Last updated: 25 September 2026 by PropertyCo, Erina. Sources and methodology at the end of this page.
Matcham is a semi rural suburb in postcode 2250, about 12 km east of Gosford and 6 km north west of Terrigal. Its median house price was $2,325,000 for September 2025 to August 2026, down 14.9% on the previous year, according to realestate.com.au (PropTrack).
Matcham market snapshot
| Measure | Houses |
|---|---|
| Median price | $2,325,000 |
| 12 month change | -14.9% |
| Number sold | 13 |
| Median days on market | 93 |
| Gross rental yield | 2.4% |
Source: realestate.com.au Matcham suburb profile (PropTrack), September 2025 to August 2026, accessed 25 September 2026. Unit figures are excluded because the sample is too small to be meaningful.
Matcham prices by bedroom
| Property | Median price |
|---|---|
| 3 bedroom house | $1,990,000 |
| 4 bedroom house | $2,520,000 |
Source: realestate.com.au Matcham suburb profile (PropTrack), September 2025 to August 2026, accessed 25 September 2026. 2 bedroom houses had too few sales to report.
What the numbers mean
Matcham does not behave like a normal suburb and reading it like one will mislead you. Thirteen houses sold in twelve months. That is roughly one a month. At that volume the median is not a market indicator in the way it is in a suburb turning over a hundred sales. Two unusual properties can move it several hundred thousand dollars. The 14.9% fall almost certainly says more about which houses happened to sell than about what your property is worth. The median time on market was 93 days. That is the number to pay attention to. Acreage in Matcham takes roughly three months to sell, and that is normal here rather than a warning sign. The buyer pool for a multi million dollar rural holding is small and it takes time to reach it. Anyone promising you a fast sale in Matcham is either lucky or guessing. The 2.4% rental yield reflects what Matcham is. People buy here to live on land, not to rent it out. In a market this thin, a suburb median is close to useless for pricing an individual property. What matters is what genuinely comparable acreage has sold for, which usually means looking back further than twelve months and across into Holgate.
Living in Matcham
Matcham is one of the few places on the Central Coast where you can hold real land and still be twelve minutes from Erina Fair and a short run to Terrigal.
- Acreage is the entire proposition. The suburb covers 4.1 square kilometres and had 987 residents at the 2016 Census, which tells you how large the holdings are.
- St George's Church, established in 1925, is the suburb's heritage landmark.
- Holgate adjoins to the west and the two suburbs share an origin and a buyer pool.
- Terrigal is about 6 km south east, and Gosford about 12 km west.
The suburb takes its name from the Matcham Estate, a 2,560 acre grant to Charles Horatio Nelson Matcham in the 1800s. Frank L Measures subdivided parts of it between 1907 and 1910, which is why the lot pattern looks the way it does today.
Recent Matcham sales
PropertyCo and Prestige Properties recorded 5 Matcham sales between September 2025 and August 2026, at a median of $2,520,000. This is our own record for the period, not a list of every sale in the suburb.
| Address | Sold | Price | Agent |
|---|---|---|---|
| 42 McGarrity Avenue | 9 Jul 2026 | $2,790,000 | Adrienn Stenner & Daniella Szakacs |
| 136 Coachwood Road | 12 Jun 2026 | $4,250,000 | Adrienn Stenner & Daniella Szakacs |
| 2/229 Oak Road | 29 May 2026 | $1,685,000 | Adrienn Stenner & Daniella Szakacs |
| 1/229 Oak Road | 19 Jan 2026 | $1,335,000 | Adrienn Stenner & Daniella Szakacs |
| 69 Matcham Road | 2 Dec 2025 | $2,520,000 | Adrienn Stenner & Daniella Szakacs |
Source: PropertyCo Rex records, sales completed 1 September 2025 to 31 August 2026, exported 24 September 2026.
Your Matcham agent
Adrienn Stenner is one of the most active agents in Matcham. In the twelve months to August 2026 she and Daniella Szakacs sold 5 Matcham properties between September 2025 and August 2026, listed above, at a median of $2,520,000. Across a suburb that sold 13 houses in total, that is a substantial share. The two brands are not a contradiction. Prestige Properties handles the acreage and prestige end of the Matcham and Holgate market. PropertyCo handles the properties that sit outside that brief. Adrienn works across both, so the conversation starts with what your property actually is rather than which sign goes in the ground. In a suburb where thirteen houses sell a year and the median time on market is ninety three days, the agent who has genuinely done it recently matters more than in a high turnover suburb. Ask how many Matcham properties they have personally sold in the last two years, and what they achieved against the asking price.
Matcham FAQs
What is the median house price in Matcham?
$2,325,000 for September 2025 to August 2026, down 14.9% on the previous year, per realestate.com.au (PropTrack). Note this is based on 13 sales.
How long does it take to sell a house in Matcham?
A median of 93 days over September 2025 to August 2026. Acreage in Matcham typically takes around three months.
How many houses sell in Matcham each year?
13 in the twelve months to August 2026, which is about one a month.
How far is Matcham from Terrigal?
About 6 km north west of Terrigal, and about 12 km east of Gosford.
Is Matcham all acreage?
Largely. It is a semi rural suburb of 4.1 square kilometres with 987 residents at the 2016 Census, so holdings are generally large.
What is the difference between Matcham and Holgate?
They adjoin and share an origin in the same 1800s land grant. Holgate is larger at 13.3 square kilometres and sits closer to Erina. See our Holgate guide.
Thinking of selling in Matcham?
Request an appraisal from PropertyCo.
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Sources and methodology
Market figures: realestate.com.au Matcham suburb profile (PropTrack), data period September 2025 to August 2026, accessed 25 September 2026. Agent sales counts: realestate.com.au agent profiles for Adrienn Stenner at Prestige Properties Central Coast and at PropertyCo, last 12 months, accessed 25 September 2026. Suburb area, population, history and St George's Church: Matcham entry, Wikipedia, accessed 25 September 2026, citing the 2016 Census. 2021 Census figures for Matcham were not available from that source. Median prices are for the stated period only and are not a prediction. With 13 sales in the period, all Matcham medians are based on a small sample and should not be used to price an individual property.