Salt Ash, NSW Family Guide
NSW 2318 · Port Stephens Council
Discover Salt Ash with your family: kids' activities, parks, schools and everyday family life.
How Salt Ash rates for families
How we rate suburbs →Each factor is scored 0–5 against a fixed standard (not against other suburbs), and the overall is their average. Here is what we measured and why each scored what it did.
Average of the 6 factors scored so far.
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Kids' activities0.0/5
0 kinds within 3 km
12 kinds or more scores 5 · 5 kinds scores 3 · none scores 0
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School access1.5/5
20.2% of homes within an 800 m walk of a government primary school
70% of homes or more scores 5 · 40% of homes scores 3 · none scores 0
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Parks & play0.0/5
0% of homes within a 400 m walk of a park
95% of homes or more scores 5 · 70% of homes scores 3 · none scores 0
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GP access0.0/5
0% of homes within 1 km of a GP
75% of homes or more scores 5 · 40% of homes scores 3 · none scores 0
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Bushfire0.8/5
79.8% of homes in a bushfire-prone area
Under 5% of homes scores 5 · 20% of homes scores 3 · every home scores 0
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Hot days4.8/5
6 days a year at 35°C or hotter
5 days or less scores 5 · 15 days scores 3 · 40 days or more scores 0
- Not rated yet:
- Public transport (not measured in NSW yet)
- Commute to the city (not measured yet)
- Everyday shopping (not measured yet)
- Flood (not rated anywhere yet)
Also known, not scored: Home internet — 42.1% of homes on fixed-line NBN (true of almost every city suburb, so it does not tell suburbs apart).
Data sources (9)
- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, ASGS Edition 3, CC BY 4.0 — ASGS Edition 3 allocation file: Suburbs and Localities 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
- Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, CC BY 4.0 — Census of Population and Housing: Mesh Block Counts, 2021 (CC BY 4.0)
- AroundSchools activity directory — AroundSchools activity directory (ACTIVE listings) (AroundSchools own data)
- © State of New South Wales (Department of Education), CC BY — NSW public schools master dataset (CC BY)
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL — OpenStreetMap extract (walking network, OSRM foot profile) (ODbL 1.0)
- Geoscience Australia, National HealthDirect Health Facilities (from Healthdirect Australia's National Health Services Directory), CC BY 4.0 — National HealthDirect Health Facilities – General practice (CC BY 4.0)
- © State of New South Wales (NSW Rural Fire Service), CC BY — NSW Bush Fire Prone Land (CC BY)
- SILO climate data, Queensland Government, CC BY 4.0 — SILO gridded daily maximum temperature (CC BY 4.0)
- © NBN Co Limited, via data.gov.au, CC BY 4.0 — National Broadband Network: Broadband Service Footprints (fixed line) (CC BY 4.0)
Rated 28 October 2026 (method 0.4-draft).
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Parks, playgrounds and community places to discover nearby.
Lee Thompson Park
Salt Ash · 1.5 km
What's on in Our Backyard
Salt Ash · 1.7 km
Activities around Salt Ash
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More things to do around Salt Ash
- Kids' activities & play (1 in Salt Ash · 1 within 5 km) — Battlezone Laser Tag (1.5 km)
Schools within 3 km of Salt Ash
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1 school within 3 km of the Salt Ash centre, 1 with a Salt Ash address.
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Parks, playgrounds & community places
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Parks (2)
Lee Thompson Park
Salt Ash · 1.5 km
What's on in Our Backyard
Salt Ash · 1.7 km
What's coming up
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At a glance
This guide brings together what AroundSchools lists for families in and around Salt Ash: 1 kids' activity within 5 km, 1 school in Salt Ash, and parks and playgrounds.
- Kids' activities
- Kids' activities & play
- Schools
- 1 in Salt Ash · 1 primary
- Parks & places
- 2 parks
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- Medowie
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- Salt Ash Public SchoolSchool
- Battlezone Laser TagActivity
- Lee Thompson ParkPark or community place
- What's on in Our BackyardPark or community place
Your council & community
Salt Ash within Port Stephens Council
1 of the council area’s 28 activity providers · 4th of 11 suburbs by number of providers
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Homes with family context
Homes in and around Salt Ash
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Recently sold within 5 km of Salt Ash
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Salt Ash, NSW 2318
Property Type: House
Medowie, NSW 2318
Property Type: House
Medowie, NSW 2318
Property Type: House
Medowie, NSW 2318
Property Type: House
Medowie, NSW 2318
Property Type: House
Medowie, NSW 2318
Property Type: House
Figures from AroundSchools listings and official published data, refreshed 28 Oct 2026.
Recorded offences in Salt Ash
| Suburb | Recorded offences (12 months) |
|---|---|
| Salt Ash | 106 |
| Campvale | 4 |
Recorded offences, 12 months to 2026-06 · Source: © State of New South Wales (Department of Communities and Justice), NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR) · source
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