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Argenton NSW 2284

Argenton is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2284. It has 749 properties across 18 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Argenton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Argenton

Argenton, NSW 2284, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Boolaroo, Cardiff, Edgeworth and Glendale. Its 18 streets hold 749 properties, 615 of them houses and 134 units.

Census figures are for the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough area, which had 24,588 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $1,818 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,885 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 9,196 dwellings, 8,235 were separate houses, 668 semi-detached and 272 flats; 3,055 were owned outright, 3,814 owned with a mortgage and 2,131 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Argenton

  • 24,588Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $1,818Median household incomea week
  • $380Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses8,235
  • Townhouses and semis668
  • Flats and apartments272
  • Other14

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,885a month
  • Household size2.6people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 3,055Owned with a mortgage 3,814Rented 2,131Other 196

Schools in Argenton

  • Argenton Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Argenton

  1. Brandon Street21 properties
  2. Elizabeth Street18 properties
  3. Hargrave Street5 properties
  4. James Street4 properties
  5. Lake Road181 properties
  6. Margaret Street4 properties
  7. Mary Street4 properties
  8. Mclaughlin Street49 properties
  9. Montgomery Street167 properties
  10. Park Avenue80 properties
  11. Piper Street22 properties
  12. Princess Street12 properties
  13. Queen Street9 properties
  14. Robert Street89 properties
  15. Thomas Street12 properties
  16. Victoria Street23 properties
  17. Waratah Street17 properties
  18. William Street32 properties

Neighbouring suburbs

Addresses and streets incorporate or were developed using G-NAF © Geoscape Australia, licensed by the Commonwealth of Australia under the Open Geo-coded National Address File (G-NAF) End User Licence Agreement.

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.