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mayfield east
New South Wales · Census 2021
$1.05M
+23.5% yr · median house · Dec 2025
Mayfield East is a coastal suburb of Newcastle.
Median house price
People
Population
1,794
Median age
36 yrs
Income / person / wk
$903
Household income / wk
$1,809
Housing
Median rent / wk
$420
Mortgage / month
$2,000
Culture & community
- Dominant religion
- No religion · 59%
- Top language at home
- Mandarin · 0%
- No religion
- 59%
- Born overseas
- 12%
- English only at home
- 93%
Schools by sector
Government
0
Catholic
0
Independent
0
Primary
0
Secondary
0
Nearest secondary
0.8 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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