Suburb profile
Adamstown NSW 2289
Adamstown is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2289. It has 4,183 properties across 69 streets. Explore every street in Adamstown, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Adamstown
Adamstown, NSW 2289, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Adamstown Heights, Broadmeadow, Hamilton South and Merewether Heights. Its 69 streets hold 4,183 properties, 2,457 of them houses and 1,726 units.
Census figures are for the Adamstown - Kotara area, which had 16,600 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,071 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $410 a week. Of 6,221 dwellings, 5,103 were separate houses, 683 semi-detached and 422 flats, with 11 other; 2,156 were owned outright, 2,276 owned with a mortgage and 1,682 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Adamstown
- 16,600Peoplelive in the area
- 37Median ageyears
- $2,071Median household incomea week
- $410Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,103
- Townhouses and semis683
- Flats and apartments422
- Other11
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
- Household size2.6people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Adamstown
Adamstown Public School
GovernmentPrimary
Belair Public School
GovernmentPrimary
St Columba's Primary School
CatholicPrimary
Kotara High School
GovernmentSecondary
Trinity Catholic College
CatholicSecondary
Streets in Adamstown
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Neighbouring suburbs
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Population and housing figures are drawn from the Australian Bureau of Statistics, Census of Population and Housing 2021, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International.
School details © Australian Curriculum, Assessment and Reporting Authority (ACARA), from the Australian Schools List, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International and modified. ACARA does not endorse Listd.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.