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bar beach
New South Wales · Census 2021
$3.28M
-14.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Bar Beach is a coastal suburb of Newcastle.
Median house price
People
Population
1,292
Median age
41 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,196
Household income / wk
$2,300
Housing
Median rent / wk
$393
Mortgage / month
$2,700
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 46%
- Top language at home
- Serbian · 1%
- No religion
- 46%
- Born overseas
- 15%
- English only at home
- 93%
Local amenities
Amenity score
3/100
Schools
0
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
2
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.4 km
Nearest train
1.4 km
Nearest hospital
1.2 km
Distance to coast
0.3 km
NBN
Fixed Line
Amenity counts via © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) & Geoscience Australia HealthDirect (CC BY 4.0). Distance to coast derived from ABS state boundaries (CC BY 4.0).
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
1.2 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Newcastle
- Council population
- 172,308
- Council area
- 187 km²
- Density
- 923/km²
- Federal grants
- $15.71M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $91/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Newcastle
- Federal MP
- Sharon Claydon (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 71% 2PP
- State electorate
- Newcastle
- State MP
- Tim Crakanthorp (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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