Narara NSW 2250

A green valley with its own stations, schools and a well known ecovillage, one stop up the line from Gosford.

Life at Narara.

Narara fills a green valley just north of Gosford, and it still carries the feel of the orchards it grew from. The blocks are generous, the ridge lines are bush, and Strickland State Forest closes off the western side with rainforest walking tracks. For its size the suburb is unusually self-contained. It has two train stations, its own public primary and high school, the St Philip’s Christian College campus, and the Narara Ecovillage on the old horticultural research site, which has quietly made the valley a name in sustainable living circles. Families and first home buyers do most of the buying. Money goes further here than it does closer to the water, the commute works from either station, and the valley keeps a calm that is getting hard to find this close to Gosford.

By the numbers.

$985K

Median house price

$700

Median weekly rent

+4.4%

House price growth

past 12 months

$710K

Median unit price

+9.2% past 12 months, low volume

20

Days on market

houses, median

3.94%

Rental yield

gross, houses

Life in Narara.

Sustainable living · Community

Narara Ecovillage

The intentional community on the old horticulture research station has become one of Australia's best known ecovillages, and a good neighbour to the rest of the valley.

Rainforest · Picnic areas

Strickland State Forest

Rainforest gullies, old arboretum plantings and shaded walking tracks, all starting a few minutes from the suburb's western streets.

Parks · Miniature railway

Weekend staples

Sporting fields, a skate park and the Central Coast Miniature Railway keep the weekends local.

Orchard history · Valley setting

The valley itself

Old orchard country with a semi-rural feel, four kilometres from Gosford but a world quieter.

Schools nearby.

Narara Public School

Public · K-6

The valley's own primary school.

Narara Valley High School

Public · 7-12

The comprehensive public high school, located within the suburb.

St Philip's Christian College

Independent · K-12

The college's Gosford campus sits in Narara itself.

Lisarow High School

Public · 7-12

The neighbouring public high school, an option for the valley's northern end.

Transport links.

Narara Station

One stop north of Gosford on the Central Coast and Newcastle line, handy for the southern half of the suburb.

Niagara Park Station

The next stop up serves the northern end, so most of the valley is walking distance to a platform.

Busways services

Local routes and dedicated school runs connect the valley with Gosford and the surrounding suburbs.

Gosford & the M1

About four kilometres to Gosford down the old highway, with the M1 a short drive beyond.

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