Soldiers Point NSW 2317

Living Here

Soldiers Point is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,564 people, with a median age of 56. The typical household earns around $1,350 a week, with median rent near $400 a week. Most homes are houses. About 72% of households own their home and 25% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 6 of 10 nationally — a mid-range area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Nelson Bay Peninsula statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Soldiers Point itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 1 school

  • Soldiers Point Public School
• 1 café or restaurant

  • The Point
• 9 parks

  • Lancaster Park
  • Kangaroo Park
  • Spencer Park
  • John Eckersley Park
  • Everitt Park
  • George Reserve
  • Stoney Ridge Reserve
  • Bob Cairns Reserve
  • Boronia Gardens
• 1 beach

  • Marys Beach
• 2 Catholic churches

  • Our Lady Help of Christians Mallabula Church
  • Saint Michael's
• 1 hospital

  • Tomaree Community Hospital
• 2 libraries

  • Tilligerry Library
  • Tomaree Library
• 1 post office

  • Lemon Tree Passage LPO
• 3 golf clubs

  • Horizons Golf Course
  • Tanilba Bay Golf Course
  • Nelson Bay Golf Club
• 4 hardware stores

  • Sandy Point Hardware
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Tradelink
  • Mitre 10 Handy
• 4 mechanics

  • A&J Auto Body Repairs
  • Novus Glass
  • Tanilba Bay Tyres & Mechanical
  • Lemon Tree Passage Mechanical
• 11 places to stay

  • Active Holidays BIG4 Soldiers Point
  • Bannisters Port Stephens
  • Soldiers Point Holiday Park
  • Colonial Ridge Resort
  • Salamander Bay Village
  • H/3 waterfront accommodation
  • Lemon Tree Passage Motel
  • 6 Palm Grove
  • Pacific Blue
  • Bays Holiday Park

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Getting around. Ferry wharf: Port Stephens Ferry Terminal, 7.6 km east · Airport: RAAF Base Williamtown, 23.4 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 23.9% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 4.6% · Labour-force participation 47.7%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

30,492 bird observations recorded near Soldiers Point — most often seen:

• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,035)
• Australian White Ibis (1,764)
• Laughing Kookaburra (1,459)
• Australian Magpie (1,381)
• Australian Pelican (1,330)
• White-faced Heron (1,210)
• Noisy Miner (1,144)
• Australian Wood Duck (1,123)
• White-bellied Sea-eagle (1,119)
• Pacific Black Duck (1,078)
• Welcome Swallow (1,072)
• Crested Pigeon (1,068)
• Eastern Rosella (1,011)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Soldiers Point:

• Port Stephens (1.6 km)
• Salamander Bay (3 km)
• Lemon Tree Passage (4.3 km)
• Taylors Beach (4.7 km)
• Corlette (4.8 km)
• Bundabah (4.8 km)
• Pindimar (5 km)
• North Arm Cove (5.4 km)

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