Port Macquarie-Hastings
92,432 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 3,682 km², 87 suburbs. Council website: pmhc.nsw.gov.au/Home.
Council series run to Aug 2026.
Population
92,432
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.5% in a year
Density
25/km²
3,682 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$840k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$132
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
6.0 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to Aug 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
6 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
87
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
- 49
- Median household income
- $1,263/week
- Median rent
- $375/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,733/month
- Households renting
- 26.0%
- Average household
- 2.3 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 6 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 6 of 10
Suburbs
87 suburbs where Port Macquarie-Hastings holds most residents. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Macquarie | 47,693 | All | $895kDec 2025 | – / 51% | 4 |
| Wauchope | 6,589 | All | $690kDec 2025 | – / 73% | 1 |
| Lake Cathie | 4,296 | All | $951kDec 2025 | – / 85% | 5 |
| Bonny Hills | 3,045 | All | $995kDec 2025 | – / 93% | 6 |
| Thrumster | 2,382 | All | $877kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 7 |
| Laurieton | 2,012 | All | $780kDec 2025 | – / 62% | 1 |
| King Creek | 1,863 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 79% | 8 |
| Kew (NSW) | 1,761 | All | $880kDec 2025 | – / 92% | 3 |
| North Haven (NSW) | 1,619 | All | $811kDec 2025 | – / 74% | 1 |
| Lakewood | 1,249 | All | $698kDec 2025 | – / 80% | 3 |
| Kendall | 1,153 | All | $640kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 2 |
| West Haven | 1,139 | All | $758kDec 2025 | – / 69% | 2 |
| Dunbogan | 1,020 | All | $860kDec 2025 | – / 81% | 2 |
| Beechwood | 914 | All | $932kDec 2025 | – / 88% | 3 |
| Yippin Creek | 758 | All | $815kDec 2025 | – / 86% | 4 |
| Crosslands | 626 | All | $878kDec 2025 | – / 92% | 3 |
| Telegraph Point | 604 | All | $830kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 4 |
| Sancrox | 602 | All | $840kDec 2025 | – / 93% | 7 |
| Lake Innes | 495 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 87% | 8 |
| Comboyne | 416 | 96% | $800kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 3 |
| Redbank (NSW) | 404 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 96% | 6 |
| North Shore (NSW) | 371 | All | $850kDec 2025 | – / 89% | 5 |
| Byabarra | 329 | All | $975kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Mortons Creek | 309 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Riverside (NSW) | 298 | All | $870kDec 2025 | – / 77% | 7 |
| Cooperabung | 293 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Lorne (NSW) | 277 | All | $985kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Herons Creek | 246 | All | $844kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 4 |
| Rosewood (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) | 221 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Frazers Creek | 215 | All | $521kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Blackmans Point | 178 | All | – / 86% | 3 | |
| Ellenborough | 171 | All | $935kDec 2024 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Logans Crossing | 162 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 96% | 6 |
| Rollands Plains | 151 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Upper Rollands Plains | 150 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Camden Head | 149 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 44% | 9 |
| Rawdon Island | 142 | All | – / 83% | 7 | |
| Lower Pappinbarra | 136 | All | $748kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Brombin | 127 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Fernbank Creek | 122 | All | – / 90% | 7 | |
| Gum Scrub | 121 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Bobs Creek | 119 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Pembrooke | 118 | All | – / 99% | 4 | |
| Upsalls Creek | 116 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Bellangry | 114 | All | $933kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Long Flat (NSW) | 112 | All | – / 96% | 4 | |
| Pipeclay | 102 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Ballengarra | 97 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Batar Creek | 93 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Kindee | 91 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Huntingdon | 86 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Pappinbarra | 86 | All | $527kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 5 |
| Marlo Merrican | 60 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Hollisdale | 52 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Middle Brother | 52 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Rossglen | 50 | All | – / 94% | 4 | |
| Upper Pappinbarra | 48 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Yarras (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) | 48 | All | $985kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 1 |
| Black Creek (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) | 47 | All | – / 100% | 6 | |
| Bago | 45 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| The Hatch | 44 | All | – / 96% | 3 | |
| Bagnoo | 43 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Hyndmans Creek | 41 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Hartys Plains | 36 | All | – / 100% | 4 | |
| Birdwood (NSW) | 34 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Toms Creek | 33 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Limeburners Creek (Port Macquarie-Hastings - NSW) | 32 | All | – / 98% | 3 | |
| Deauville | 29 | All | – / 97% | ||
| Mount Seaview | 28 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Innes View | 26 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Boorganna | 24 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Forbes River | 20 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Hacks Ferry | 9 | All | – / 99% | 3 | |
| Grants Beach | 8 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Diamond Head | 7 | All | – / 61% | ||
| Kerewong | 7 | All | – / 100% | 5 | |
| Debenham | 5 | All | – / 100% | 1 | |
| Gearys Flat | 3 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Banda Banda | All | – / 100% | |||
| Bril Bril | All | – / 100% | |||
| Cairncross | All | – / 100% | |||
| Doyles River | All | – / 100% | |||
| Jolly Nose | All | – / 69% | |||
| Kippara | All | – / 100% | |||
| North Brother | All | – / 100% | |||
| Swans Crossing | All | – / 100% | |||
| Werrikimbe | 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 2024 to Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $521k
- Median of suburb medians
- $877k
- Highest suburb median
- $1.5M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 6 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 639
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 181
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,515
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 3,042
- 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
- Cowper · Pat CONAGHAN (NP)60%
- Lyne · Alison PENFOLD (NP)40%
State districts
- Port Macquarie · Leslie Williams (LIB)82%
- Oxley · Michael Kemp (NAT)18%
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 2026-11-05.