,437
Per week
Median household income
$1,140
Per week
Personal is one person's income; family and household cover everyone living together — a single-income household will show a lower household figure than its highest earner's personal one. Personal income also covers every resident aged 15 and over, retirees included, so it reads low in a town with an older population even where household income is solid.
Owner-occupied
74.2%
Rented
21.6%
Born in Australia
79.8%
Born overseas
10.7%
Doesn't sum to 100% — people who didn't state a birthplace are excluded rather than redistributed.