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Port Stephens, New South Wales

Port Stephens Council
New South Wales
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Although entirely geographically in the Hunter Region, Port Stephens is also considered to be part of the Mid North Coast as demonstrated by this sign, only 900 m (2,953 ft) north of the Hunter River.
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Location in New South Wales
Coordinates 32°45′S 151°55′E / 32.750°S 151.917°E / -32.750; 151.917Coordinates: 32°45′S 151°55′E / 32.750°S 151.917°E / -32.750; 151.917
Population 70,447 (2015 Est.)
 • Density 71.95/km2 (186.3/sq mi)
Area 979 km2 (378.0 sq mi)
Time zone AEST (UTC+10)
 • Summer (DST) AEDT (UTC+11)
Mayor Bruce MacKenzie
Location
Council seat Raymond Terrace
Region Hunter,Mid North Coast
State electorate(s)
Federal Division(s)
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Website Port Stephens Council
LGAs around Port Stephens Council:
Dungog Dungog, Mid-Coast Mid-Coast
Maitland Port Stephens Council Tasman Sea
Maitland Newcastle Tasman Sea

Port Stephens Council is a local government area in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. The area is just north of Newcastle and is adjacent to the Pacific Highway which runs through Raymond Terrace, the largest town and Council seat. The area is named after Port Stephens, which is the major geographical feature of the area. It extends generally from the Hunter River in the south, to near Clarence Town in the north, and from the Tasman Sea in the east, to just south of Paterson in the west. The Mayor of the Port Stephens Council is Bruce MacKenzie.

Most of the population is concentrated in Raymond Terrace and its satellite suburb of Heatherbrae or around or near the shores of Port Stephens in the suburbs of Anna Bay, Boat Harbour, Corlette, Fingal Bay, Fishermans Bay, Karuah, Lemon Tree Passage, Mallabula, Nelson Bay, One Mile, Oyster Cove, Salamander Bay, Shoal Bay, Soldiers Point, Swan Bay, Tanilba Bay and Taylors Beach. However, another significant portion of the population lives in a large rural/semi-rural area to the west of the Pacific Highway in the towns and suburbs of Balickera, Butterwick, Duns Creek, Eagleton, East Seaham, Glen Oak, Hinton, Nelsons Plains, Osterley, Seaham, Wallalong and Woodville and in the predominantly residential estate of Brandy Hill.


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