Elrington NSW 2325

Elrington sits 145 km from Sydney CBD in New South Wales, around 1 hour 50 minutes by car. Census data records 155 residents with a median age of 51 and a median household income of $95,836 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the middle range nationally. Population grew 34.8% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $100 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,167. The area shows high bushfire risk. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Q4 2025

Elrington's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $1.95 million in the December 2025 quarter, roughly 47% above where it sat a year earlier. That said, only one sale settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level. Zoom out: prices have climbed roughly 228% over the past decade — 12.6% per year on average.

$1,950,000

last 5 quarters
Pricier than 84% of NSW
↑ +46.6% year-on-year
↑ +227.7% over 2015–2025 (+12.6%/yr compound)

Based on only 1 sale — small sample, take as indicative.

Rental Market

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$580/wk
93 bonds
+43% since 2021
2-bed units
$485/wk
36 bonds
+48% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2325 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.

Rental affordability

June quarter 2025

105 Moderately unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 29% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2325.

SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.

Is Elrington safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Elrington sits in the moderate band, with 7 incidents recorded in 2025.

7 offences

no change since 2024
Arson 2 (28.6%)
Harassment & Stalking 2 (28.6%)
Disorderly Conduct 1 (14.3%)
Weapons Offences 1 (14.3%)
Theft 1 (14.3%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

1 crash

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital

Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the locality carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.

Council Flood Studies

Cessnock City Council has published 8 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 8 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this locality boundary.

Walkability

Elrington is very car-dependent on foot — at 0/100, nearly all errands require a car.

0
out of 100
Very Car-Dependent
Bottom 6% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km not measured
Schools within 1.5 km 0
Parks within 800 m 0
Supermarkets within 1 km 0
GPs within 1 km 0
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 0
Hospitals within 5 km 0

We hold no public transport timetable data for this area, so public transport is not rated here and the score is spread across the remaining components. It is not counted as zero.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Elrington.

29
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
62
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 94%
Satellite (Sky Muster) (SATELLITE) 6%

NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.

Amenities

No amenities mapped in this locality boundary.

Cessnock: council population

The whole council area, not just Elrington · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
71,443
+2.9% in a year
Change
+2,011
people since 2024
Density
36
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+505
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,405
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+101
arrivals minus departures

The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this locality alone — this locality's own population is in the census section above.

Socio-economic profile

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
6/10
5/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
10/10
9/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
3/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Elrington is home to 155 residents, with a median age of 51 — noticeably older than the national figure of 38. Median household income runs at $96,000 a year, with unemployment at 0.0%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

155

34.8% since 2016

Median Age

51

13.3% since 2016

Median Household Income

$95,836/yr

21.0% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$100/wk

Census Median Mortgage

$2,167/mo

no change since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

9.7% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$40,768/yr

17.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

0.0%

Unoccupied Dwellings

14.5%

Total Dwellings

55

71.9% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

100.0%

no change since 2016

Houses

100.0%

8.6% since 2016

Rental Stress

5.4%

Mortgage Stress

27.1%

26.6% since 2016

Work From Home

18.2%

27.3% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 55 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 25 (54.3%)
Owned Outright 21 (45.7%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
85.8%
English Spoken at Home
92.3%
Employment Rate
52%
15.3% since 2016
Completed Year 12
31.0%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 17 (26.6%)
Community & Personal Service 13 (20.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 9 (14.1%)
Clerical & Administrative 8 (12.5%)
Managers 7 (10.9%)
Professionals 5 (7.8%)
Labourers 4 (6.2%)
Sales 3 (4.7%)

Religion

Christianity 84 (54.2%)
No Religion 50 (32.3%)
Other Religions 5 (3.2%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 6 (3.9%)

Age Distribution

0-4 4 (2.6%)
5-14 21 (13.5%)
15-19 5 (3.2%)
20-24 4 (2.6%)
25-34 5 (3.2%)
35-44 21 (13.5%)
45-54 21 (13.5%)
55-64 38 (24.5%)
65-74 23 (14.8%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 22 (66.7%)
Lone Person 6 (18.2%)
One Parent Families 5 (15.2%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 42 (76.4%)
Worked from Home 10 (18.2%)
Car (passenger) 3 (5.5%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 40 (25.8%)
Bachelor Degree 15 (9.7%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 12 (7.7%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 5 (3.2%)

Cars per Dwelling

1 car 3 (5.5%)
2 cars 22 (40.0%)
3 cars 14 (25.5%)
4+ cars 15 (27.3%)

Council Rates

Cessnock
FY 2024-25

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,405 a year through Cessnock based on 2024 figures.

Avg residential rate
$1,405/yr
14% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Elrington's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Environmental 58%
  • Rural and farming 40%
  • Infrastructure and transport 1%
  • Residential 1%

Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the locality around it — the property page shows the zone for one address.

Building Approvals: Cessnock

The whole council area, not just Elrington · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

In the year to August 2026, 719 new dwellings were approved across Cessnock. That mix is 560 houses and 159 units. Approvals are down 31.1% on the same period a year earlier.

Trailing 12 months
719dwellings
-31.1% YoY
Houses
560
detached dwellings
Units
159
townhouses + apartments

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Mindaribba Local Aboriginal Land Council.

Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.

Air Quality

MODERATE

PM2.5 averaged 6.1 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 4 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 16.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.53 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 1.

From the Wallsend monitoring station, 22.6 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Cessnock Airport AWS, 12.0 km

Moderate rainfall — hot summers, cold winters with occasional frost.

Elevation
60 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
30.3 km
Annual rainfall
804 mm
80 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
30.0°C
20 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
5.1°C
11 frost days ≤ 0°C

Elevation is the ground at the locality centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.

Industrial Emissions Nearby

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.00% in 2021
+0.1 points this year

In postcode 2325, 86 of 24,360 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.0% (480 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.3%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.00%
2022
0.04%
2023
0.08%
2024
0.23%
2025
0.35%

Rooftop solar

51
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 7.1 kW each

In postcode 2325, 6,158 rooftop-solar systems totalling 44.0 MW have been installed since 2001, against 12,075 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 521 went up in the last year.

Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
490
2020
533
2021
464
2022
507
2023
564
2024
499
2025
439
2026
335

2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.

First Home Owner Grant

FY2026-27

$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.

Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

Q4-2025 median
I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$10,170
Loan amount
$1,560,000
Total interest over 30 years
$2,101,212

4 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2325.

Deposit
$390,000
Stamp duty
$88,537
Cash needed at settlement
$478,537

Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW

The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.

Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.

Federal Electorate

Division of Hunter

Currently held by Dan Repacholi Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Dan Repacholi 59.5% 40.5% +4.7
2022 Dan Repacholi 54.0% 46.0% -1.1
2019 Joel Fitzgibbon 53.0% 47.0% +9.5

Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact locality's voters across time.

State Electorate

Cessnock District

Currently held by Clayton Barr Labor

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Clayton Barr ALP 73.4%
2019 Clayton Barr ALP 69.3%
2015 Clayton Barr ALP 72.0%

Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this locality's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.

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Common questions about Elrington

Is Elrington a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Elrington is moderate (43/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Elrington?

Elrington has a moderate recorded bushfire history (64/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Elrington?

Elrington, NSW had a population of 155 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Elrington, NSW?

The postcode for Elrington, NSW is 2325.

How far is Elrington from Sydney?

Elrington is 145 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 110 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Elrington?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Elrington was $95,836 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.

What is the median weekly rent in Elrington?

There are too few current rental listings in Elrington for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $100, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Elrington?

The median age of residents in Elrington was 51 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Elrington at risk of bushfire?

Elrington has a moderate recorded bushfire history (64/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the locality relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.

What is the air quality in Elrington?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Elrington (Wallsend) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.5 µg/m³. That puts Elrington below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Elrington?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Elrington, Cessnock Airport AWS (12 km away), summer days average 30°C, winter nights 5.1°C, 804 mm of rain a year over 80 rainy days, and 20 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

What is the median house price in Elrington?

The median sale price for houses in Elrington was $1,950,000 in the Q4 2025 quarter, based on a small sample of 1 sales — take as indicative.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Elrington?

First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.

What council does Elrington belong to?

Elrington sits within the Cessnock local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Elrington?

The average residential rates bill through Cessnock is $1,405 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Elrington?

Across Cessnock, 719 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's down 31.1% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.

Which federal electorate is Elrington in?

Elrington sits within the federal Division of Hunter, currently held by Dan Repacholi (Australian Labor Party).

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