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Housing
pelaw main
New South Wales · Census 2021
$715k
+7.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Pelaw Main is a leafy residential suburb of Cessnock.
Median house price
People
Population
1,080
Median age
39 yrs
Income / person / wk
$626
Household income / wk
$1,174
Housing
Median rent / wk
$310
Mortgage / month
$1,447
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 44%
- Top language at home
- Thai · 0%
- No religion
- 44%
- Born overseas
- 5%
- English only at home
- 98%
Local amenities
Amenity score
17/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
1
Parks
6
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.0 km
Nearest train
12.9 km
Nearest hospital
2.1 km
Distance to coast
18.7 km
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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
3.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Cessnock
- Council population
- 62,915
- Council area
- 1,965 km²
- Density
- 32/km²
- Federal grants
- $9.63M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $153/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Hunter
- Federal MP
- Dan Repacholi (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 59% 2PP
- State electorate
- Cessnock
- State MP
- Clayton Barr (ALP)
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