Suburb profile
Pelican NSW 2281
Pelican is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2281. It has 419 properties across 15 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Pelican, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Pelican
Pelican, NSW 2281, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Blacksmiths, Lake Macquarie, Little Pelican and Swansea. Its 15 streets hold 419 properties, 392 of them houses and 27 units.
Census figures are for Belmont South - Blacksmiths, which has 5,680 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income is $1,240 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,800 a month and the median rent $330 a week. Of 2,377 dwellings, 1,828 are separate houses, 230 semi-detached, 280 flats and 30 other; 958 are owned outright, 638 owned with a mortgage and 727 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Pelican
- 5,680Peoplelive in the area
- 49Median ageyears
- $1,240Median household incomea week
- $330Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses1,828
- Townhouses and semis230
- Flats and apartments280
- Other30
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,800a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Pelican
Pelican Flat Public School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Pelican.
Streets in Pelican
- Anacla Close25 properties
- Bato Street3 properties
- Cabbage Tree Palm Crescent39 properties
- Faymax Street21 properties
- Karoburra Street4 properties
- Karog Street58 properties
- Kullara Street2 properties
- Lakeview Parade57 properties
- Lorna Street14 properties
- Makoro Street28 properties
- Piriwal Street63 properties
- Soldiers Road22 properties
- Theano Close17 properties
- Tofino Close26 properties
- Turea Street40 properties
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.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.