Greta Main NSW 2325

Located in New South Wales, Greta Main sits 162 km from Sydney CBD, around 2 hours 5 minutes by car. The locality has 73 residents, a median age of 45, and a median household income of $94,224 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 7.4% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $425 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is low.

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Median House Price

Q4 2025

The median house sale price in Greta Main sits at $775,000 in the December 2025 quarter, broadly flat year-on-year. 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 27% over the past decade — 2.4% per year on average.

$775,000

last 2 quarters
↑ +27.0% over 2015–2025 (+2.4%/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 Greta Main safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Greta Main sits in the high band, with 8 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 167% on the prior year.

8 offences

166.7% since 2024
Assault 3 (37.5%)
Harassment & Stalking 2 (25.0%)
Property Damage 2 (25.0%)
Theft 1 (12.5%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

No crash in Greta Main killed anyone or put anyone in hospital in 2021–2025.

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

Greta Main is car-dependent on foot — at 25/100, most errands require a car.

25
out of 100
Car-Dependent
Public Transport within 1 km 53
Schools within 1.5 km 60
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

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Greta Main.

22
out of 100
Bottom 11% in NSW
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
3.0 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
1.2 arrivals/hr
Saturday
0.5 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
2 min
Span of service
10.6 hours

Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.

NBN connectivity

The internet access technology available across NBN premises in Greta Main.

30
connectivity score / 100
Most common
Fixed wireless
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
0%
Premises covered
25
Technology mix
Fixed wireless (WIRELESS) 100%

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 Greta Main · 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
2/10
2/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
5/10
5/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
3/10
2/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Greta Main is home to 73 residents, with a median age of 45, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $94,000 a year, with unemployment at 14.7%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

73

7.4% since 2016

Median Age

45

2.2% since 2016

Median Household Income

$94,224/yr

12.1% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$425/wk

Census Median Mortgage

$1,733/mo

2.9% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.8

3.4% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$35,360/yr

1.0% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

14.7%

67.0% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

0.0%

Total Dwellings

22

8.3% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

85.7%

no change since 2016

Houses

100.0%

41.2% since 2016

Rental Stress

23.5%

Mortgage Stress

22.1%

17.6% since 2016

Work From Home

31.2%

Dwelling Types

Houses 22 (100.0%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 13 (61.9%)
Owned Outright 5 (23.8%)
Renting 3 (14.3%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
91.8%
English Spoken at Home
97.3%
Employment Rate
51.9%
7.5% since 2016
Completed Year 12
21.9%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 6 (20.7%)
Professionals 4 (13.8%)
Managers 4 (13.8%)
Clerical & Administrative 4 (13.8%)
Community & Personal Service 3 (10.3%)
Labourers 3 (10.3%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 3 (10.3%)

Religion

Christianity 39 (53.4%)
No Religion 29 (39.7%)

Age Distribution

0-4 6 (8.2%)
5-14 15 (20.5%)
15-19 5 (6.8%)
25-34 5 (6.8%)
35-44 11 (15.1%)
45-54 10 (13.7%)
55-64 11 (15.1%)
65-74 12 (16.4%)

Family & Household Composition

Couple Families 9 (60.0%)
One Parent Families 6 (40.0%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 11 (68.8%)
Worked from Home 5 (31.2%)

Education

Certificate III & IV 15 (20.5%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 4 (5.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

2 cars 9 (33.3%)
3 cars 9 (33.3%)
4+ cars 4 (14.8%)

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 Greta Main's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Rural and farming 82%
  • Residential 12%
  • Infrastructure and transport 6%

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 Greta Main · 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.

Climate & Setting

from Cessnock Airport AWS, 12.0 km

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

Elevation
138 m
above sea level, at the locality centre
Distance to the ocean
39.9 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.

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
$4,042
Loan amount
$620,000
Total interest over 30 years
$835,097

4 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2325.

Deposit
$155,000
Stamp duty
$29,062
Cash needed at settlement
$184,062

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 Greta Main

Is Greta Main a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Greta Main is high (91/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.

What natural hazards affect Greta Main?

Greta Main has no recorded bushfire history. These are locality-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

What is the population of Greta Main?

Greta Main, NSW had a population of 73 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Greta Main, NSW?

The postcode for Greta Main, NSW is 2325.

How far is Greta Main from Sydney?

Greta Main is 162 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 126 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Greta Main?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Greta Main was $94,224 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 Greta Main?

There are too few current rental listings in Greta Main for a reliable median. At the 2021 ABS Census the median weekly rent was $425, across all dwelling types.

What is the median age in Greta Main?

The median age of residents in Greta Main was 45 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Greta Main walkable?

Greta Main scores 25/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it car-dependent. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.

What is the weather like in Greta Main?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Greta Main, 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 Greta Main?

The median sale price for houses in Greta Main was $775,000 in the Q4 2025 quarter, based on a small sample of 1 sales — take as indicative.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Greta Main?

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 Greta Main belong to?

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

How much are council rates in Greta Main?

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 Greta Main?

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 Greta Main in?

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

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