Suburb profile
Balcolyn NSW 2264
Balcolyn is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2264. It has 512 properties across 15 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Balcolyn, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Balcolyn
Balcolyn, NSW 2264, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Lake Macquarie, Silverwater and Yarrawonga Park. Its 15 streets hold 512 properties, 504 of them houses and 8 units.
Census figures are for the Bonnells Bay - Silverwater area. It had 9,691 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,491 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,783 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 3,667 dwellings, 3,511 were separate houses, 102 semi-detached and 41 flats; 1,454 were owned outright, 1,221 owned with a mortgage and 908 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Balcolyn
- 9,691Peoplelive in the area
- 43Median ageyears
- $1,491Median household incomea week
- $400Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,511
- Townhouses and semis102
- Flats and apartments41
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,783a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Balcolyn
- Alfresco Way11 properties
- Amphora Drive24 properties
- Balcolyn Street52 properties
- Bay Street82 properties
- Beach Road50 properties
- Centour Street13 properties
- Colban Street14 properties
- Helena Street33 properties
- Hewitt Street15 properties
- King Street25 properties
- Lake Road110 properties
- Lawrie Street8 properties
- Pantowara Street14 properties
- Queen Street52 properties
- Yarrawonga Park Road9 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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.