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Salt Ash property data

Explore zoning, school catchments, local crime and property data for Salt Ash, NSW (745 mapped properties). Flood and bushfire mapping for this area is coming soon.

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Zoning in Salt Ash

Salt Ash is mostly rural. The most common zones:

Rural94.1% of properties

Rural — farming and agricultural land; housing is limited.

Zone: Rural Landscape

Special purpose2.3% of properties

Special purpose — infrastructure or a specific institutional use.

Zone: Infrastructure

Environmental1.2% of properties

Environmental management — conservation land with strong limits on development.

Zone: Environmental Conservation

School catchments in Salt Ash

Salt Ash can span more than one catchment — check a specific address (below) for the exact school.

Crime near Salt Ash

Salt Ash sits in the Port Stephens council area, which recorded 4,748 reported offences in the 12 months to May 2026.

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147
Break-ins
124
Vehicle theft
551
Other theft
442
Property damage
314
Fraud
42
Handling stolen goods
713
Assault
206
Sexual offences
11
Robbery
572
Other against the person
1
Homicide
1,625
Other offences

Every reported offence by type — these add up to the 4,748 total. Figures are for the whole Port Stephens council area (which may cover several suburbs), last 12 months. Reported offences only.

Who lives in Salt Ash

At the 2021 Census, 8.4% of Salt Ash’s 1,103 residents were born overseas.

Top ancestries

Australian43.9%
English42.9%
Irish9.5%
Scottish8.7%
Australian Aboriginal6.8%
German4%

Top countries of birth

England3.4%
Philippines0.7%
Germany0.5%
Thailand0.5%
New Zealand0.5%
Malaysia0.4%

Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

Development near Salt Ash

Port Stephens council approved 565 new dwellings in the 12 months to Apr 2026.

565
Dwellings/yr
384
Houses
181
Units
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New dwellings approved across the whole Port Stephens council area (not just Salt Ash). See the council trend. Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Risk varies property by property. Check a specific Salt Ash address:

Nearby suburbs

Figures are indicative only — verify any specific property with the relevant council. Sources: council/state planning schemes & flood mapping, Geoscape G-NAF, state police crime statistics, ABS.