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Brightwaters NSW 2264

Brightwaters is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2264. It has 498 properties across 14 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Brightwaters, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Brightwaters

Brightwaters, NSW 2264, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Bonnells Bay, Mirrabooka, Morisset Park and Silverwater. Its 14 streets hold 498 properties, 483 of them houses and 15 units.

Census figures are for the Bonnells Bay - Silverwater area, which covers the whole suburb. 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 Brightwaters

  • 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

Owned outright 1,454Owned with a mortgage 1,221Rented 908Other 84

Schools in Brightwaters

  • Brightwaters Christian College

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

Streets in Brightwaters

  1. Bailey Street41 properties
  2. Bardon Lane12 properties
  3. Bardon Street10 properties
  4. Brightwaters Close15 properties
  5. Bulgonia Road58 properties
  6. Buttaba Road125 properties
  7. Dandaraga Road123 properties
  8. Kallaroo Road19 properties
  9. Kimbul Road10 properties
  10. Lake View Avenue16 properties
  11. Mulubina Road4 properties
  12. Pillapai Road63 properties
  13. Porowi Road1 property
  14. Yarrawonga Park Road1 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.