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pelican (nsw)
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.00M
+4.2% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Pelican (NSW) is a coastal suburb of Lake Macquarie.
Median house price
People
Population
874
Median age
48 yrs
Income / person / wk
$706
Household income / wk
$1,448
Housing
Median rent / wk
$370
Mortgage / month
$1,785
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 45%
- Top language at home
- Indonesian · 0%
- No religion
- 45%
- Born overseas
- 6%
- English only at home
- 98%
Local amenities
Amenity score
8/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
3
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
2.0 km
Nearest train
11.3 km
Nearest hospital
5.1 km
Distance to coast
0.7 km
NBN
Fixed Line
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
3.8 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Lake Macquarie
- Council population
- 210,044
- Council area
- 649 km²
- Density
- 324/km²
- Federal grants
- $21.21M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $101/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Shortland
- Federal MP
- Pat Conroy (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 62% 2PP
- State electorate
- Swansea
- State MP
- Yasmin Catley (ALP)
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