Suburb profile
Cardiff NSW 2285
Cardiff is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2285. It has 4,324 properties across 112 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Cardiff, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Cardiff
Cardiff, NSW 2285, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Boolaroo, Cardiff Heights, Cardiff South and Garden Suburb. Its 112 streets hold 4,324 properties, 2,981 of them houses and 1,343 units.
Census figures are for the Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough area, which has 24,588 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income is $1,818 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,885 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 9,196 dwellings, 8,235 are separate houses, 668 semi-detached, 272 flats and 14 other; 3,055 are owned outright, 3,814 owned with a mortgage and 2,131 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Cardiff
- 24,588Peoplelive in the area
- 38Median ageyears
- $1,818Median household incomea week
- $380Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses8,235
- Townhouses and semis668
- Flats and apartments272
- Other14
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,885a month
- Household size2.6people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Cardiff
Cardiff North Public School
GovernmentPrimary
Cardiff Public School
GovernmentPrimary
St Kevin's Primary School
CatholicPrimary
Cardiff High School
GovernmentSecondary
Streets in Cardiff
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- Mac Street1 property
- Maclean Close12 properties
- Macquarie Road152 properties
- Main Road428 properties
- Maple Street19 properties
- Margaret Street18 properties
- Marianne Street33 properties
- Mary Street28 properties
- May Street19 properties
- Mcintyre Street48 properties
- Medlow Street12 properties
- Merewether Street14 properties
- Merrion Way8 properties
- Michael Street8 properties
- Mitchell Road102 properties
- Munibung Road235 properties
- Murray Road49 properties
- Myall Road115 properties
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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.