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Suburbs / Central Coast / Gosford

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GosfordDA activity & market read

Every council DA in Gosford, the work behind it, and who's building. Tradies get the new ones texted every Monday, filtered to their trade.

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Gosford boundaryGosford 2250
4,873
Population
35
Median age
$1,421/wk
Household income
35
DAs (12 mo)
$550k
Median house
$152k
Median DA cost

DA Notice acknowledges the Darkinjung people, the Traditional Custodians of the land on which Gosford stands, and pays respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

● Local knowledge

Gosford is the CBD, and it reads that way in the feed: offices, restaurants, business premises, and a lot of change-of-use as the city centre reworks itself. Residential here is units and alterations, not knock-down-rebuilds. A commercial and hospitality patch.

● What the data says

Gosford runs renovation / extension first, with commercial / change of use (38) close behind: renovation / extension leads at 74 of 228 DAs on record. A Established-tier market on a $550k median, a typical job runs $152k, approvals are up 9% year on year.

$80k
18A Hills Street
Commercial development · 21 Sep 2026
$2k
7 Kirrawee Road
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia · 10 Sep 2026
$258k
153 Mann Street
Commercial development · 8 Sep 2026
$300k
139A Henry Parry Drive
Office Premise · 1 Sep 2026
$70k
20 Tatura Avenue
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia · 18 Aug 2026
$145k
91 Erina Street East
Commercial development · 17 Aug 2026
$205k
125 Mann Street
Demolition · 10 Jul 2026
$3.1M
332A Mann Street
Commercial development · 30 Jun 2026
$7.75M
20-22 Dane Drive
Shop top housing · 16 Jun 2026
$53k
Shop 2 36 Showground Road
Commercial development · 11 Jun 2026
$170k
207 Albany Street North
Office Premise · 11 Jun 2026
$552k
8-16 Watt Street
Office Premise · 5 Jun 2026
$80k
Commercial , 21 Sep 2026
$258k
Commercial , 8 Sep 2026
$70k
Commercial , 18 Aug 2026
$205k
Renovation , 10 Jul 2026
$3.1m
Commercial , 30 Jun 2026
$7.75m
New Home , 16 Jun 2026
$236k
Commercial , 14 May 2026
$90k
Commercial , 25 Apr 2026
$927k
Commercial , 20 Apr 2026
$316k
Renovation , 17 Apr 2026
$863k
Renovation , 10 Apr 2026
Renovate-and-stay

32% of approvals are alterations and additions, so the work here is improving homes, not replacing them, your customer is a settled owner-occupier.

Investor-active

21% of approvals are dual-occupancy, subdivision or granny flats, above the 16% coast norm, so a real share of the work is yield-driven, developers and landlords, not just homeowners.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $152k approval is about 28% of the $550k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

$153.29M
108 Donnison Street
Shop top housing · 4 Apr 2023
$76.75M
140-142 Henry Parry Drive
Shop top housing · 24 Sep 2024
$63.49M
122-124 Erina Street East
Shop top housing · 19 Jul 2021
$60.78M
150 Henry Parry Drive
Residential flat building · 21 Jan 2025
$45.32M
125 Georgiana Terrace
Mixed use development · 10 Jun 2022

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
228
Total on record
35
Last 12 months
$152k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 228 DAs by category
Renovation / Extension74
Commercial / Change of use38
Dual Occupancy / Multi30
Other30
Demolition29
Subdivision19
New Dwelling4
Deck / Balcony / Fence3
0-4
5-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75-84
85+
The biggest age band here is 25-34 (1,287 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Henry Kendall High School
Secondary · Gosford
Gosford Public School
Primary · West Gosford
Gosford High School
Secondary · Gosford
Rumbalara Environmental Education Centre
Environmental Education Centre · Gosford
North Gosford Learning Centre
Schools for Specific Purposes · North Gosford
Gosford East Public School
Primary · East Gosford

NSW public schools within ~3.5 km. Source: NSW Department of Education schools master dataset.

Which council handles development applications in Gosford?
Gosford sits in the Central Coast Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Central Coast Council lodges for Gosford from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Gosford?
In the last 365 days, Central Coast Council lodged 35 development applications in Gosford. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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One trade, one area, weekly. Every new Gosford approval that matches your trade, texted with the address and the job. $35/month, reply STOP anytime.