Seaham suburb profile
Seaham is a small rural village in the Hunter region set on the Williams River's floodplain and surrounded by rolling farmland and pockets of native bush. It has a relaxed country character with timber cottages, weatherboard homes and larger acreage lots and hobby farms, appealing to people seeking space, a quieter pace and room for animals while remaining within reach of the Hunter's larger towns. The suburb's lifestyle centres on riverfront recreation, country roads and a compact set of local facilities, while regional highways give straightforward links to broader services and employment centres.
Seaham property market performance
Like many smaller suburbs, Seaham sees relatively few property sales, so there isn't enough recent data to publish a reliable median price for houses or units. Over the last three months there was one house sale recorded, while unit sales have been too sparse to support a recent median.
Median days on market, average rents and 12-month rent or value change figures are not published for Seaham in the recent data.
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Sold Past 3 months | 1 | N/A |
Median days on market Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Average rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Change in rent Past 12 months | N/A | N/A |
Seaham demographics
Couple families with children are the largest family group in Seaham, making up 53.4% of families. Couple families without children account for 37.9% and one-parent families 8.6%, so together the two couple family categories form 91.3% of reported families — about nine in ten.
The suburb is home to 1,011 people, with a median age of 41. The median total household income is $2,312 a week, roughly $120,200 a year.
Homes in Seaham are overwhelmingly owner-occupied: 41.5% are owned outright and 51.2% are owned with a mortgage, giving an owner-occupier share of 92.7%, while renters make up 7.3% of dwellings.
Suburbs near Seaham
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