6 Moorhen Street, Shortland NSW 2307

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Flood
Clear
Not within a mapped flood area.
Bushfire
Clear
Not within a mapped bushfire hazard area.
Zoning
Open space
Open space / recreation — parks and sporting land; not for housing.

Council zone: Private Recreation

School catchment
3 zones
PrimaryHeaton Public School
SecondaryCallaghan College Jesmond Senior Campus
SecondaryCallaghan College Waratah Campus
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Where this property sits

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Property values

Median sale price across Shortland's postcode area

Houses
$916,000+25.45%
Postcode-area median · January - March 2026

Postcode-area median — NSW figures are reported by postcode, so this covers Shortland and nearby suburbs sharing its postcode. Not a valuation of this specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).

Reported offences around Newcastle

13,057
offences per 100k — Newcastle council area
22,107
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Newcastle council area
01,2502,500202120222023202420252026

Reported offences in the Newcastle council area over time

Development in the area

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New dwellings approved across Newcastle council

854
Dwellings/yr
261
Houses
593
Units
01,0002,0002020202120222023202420252026

New dwellings approved in the 12 months to Jun 2026, across the whole Newcastle council area (not just this address). Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Who lives here

14.2% of Shortland’s 4,537 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

Australian39.9%
English39.9%
Scottish11.4%
Irish10.4%
Australian Aboriginal6.3%
German3.5%

Top countries of birth

China1.7%
England1.4%
India1.4%
New Zealand0.8%
Philippines0.8%
Pakistan0.8%

Suburb-level profile for Shortland, not this specific address. Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

A note on insurance. This is government flood and bushfire mapping — the public data that insurers’ databases (NFID) are built from. Insurers price using proprietary, address-level models (and Bushfire Attack Level for bushfire), so use this to inform an insurance quote, not replace one.

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Indicative only — verify with the relevant council or department before relying on it. Sources: NSW Department of Planning (land zoning & flood-planning overlays), NSW Rural Fire Service (bushfire-prone land), NSW Department of Education (school catchments), NSW BOCSAR (crime), Geoscape G-NAF (addresses).