Newcastle
178,935 residents (ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025) across 187 km², 51 suburbs. Council website: newcastle.nsw.gov.au.
Council series run to July 2026.
Population
178,935
ABS estimated resident population, 30 June 2025 · +1.1% in a year
Density
958/km²
187 km² · ERP 2025 over the ABS 2024 boundary
Council-wide house median
$885k
Established-house transfers across the whole council, FY 2023-24 (ABS)
Federal grants per resident
$88
Financial Assistance Grant 2025-26 over ERP 2025
Dwelling approvals
5.2 per 1,000
Residents, 12 months to July 2026 (ABS Building Approvals)
Advantage decile
9 of 10
SEIFA 2021 IRSAD, national (10 = most advantaged)
Suburbs
51
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
- 37
- Median household income
- $1,760/week
- Median rent
- $400/week
- Median mortgage repayment
- $1,987/month
- Households renting
- 36.6%
- Average household
- 2.4 people
- Advantage and disadvantage (IRSAD)
- decile 9 of 10
- Disadvantage (IRSD)
- decile 8 of 10
Suburbs
51 suburbs where Newcastle holds most residents, plus 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wallsend | 13,244 | All | $825kDec 2025 | – / 49% | 3 |
| Merewether | 11,788 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 55% | 10 |
| New Lambton | 10,651 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 39% | 8 |
| Mayfield (Newcastle - NSW) | 9,760 | All | $991kDec 2025 | – / 0% | 5 |
| Fletcher (NSW) | 8,014 | All | $983kDec 2025 | – / 78% | 9 |
| Maryland (Newcastle - NSW) | 7,714 | All | $851kDec 2025 | – / 35% | 4 |
| Adamstown | 6,335 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 12% | 8 |
| Elermore Vale | 6,057 | 98% | $950kDec 2025 | – / 55% | 5 |
| Adamstown Heights | 5,621 | 84% | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 50% | 10 |
| Lambton | 5,214 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 34% | 7 |
| Waratah (NSW) | 4,927 | All | $935kDec 2025 | – / 7% | 4 |
| Hamilton (NSW) | 4,614 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Shortland | 4,537 | All | $745kDec 2025 | – / 42% | 3 |
| Hamilton South | 4,057 | All | $1.8MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Stockton (NSW) | 4,046 | All | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 25% | 5 |
| Kotara | 3,980 | All | $990kDec 2025 | – / 31% | 9 |
| Newcastle | 3,852 | All | $1.4MDec 2025 | 0% / 2% | 10 |
| Cooks Hill | 3,774 | All | $1.6MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| North Lambton | 3,454 | All | $935kDec 2025 | – / 19% | 6 |
| Beresfield | 3,267 | All | $690kDec 2025 | – / 37% | 1 |
| Jesmond | 3,210 | All | $820kDec 2025 | – / <1% | 2 |
| Waratah West | 3,142 | All | $901kDec 2025 | – / 30% | 5 |
| New Lambton Heights | 2,610 | 39% | $1.3MDec 2025 | – / 76% | 10 |
| Birmingham Gardens | 2,598 | All | $821kDec 2025 | – / 2% | 4 |
| Rankin Park | 2,547 | 53% | $870kDec 2025 | – / 53% | 9 |
| The Hill | 2,076 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Georgetown (NSW) | 2,072 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Carrington (Newcastle - NSW) | 2,061 | All | $977kDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Islington | 2,026 | All | $978kDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Mayfield West | 1,993 | All | $865kDec 2025 | – / 0% | 5 |
| Warabrook | 1,982 | All | $984kDec 2025 | – / <1% | 5 |
| Tighes Hill | 1,801 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 8 |
| Mayfield East | 1,794 | All | $1.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Tarro | 1,703 | All | $711kDec 2025 | – / 62% | 1 |
| Broadmeadow | 1,688 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 6 |
| Maryville | 1,671 | All | $1.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Wickham (NSW) | 1,637 | All | $1.1MDec 2025 | 0% / 0% | 10 |
| Merewether Heights | 1,495 | All | $1.7MDec 2025 | – / 30% | 10 |
| Newcastle West | 1,453 | All | – / 0% | 9 | |
| Callaghan | 1,358 | All | – / 50% | ||
| Bar Beach | 1,292 | All | $3.3MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 9 |
| Newcastle East | 1,061 | All | $2.4MDec 2025 | 0% / 0% | 9 |
| Hamilton East | 997 | All | $2.0MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| The Junction | 994 | All | $2.2MDec 2025 | – / 0% | 10 |
| Hamilton North | 934 | All | $950kDec 2025 | – / 0% | 7 |
| Minmi | 700 | All | $530kDec 2025 | – / 94% | 5 |
| Black Hill (NSW) | 516 | 66% | $2.1MDec 2025 | – / 94% | 10 |
| Sandgate (NSW) | 276 | All | – / 27% | 1 | |
| Hexham (NSW) | 157 | All | $430kDec 2025 | – / 89% | 2 |
| Lenaghan | 70 | All | – / 100% | 2 | |
| Kooragang | 4 | All | – / 3% | ||
| Mayfield North | All | – / 0% |
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.
Flood planning land
0%
Over 3 of 52 member suburbs (the rest are not mapped)
Show the layer on the map →Suburb prices
Across the 45 member suburbs with their own Valuer-General median (unweighted; each suburb's latest figure, periods ending Dec 2025).
- Lowest suburb median
- $430k
- Median of suburb medians
- $1.0M
- Highest suburb median
- $3.3M
Recorded crime
Offences per 100,000 residents over the 29 member suburbs the source covers, financial year ending 2025. Small suburbs and unreliable rates are excluded.
- Break and enter
- 1,313
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Motor vehicle theft
- 392
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- property_damage
- 1,681
- per 100k · NSW 2025
- Violent crime
- 2,969
- 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
- Newcastle · Sharon CLAYDON (ALP)97%
- Paterson · Meryl SWANSON (ALP)3%
State districts
- Wallsend · Sonia Hornery (ALP)44%
- Newcastle · Tim Crakanthorp (ALP)41%
- Charlestown · Jodie Harrison (ALP)16%
- Cessnock · Clayton Barr (ALP)1%
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.