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Housing
salt ash
New South Wales · Census 2021
$905k
-14.6% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Salt Ash is a leafy residential suburb of Port Stephens.
Median house price
People
Population
1,103
Median age
46 yrs
Income / person / wk
$610
Household income / wk
$1,461
Housing
Median rent / wk
$310
Mortgage / month
$1,950
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 36%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 36%
- Born overseas
- 9%
- English only at home
- 97%
Local amenities
Amenity score
5/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
0
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
1
Libraries
0
GP clinics
0
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
7.4 km
Nearest train
19.7 km
Nearest hospital
21.8 km
Distance to coast
3.4 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
5.9 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
- Paterson
- Federal MP
- Meryl Swanson (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 57% 2PP
- State electorate
- Port Stephens
- State MP
- Kate Washington (ALP)
Similar suburbs
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