nelson bay (nsw)
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.09M
-2.4% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Nelson Bay (NSW) is a green, park-rich suburb of Port Stephens.
Median house price
People
Housing
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 38%
- Top language at home
- Nepali · 1%
- No religion
- 38%
- Born overseas
- 20%
- English only at home
- 91%
Local amenities
Grocery mix: 1 Woolworths. 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
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
- Paterson
- Federal MP
- Meryl Swanson (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 57% 2PP
- State electorate
- Port Stephens
- State MP
- Kate Washington (ALP)
Crime & safety
FY2024–25, 2-yr pooled. Recorded incidents: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR); adjusted to the ABS Crime Victimisation Survey; ABS ERP population denominator. All CC BY 4.0. Percentile is the population-weighted rank among suburbs in the same state — higher means more reported crime. Ranks are never compared across states, because each police force counts offences under its own rules.
Similar suburbs
Closest demographic & amenity profile, nationally.