Shoal Bay is a suburb of Hunter Valley, New South
Wales and is about 156 kms northeast of NSW's
capital city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian census
the population of Shoal Bay was 1,838 when there
were 979 Females and 859 Males living there. The
median age for people living in Shoal Bay was 56.
Shoal Bay is the most eastern suburb of the Port
Stephens local government area in the Hunter
Region of New South Wales, Australia. Shoal Bay is
located on the southern shore of Port Stephens,
adjacent to the bay of the same name at the
entrance to the port.