Suburb profile

Pelaw Main NSW 2327

Pelaw Main is located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, postcode 2327. It has 558 properties across 23 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Pelaw Main, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Pelaw Main

Pelaw Main, NSW 2327, sits in the Hunter Valley and neighbours Abermain, Buchanan, Kurri Kurri and Stanford Merthyr. Its 23 streets hold 558 properties, 490 of them houses and 68 units.

Census figures are for the Kurri Kurri - Abermain area, which has 20,631 residents, a median age of 35 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income is $1,464 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,603 a month and the median rent $345 a week. Of 7,521 dwellings, 6,838 are separate houses, 523 semi-detached, 144 flats and 5 other; 2,237 are owned outright, 2,946 owned with a mortgage and 2,160 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Pelaw Main

  • 20,631Peoplelive in the area
  • 35Median ageyears
  • $1,464Median household incomea week
  • $345Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses6,838
  • Townhouses and semis523
  • Flats and apartments144
  • Other5

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,603a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,237Owned with a mortgage 2,946Rented 2,160Other 178

Schools in Pelaw Main

  • Pelaw Main Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Pelaw Main

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.