Lake Macquarie
224,540 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 649 km², 94 suburbs. Council website: lakemac.com.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
224,540
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.1% in a year
Density
346/km²
649 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$880k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$94
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.3 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
7 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
94
Where it holds most residents (ABS mesh-block allocation)
Trends
Council-level series. Each chart names its source and period.
People and housing
Council-wide figures from the ABS Census of 2021 and SEIFA 2021 (national deciles, 10 = most advantaged).
- Median age
- 42
- Median household income
- $1,623/week
- Median rent
- $375/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,950/month
- Households renting
- 23.2%
- Average household
- 2.5 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 7 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 7 of 10
Suburbs
94 suburbs where Lake Macquarie holds most residents, plus 2 it shares with a neighbouring council (share of residents shown). Population is Census 2021 for the whole suburb. A median here is the suburb’s own Valuer-General median — suburbs without one are blank, never filled with the council figure.
| Suburb | Population | In this council | Median house (VG) | Flood / bushfire | IRSAD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlestown (NSW) | 13,601 | All | $980kDec 2025 | – / 45% | 7 |
| Cameron Park | 9,977 | All | $934kDec 2025 | – / 78% | 8 |
| Warners Bay | 8,237 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 40% | 7 |
| Belmont (NSW) | 7,289 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 69% | 4 |
| Cooranbong | 7,077 | All | $925kDec 2025 | – / 92% | 6 |
| Eleebana | 6,460 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 50% | 10 |
| Edgeworth | 6,401 | All | $765kDec 2025 | – / 56% | 2 |
| Cardiff (NSW) | 6,318 | All | $850kDec 2025 | – / 24% | 4 |
| Belmont North | 6,291 | All | $965kDec 2025 | – / 38% | 4 |
| Toronto | 5,973 | All | $790kDec 2025 | – / 70% | 2 |
| Valentine | 5,773 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 68% | 9 |
| Adamstown Heights | 5,621 | 16% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 50% | 10 |
| Swansea (NSW) | 5,044 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 38% | 2 |
| Morisset | 4,078 | All | $877kDec 2025 | – / 83% | 1 |
| Bonnells Bay | 4,066 | All | $884kDec 2025 | – / 58% | 4 |
| Caves Beach | 4,016 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 46% | 7 |
| Redhead | 3,785 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 72% | 8 |
| Mount Hutton (NSW) | 3,712 | All | $880kDec 2025 | – / 65% | 3 |
| Macquarie Hills | 3,605 | All | $915kDec 2025 | – / 56% | 8 |
| Windale | 3,421 | All | $773kDec 2025 | – / 31% | 1 |
| Speers Point | 3,400 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 39% | 7 |
| Glendale (NSW) | 3,260 | All | $830kDec 2025 | – / 49% | 3 |
| Gateshead | 3,121 | All | $756kDec 2025 | – / 73% | 1 |
| West Wallsend | 2,981 | All | $810kDec 2025 | – / 93% | 3 |
| Cardiff South | 2,931 | All | $920kDec 2025 | – / 30% | 4 |
| Wangi Wangi | 2,920 | All | $895kDec 2025 | – / 50% | 5 |
| Wyee | 2,909 | All | $938kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 4 |
| Whitebridge | 2,900 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 90% | 9 |
| Blackalls Park | 2,812 | All | $791kDec 2025 | – / 47% | 3 |
| Teralba | 2,654 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 81% | 6 |
| New Lambton Heights | 2,610 | 61% | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 76% | 10 |
| Kahibah | 2,603 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 33% | 8 |
| Rankin Park | 2,547 | 47% | $870kDec 2025 | – / 53% | 9 |
| Dudley | 2,505 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 88% | 10 |
| Jewells | 2,452 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 77% | 8 |
| Bolton Point | 2,124 | All | $823kDec 2025 | – / 57% | 1 |
| Rathmines | 2,076 | All | $865kDec 2025 | – / 70% | 5 |
| Tingira Heights | 2,043 | All | $850kDec 2025 | – / 79% | 5 |
| Garden Suburb | 1,959 | All | $951kDec 2025 | – / 72% | 9 |
| Blacksmiths | 1,881 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 62% | 3 |
| Marks Point | 1,861 | All | $938kDec 2025 | – / 57% | 2 |
| Floraville | 1,814 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 68% | 8 |
| Fennell Bay | 1,780 | All | $820kDec 2025 | – / 74% | 3 |
| Coal Point | 1,749 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 26% | 10 |
| Dora Creek | 1,739 | All | $765kDec 2025 | – / 73% | 3 |
| Barnsley | 1,735 | All | $778kDec 2025 | – / 80% | 3 |
| Boolaroo | 1,636 | All | $980kDec 2025 | – / 16% | 4 |
| Booragul | 1,623 | All | $870kDec 2025 | – / 24% | 2 |
| Kilaben Bay | 1,516 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 59% | 9 |
| Lakelands (NSW) | 1,445 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 10 |
| Arcadia Vale | 1,431 | All | $820kDec 2025 | – / 71% | 5 |
| Holmesville | 1,413 | All | $821kDec 2025 | – / 51% | 2 |
| Cardiff Heights | 1,384 | All | $953kDec 2025 | – / 63% | 9 |
| Argenton | 1,352 | All | $793kDec 2025 | – / 12% | 1 |
| Kotara South | 1,267 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 25% | 9 |
| Buttaba | 1,204 | All | $920kDec 2025 | – / 83% | 6 |
| Woodrising | 1,176 | All | $788kDec 2025 | – / 68% | 3 |
| Wyee Point | 1,171 | All | $964kDec 2025 | – / 95% | 4 |
| Fishing Point | 1,105 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Morisset Park | 1,085 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 67% | 6 |
| Belmont South | 1,053 | All | $923kDec 2025 | – / 60% | 2 |
| Balcolyn | 1,002 | All | $858kDec 2025 | – / 53% | 3 |
| Catherine Hill Bay | 943 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | – / 92% | 10 |
| Highfields (NSW) | 936 | All | $965kDec 2025 | – / 63% | 10 |
| Nords Wharf | 895 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 91% | 7 |
| Murrays Beach | 882 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 91% | 10 |
| Brightwaters | 875 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 82% | 6 |
| Pelican (NSW) | 874 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 66% | 4 |
| Carey Bay | 865 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 9% | 7 |
| Mirrabooka (NSW) | 809 | All | $810kDec 2025 | – / 67% | 5 |
| Marmong Point | 765 | All | $940kDec 2025 | – / 83% | 7 |
| Balmoral (Lake Macquarie - NSW) | 730 | All | $800kDec 2025 | – / 67% | 8 |
| Windermere Park | 722 | All | $745kDec 2025 | – / 7% | 2 |
| Killingworth (NSW) | 690 | All | $910kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 5 |
| Croudace Bay | 641 | All | $973kDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Hillsborough (Lake Macquarie - NSW) | 641 | All | $880kDec 2025 | – / 79% | 5 |
| Swansea Heads | 609 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 97% | 9 |
| Fassifern (NSW) | 586 | All | $700kDec 2025 | – / 91% | 2 |
| Sunshine (NSW) | 475 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 4 |
| Mandalong | 433 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 98% | 7 |
| Awaba | 430 | All | $733kDec 2025 | – / 99% | 3 |
| Yarrawonga Park | 390 | All | $700kDec 2025 | – / 81% | 3 |
| Martinsville | 389 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 99% | 9 |
| Seahampton | 292 | All | $780kDec 2025 | – / 100% | 3 |
| Silverwater (Lake Macquarie - NSW) | 274 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Eraring | 221 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 60% | 9 |
| Cams Wharf | 182 | All | – / 74% | 4 | |
| Wakefield | 144 | All | $1.5MDec 2025 | – / 96% | 8 |
| Freemans Waterhole | 120 | All | – / 100% | 3 | |
| Ryhope | 35 | All | – / 96% | 6 | |
| Bennetts Green | All | – / 72% | |||
| Lake Macquarie | All | – / 100% | |||
| Little Pelican | All | – / 0% | 1 | ||
| Moonee | 88% | – / 98% | |||
| Myuna Bay | All | – / 77% | |||
| Pinny Beach | All | – / 97% |
Hazards
Share of each member suburb's land inside the mapped layer, averaged across the council weighted by the residents each suburb contributes. Only suburbs a source covers count; the rest are left out, not counted as zero.
Observed surface water (1986–present)
2%
Over 94 of 96 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 84 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $700k
- Median of suburb medians
- $945k
- Highest suburb median
- $2.0M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 39 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 555
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 258
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,289
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,450
- per 100k · NSW 2025
Representation
Federal electorates and state districts covering the council, by share of the residents its suburbs contribute (each suburb counts once, for the seat containing a representative interior point).
Federal electorates
- Shortland · Pat CONROY (ALP)58%
- Hunter · Dan REPACHOLI (ALP)40%
- Newcastle · Sharon CLAYDON (ALP)2%
State districts
- Lake Macquarie · Greg Piper (IND)37%
- Charlestown · Jodie Harrison (ALP)27%
- Swansea · Yasmin Catley (ALP)22%
- Cessnock · Clayton Barr (ALP)11%
- Wallsend · Sonia Hornery (ALP)4%
Neighbouring councils
Councils in the same state whose suburbs share a boundary with this one's, and councils it splits a suburb with.
Compare it with every New South Wales council on the council map or the New South Wales council list.
Boundaries: ABS ASGS Edition 3, LGA 2024 boundaries; suburbs allocated by 2021 mesh block, weighted by Census 2021 residents. Population: ABS estimated resident population 2025. Census 2021 and SEIFA 2021: ABS. Council-wide medians: ABS Data by Region. Approvals: ABS Building Approvals. Grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. Suburb prices: state Valuer-General. Flood and bushfire: state planning layers. Observed water: Geoscience Australia DEA Water Observations. Crime: state police statistics. Website and identity: Wikidata (CC0). ABS, Dept of Infrastructure and state government data CC BY 4.0. Council facts loaded 2026-09-24.