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Housing
karuah
New South Wales · Census 2021
$555k
-10.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Karuah is a leafy residential suburb of Port Stephens.
Median house price
People
Population
1,618
Median age
50 yrs
Income / person / wk
$555
Household income / wk
$1,061
Housing
Median rent / wk
$300
Mortgage / month
$1,444
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 36%
- Top language at home
- Tagalog · 0%
- No religion
- 36%
- Born overseas
- 9%
- English only at home
- 97%
Local amenities
Amenity score
14/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
4
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
1
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
12.1 km
Nearest train
31.7 km
Nearest hospital
21.1 km
Distance to coast
2.7 km
NBN
Satellite
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
1
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
1
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
15.4 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Port Stephens
- Council population
- 75,407
- Council area
- 858 km²
- Density
- 88/km²
- Federal grants
- $8.74M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $116/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Lyne
- Federal MP
- Alison Penfold (NP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Coalition 60% 2PP
- State electorate
- Port Stephens
- State MP
- Kate Washington (ALP)
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.