 The nearest town is Warkworth, 8 km to the west, which is linked by 8 buses a day.Snells Beach had a population of 3,405 at the 2018 New Zealand census, an increase of 474 people (16.2%) since the 2013 census, and an increase of 678 people (24.9%) since the 2006 census.There were 1,380 households.