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nelsons plains
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.35M
flat yr · median house · Dec 2025
Nelsons Plains is a leafy residential suburb of Port Stephens.
Median house price
People
Population
326
Median age
48 yrs
Income / person / wk
$827
Household income / wk
$2,250
Housing
Median rent / wk
$553
Mortgage / month
$2,100
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- Catholic · 26%
- Top language at home
- English only
- No religion
- 25%
- Born overseas
- 3%
- English only at home
- 97%
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
4.9 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)
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