Suburb profile
Shoal Bay NSW 2315
Shoal Bay is located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, postcode 2315. It has 2,398 properties across 25 streets. Explore every street in Shoal Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Shoal Bay
Shoal Bay, NSW 2315, sits in the Hunter Valley region and neighbours Fingal Bay, Nelson Bay and Port Stephens. Its 25 streets hold 2,398 properties, 1,049 of them houses and 1,349 units.
Census figures are for the Nelson Bay Peninsula, which covers the whole suburb. The area had 21,972 residents, a median age of 55 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,267 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,861 a month and the median rent $390 a week. Of 9,176 dwellings, 5,680 were separate houses, 2,410 semi-detached, 924 flats and 102 other; 4,274 were owned outright, 2,127 owned with a mortgage and 2,321 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Shoal Bay
- 21,972Peoplelive in the area
- 55Median ageyears
- $1,267Median household incomea week
- $390Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,680
- Townhouses and semis2,410
- Flats and apartments924
- Other102
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,861a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Properties in Shoal Bay
Schools in Shoal Bay
Shoal Bay Public School
GovernmentPrimary
No secondary schools in Shoal Bay.
Local agents in Shoal Bay
Leisa Vivers
Sales Associate to Team Woods River Realty
Sales Associate to Team Woods River Realty - Maitland
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 36
- Median sold price
- $925k
- Median days on market
- 62
Tom Woods
Property Sales Representative River Realty
Property Sales Representative River Realty - Maitland
Last 12 months
- Properties sold
- 38
- Median sold price
- $893k
- Median days on market
- 65
Agencies that specialise in Shoal Bay
Streets in Shoal Bay
- Bullecourt Street111 properties
- Edward Street5 properties
- Essendene Road38 properties
- Fingal Street14 properties
- Flannel Flower Fairway37 properties
- Garden Place19 properties
- Government Road289 properties
- Horace Street154 properties
- Joleen Crescent16 properties
- Leonard Avenue52 properties
- Leslie Street7 properties
- Lillian Street33 properties
- Lionel Avenue16 properties
- Lloyd Lane5 properties
- Messines Street116 properties
- Ocean Beach Road56 properties
- Rigney Street168 properties
- Ronald Avenue154 properties
- Shoal Bay Avenue58 properties
- Shoal Bay Road741 properties
- Siddons Street2 properties
- Sylvia Street3 properties
- Tomaree Road247 properties
- Verona Road20 properties
- Victor Parade37 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.