diff --git a/homeassistant/components/unifi/coordinator.py b/homeassistant/components/unifi/coordinator.py
index daee12d4f157..eaf60da4a659 100644
--- a/homeassistant/components/unifi/coordinator.py
+++ b/homeassistant/components/unifi/coordinator.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ if TYPE_CHECKING:
     from .hub.hub import UnifiHub
 
 POLL_INTERVAL = timedelta(seconds=10)
+IDLE_POLL_INTERVAL = timedelta(minutes=10)
 
 
 class UnifiDataUpdateCoordinator[HandlerT: APIHandler](
@@ -69,6 +70,11 @@ class UnifiDataUpdateCoordinator[HandlerT: APIHandler](
                 )
             raise UpdateFailed(str(err)) from err
 
+        if self.update_interval is not None:
+            self.update_interval = (
+                POLL_INTERVAL if self._handler.items() else IDLE_POLL_INTERVAL
+            )
+
     @callback
     def _async_handle_update(self, event: ItemEvent, obj_id: str) -> None:
         """Notify listeners which object changed on a websocket update."""
diff --git a/tests/components/unifi/test_hub.py b/tests/components/unifi/test_hub.py
index d1242cf03870..b956e8e9e457 100644
--- a/tests/components/unifi/test_hub.py
+++ b/tests/components/unifi/test_hub.py
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ from aiounifi.models.message import MessageKey
 import pytest
 
 from homeassistant.components.unifi.const import CONF_BLOCK_CLIENT, DOMAIN
-from homeassistant.components.unifi.coordinator import POLL_INTERVAL
+from homeassistant.components.unifi.coordinator import IDLE_POLL_INTERVAL, POLL_INTERVAL
 from homeassistant.components.unifi.errors import AuthenticationRequired, CannotConnect
 from homeassistant.components.unifi.hub import get_unifi_api
 from homeassistant.config_entries import ConfigEntryState
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ async def test_coordinators_preserve_handler_update_sources(
         api.traffic_routes,
     ):
         coordinator = loader.get_data_update_coordinator(handler)
-        assert coordinator.update_interval == POLL_INTERVAL
+        assert coordinator.update_interval == IDLE_POLL_INTERVAL
 
 
 async def test_get_data_update_coordinator_requires_registered_handler(
@@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ async def test_polling_coordinator_refreshes_after_interval(
         api.object_oriented_network_configs
     )
 
+    assert coordinator.update_interval == IDLE_POLL_INTERVAL
+
+    with patch.object(coordinator.handler, "items", return_value=[("id", object())]):
+        await coordinator.async_refresh()
+
     assert coordinator.update_interval == POLL_INTERVAL
 
     with patch.object(
@@ -157,7 +162,7 @@ async def test_endpoint_not_found_disables_object_oriented_network_config_pollin
         await hass.async_block_till_done()
 
     assert mock_update.call_count == 2
-    assert traffic_rules_coordinator.update_interval == POLL_INTERVAL
+    assert traffic_rules_coordinator.update_interval == IDLE_POLL_INTERVAL
     assert (
         caplog.text.count(
             "UniFi ObjectOrientedNetworkConfigs endpoint is unavailable; disabling polling"