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shoal bay (nsw)
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.25M
+7.1% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Shoal Bay (NSW) is a coastal suburb of Port Stephens.
Median house price
People
Population
1,815
Median age
59 yrs
Income / person / wk
$623
Household income / wk
$1,007
Housing
Median rent / wk
$338
Mortgage / month
$1,700
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 33%
- Top language at home
- Nepali · 1%
- No religion
- 33%
- Born overseas
- 20%
- English only at home
- 94%
Local amenities
Amenity score
22/100
Schools
1
Supermarkets
1
Pubs & bars
0
Parks
7
Libraries
0
GP clinics
1
Pharmacies
0
Hospitals
0
Nearest supermarket
0.6 km
Nearest train
42.5 km
Nearest hospital
1.6 km
Distance to coast
0.7 km
NBN
Satellite
Grocery mix: 1 IGA. 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
1.9 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)
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