Cessnock
71,443 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 1,965 km², 55 suburbs. Council website: cessnock.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
71,443
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +2.9% in a year
Density
36/km²
1,965 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$650k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$135
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
10.4 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
3 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
55
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 37
- Median household income
- $1,493/week
- Median rent
- $340/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,647/month
- Households renting
- 27.3%
- Average household
- 2.6 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 3 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 3 of 10
Suburbs
55 suburbs where Cessnock holds most residents, plus 3 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cessnock | 16,300 | All | $680kDec 2025 | – / 73% | |
| Kurri Kurri | 6,174 | All | $641kDec 2025 | – / 28% | 1 |
| Weston (NSW) | 4,088 | All | $640kDec 2025 | – / 76% | 1 |
| Greta (NSW) | 3,349 | 98% | $750kDec 2025 | – / 89% | 3 |
| Heddon Greta | 2,838 | All | $810kDec 2025 | – / 59% | 4 |
| Abermain | 2,544 | All | $651kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 1 |
| Aberdare | 2,542 | All | $675kDec 2025 | – / 59% | 1 |
| North Rothbury | 2,502 | All | $810kDec 2025 | – / 85% | 6 |
| Bellbird | 2,338 | All | $470kDec 2025 | – / 80% | 1 |
| Cliftleigh | 2,309 | 99% | $775kDec 2025 | – / 73% | 4 |
| Branxton | 2,255 | 44% | $820kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 7 |
| East Branxton | 1,881 | All | $745kDec 2025 | – / 23% | 4 |
| Ellalong | 1,351 | All | $778kDec 2025 | – / 98% | 2 |
| Millfield | 1,282 | All | $870kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 4 |
| Paxton | 1,215 | All | $690kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 2 |
| Pelaw Main | 1,080 | All | $715kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 1 |
| Pokolbin | 1,049 | 88% | $738kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 10 |
| Kearsley | 838 | All | $730kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 2 |
| Bellbird Heights | 805 | All | $790kDec 2025 | – / 41% | 2 |
| Nulkaba | 715 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 93% | 7 |
| Mulbring | 682 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 7 |
| Kitchener | 679 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 2 |
| Stanford Merthyr | 575 | All | $682kDec 2025 | – / 80% | 2 |
| Quorrobolong | 573 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 7 |
| Sawyers Gully | 542 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Black Hill (NSW) | 516 | 34% | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 94% | 10 |
| Lovedale | 502 | All | $1.6MDec 2023 | – / 94% | 9 |
| Neath | 430 | All | $616kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 1 |
| Mount Vincent | 380 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 9 |
| Abernethy | 317 | All | $670kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 3 |
| Laguna | 310 | All | $950kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Wollombi | 301 | All | $935kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Bishops Bridge | 218 | 35% | – / 95% | 6 | |
| Brunkerville | 216 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 8 |
| Buchanan (NSW) | 212 | All | $895kDec 2025 | – / 96% | 9 |
| Congewai | 206 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Bucketty | 165 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Elrington | 155 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Murrays Run | 140 | All | $953kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 6 |
| Mount View | 114 | All | – / 96% | 2 | |
| Keinbah | 109 | All | – / 94% | 9 | |
| Richmond Vale | 95 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Stockrington | 92 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Pelton | 82 | All | $640kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 2 |
| Greta Main | 73 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Allandale (NSW) | 68 | 58% | – / 100% | 7 | |
| Rothbury | 55 | All | $855kDec 2025 | – / 83% | 10 |
| Buttai | 52 | All | – / 100% | 9 | |
| Paynes Crossing | 50 | 94% | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Sweetmans Creek | 44 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Dairy Arm | 43 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Loxford | 42 | All | – / 92% | 3 | |
| Watagan | 37 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Fernances Crossing | 36 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Cedar Creek (Cessnock - NSW) | 32 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Yengo National Park | 5 | All | – / 100% | 8 | |
| Corrabare | All | – / 100% | |||
| Olney | All | – / 100% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Suburb prices
Across the 36 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2023 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $470k
- Median of suburb medians
- $784k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.7M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 11 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 826
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 520
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 2,085
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,838
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Hunter · Dan REPACHOLI (ALP)91%
- Paterson · Meryl SWANSON (ALP)9%
- Robertson · Gordon REID (ALP)1%
State districts
- Cessnock · Clayton Barr (ALP)95%
- Upper Hunter · Dave Layzell (NAT)5%
- Gosford · Liesl Tesch (ALP)1%
- Maitland · Jenny Aitchison (ALP)1%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.