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hamilton east
New South Wales · Census 2021
$2.05M
+58.0% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Hamilton East is a coastal suburb of Newcastle.
Median house price
People
Population
997
Median age
43 yrs
Income / person / wk
$1,082
Household income / wk
$2,297
Housing
Median rent / wk
$470
Mortgage / month
$2,320
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 44%
- Top language at home
- Greek · 2%
- No religion
- 44%
- Born overseas
- 13%
- English only at home
- 89%
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
0.1 km
School sector & type: ACARA (Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority), School Location dataset.
Local council
- Council (LGA)
- Newcastle
- Council population
- 172,308
- Council area
- 187 km²
- Density
- 923/km²
- Federal grants
- $15.71M/yr (2025-26)
- Grants per resident
- $91/yr
Council boundary: ABS ASGS LGA 2024. Federal grants: Financial Assistance Grants, Dept of Infrastructure. All CC BY 4.0.
Representation
- Federal division
- Newcastle
- Federal MP
- Sharon Claydon (ALP)
- Two-party-preferred
- Labor 71% 2PP
- State electorate
- Newcastle
- State MP
- Tim Crakanthorp (ALP)
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