Suburb profile

Cams Wharf NSW 2281

Cams Wharf is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2281. It has 235 properties across 10 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Cams Wharf, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Cams Wharf

Cams Wharf, NSW 2281, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Catherine Hill Bay, Nords Wharf, Lake Macquarie and Murrays Beach. Its 10 streets hold 235 properties, 231 of them houses and 4 units.

Census figures are for the Swansea - Caves Beach area, which had 12,559 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,419 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,080 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 4,968 dwellings, 3,964 were separate houses, 425 semi-detached and 549 flats, with 24 other; 2,175 were owned outright, 1,552 owned with a mortgage and 1,057 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Cams Wharf

  • 12,559Peoplelive in the area
  • 49Median ageyears
  • $1,419Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,964
  • Townhouses and semis425
  • Flats and apartments549
  • Other24

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,080a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,175Owned with a mortgage 1,552Rented 1,057Other 184

Properties in Cams Wharf

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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.