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Shelly Beach NSW 2261

Shelly Beach is located in the Central Coast region of New South Wales, postcode 2261. It has 945 properties across 18 streets. Explore every street in Shelly Beach, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Shelly Beach

Shelly Beach, NSW 2261, sits in the Central Coast region and neighbours Long Jetty, Toowoon Bay and Bateau Bay. Its 18 streets hold 945 properties, 573 of them houses and 372 units.

Census figures are for The Entrance, the statistical area covering Shelly Beach. It had 15,839 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.1 people. Median household income was $1,176 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $365 a week. Of 6,974 dwellings, 3,268 were separate houses, 2,044 semi-detached, 1,510 flats and 135 other; 2,351 were owned outright, 1,431 owned with a mortgage and 2,990 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Shelly Beach

  • 15,839Peoplelive in the area
  • 48Median ageyears
  • $1,176Median household incomea week
  • $365Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,268
  • Townhouses and semis2,044
  • Flats and apartments1,510
  • Other135

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
  • Household size2.1people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,351Owned with a mortgage 1,431Rented 2,990Other 202

Schools in Shelly Beach

  • Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Shelly Beach

  1. Bateau Bay Road304 properties
  2. Bellevue Street53 properties
  3. Bonnieview Street6 properties
  4. Earl Street27 properties
  5. Grandview Street164 properties
  6. Kirrang Street8 properties
  7. Laird Close33 properties
  8. Liddell Street13 properties
  9. Lord Street51 properties
  10. Marquis Close27 properties
  11. Mclachlan Avenue39 properties
  12. Oaks Avenue59 properties
  13. Phillip Street39 properties
  14. Shelly Beach Road68 properties
  15. The Entrance Road1 property
  16. Viscount Close21 properties
  17. Waterview Street16 properties
  18. Yakalla Street16 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.