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Barnsley NSW 2278

Barnsley is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2278. It has 868 properties across 32 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Barnsley, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Barnsley

Barnsley, NSW 2278, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Teralba, Killingworth, Holmesville and Edgeworth. Its 32 streets hold 868 properties, 846 of them houses and 22 units.

The census figures are for West Wallsend - Barnsley - Killingworth, which had 7,254 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.7 people. Median household income was $1,769 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,798 a month and the median rent $390 a week. Of 2,579 dwellings, 2,516 were separate houses, 35 semi-detached, 11 flats and 7 other; 822 were owned outright, 1,254 owned with a mortgage and 384 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Barnsley

  • 7,254Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $1,769Median household incomea week
  • $390Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,516
  • Townhouses and semis35
  • Flats and apartments11
  • Other7

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,798a month
  • Household size2.7people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 822Owned with a mortgage 1,254Rented 384Other 119

Properties in Barnsley

Schools in Barnsley

  • Barnsley Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Barnsley

  1. Albert Street4 properties
  2. Appletree Road5 properties
  3. Banyandah Road3 properties
  4. Bath Street19 properties
  5. Bendigo Road17 properties
  6. Bendigo Street21 properties
  7. Bramcote Street8 properties
  8. Charlton Street64 properties
  9. Cliffbrook Street26 properties
  10. Codrington Street73 properties
  11. College Street9 properties
  12. Deepwater Street7 properties
  13. George Street80 properties
  14. Government Road25 properties
  15. Henry Street2 properties
  16. High Street13 properties
  17. Highcross Street5 properties
  18. Johnson Avenue11 properties
  19. King Street17 properties
  20. Macquarie Street84 properties
  21. Malcolm Street6 properties
  22. Nelson Street79 properties
  23. Northville Drive81 properties
  24. Prince Street24 properties
  25. Queen Street16 properties
  26. Stevenson Street8 properties
  27. Taylor Avenue16 properties
  28. The Weir Road22 properties
  29. Thomas Street83 properties
  30. Victoria Street37 properties
  31. Wakefield Road2 properties
  32. Wellington Street1 property

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.