Suburb profile

Black Hill NSW 2322

Black Hill is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2322. It has 315 properties across 20 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Black Hill, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Black Hill

Black Hill, NSW 2322, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Beresfield, Buchanan, Buttai and East Maitland. Its 20 streets hold 315 properties, 296 of them houses and 19 units.

Census figures are for Beresfield - Hexham, an area that covers 0.608 of the suburb's share. At the 2021 Census it had 8,561 residents, a median age of 39 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,237 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,450 a month and the median rent $340 a week. Of 3,336 dwellings, 3,110 were separate houses, 199 semi-detached and 30 flats; 1,169 were owned outright, 1,114 owned with a mortgage and 968 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Black Hill

  • 8,561Peoplelive in the area
  • 39Median ageyears
  • $1,237Median household incomea week
  • $340Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,110
  • Townhouses and semis199
  • Flats and apartments30

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,450a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,169Owned with a mortgage 1,114Rented 968Other 85

Properties in Black Hill

Schools in Black Hill

  • Black Hill Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Agencies that specialise in Black Hill

Streets in Black Hill

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.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.