Suburb profile

Fennell Bay NSW 2283

Fennell Bay is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2283. It has 883 properties across 31 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Fennell Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Fennell Bay

Fennell Bay, NSW 2283, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Bolton Point, Teralba, Woodrising and Booragul. Its 31 streets hold 883 properties, 766 of them houses and 117 units.

Census figures are for the Bolton Point - Teralba area, which has 10,135 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income is $1,470 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $333 a week. Of 3,684 dwellings, 3,226 are separate houses, 320 semi-detached, 72 flats and 52 other; 1,154 are owned outright, 1,382 owned with a mortgage and 981 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Fennell Bay

  • 10,135Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $1,470Median household incomea week
  • $333Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,226
  • Townhouses and semis320
  • Flats and apartments72
  • Other52

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,154Owned with a mortgage 1,382Rented 981Other 167

Schools in Fennell Bay

  • Fennell Bay Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Fennell Bay

Neighbouring suburbs

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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.