Ellerston is a sparsely populated locality in New South Wales within the Upper Hunter Shire local government area (postcode 2337). The area has roughly 123 residents and an established demographic, with a median age of 41. Households earn a median income of $75K per year, with an average household size of 2.1 people. NSW employment has moved +1.2% year-on-year in the official ABS Labour Force trend series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 35 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 17 underway, and 67 in planning as at 2025-09-01, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are technicians & trades, labourers, managers. Employment in the area leans toward agriculture and arts & recreation. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Scottish.
The current median weekly rent is $500. The median monthly mortgage repayment is $4,250.
Ellerston is served by 1 school, including 1 primary. The average ICSEA score is 935, which is below the national average of 1,000. Public transport access includes 1 bus stop. The crime rate in the Upper Hunter Shire LGA is below average at 3,436 incidents per 100,000 population.