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

Owned outright 3,055Owned with a mortgage 3,814Rented 2,131Other 196

Schools in Cardiff

  • Cardiff North Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Cardiff Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Kevin's Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Cardiff

A

  1. Ada Street11 properties
  2. Adelphi Lane1 property
  3. Afton Close10 properties
  4. Alfred Street1 property
  5. Alhambra Avenue12 properties
  6. Alice Street22 properties
  7. Allen Street2 properties
  8. Aminya Place24 properties
  9. Andrew Street2 properties
  10. Arthur Street16 properties
  11. Aruma Place56 properties

B

  1. Bank Street2 properties
  2. Belford Place18 properties
  3. Bellevue Crescent14 properties
  4. Boronia Street34 properties
  5. Boston Close27 properties
  6. Brooks Avenue21 properties
  7. Brown Street25 properties
  8. Byron Street15 properties

C

  1. Camellia Street49 properties
  2. Carrick Close20 properties
  3. Cedar Street38 properties
  4. Charles Street45 properties
  5. Clinton Close4 properties
  6. Coronation Avenue32 properties
  7. Curry Street24 properties
  8. Cypress Street75 properties

D

  1. Darcy Street34 properties
  2. Davies Street17 properties
  3. Durie Road6 properties

E

  1. Edward Street11 properties
  2. Emery Street16 properties

F

  1. Fern Valley Road81 properties
  2. Fifth Street23 properties
  3. Florence Street17 properties

G

  1. George Street1 property
  2. Gillian Crescent24 properties
  3. Gorleston Terrace10 properties
  4. Government Road32 properties

H

  1. Harrison Street93 properties
  2. Hartford Street34 properties
  3. Hendrick Street29 properties
  4. Henry Street18 properties
  5. Hill Street17 properties

I

  1. Illawarra Avenue41 properties

J

  1. James Street4 properties
  2. John Street31 properties
  3. Johnstone Street38 properties
  4. Joy Street12 properties

K

  1. Kathleen Street7 properties
  2. Kelton Street43 properties
  3. Kirby Street13 properties
  4. Kristen Close1 property

L

  1. Lachlan Road165 properties
  2. Lois Crescent29 properties
  3. Longworth Avenue56 properties
  4. Louisa Avenue20 properties
  5. Lovell Street29 properties
  6. Lowry Street90 properties

M

  1. Mac Street1 property
  2. Maclean Close12 properties
  3. Macquarie Road152 properties
  4. Main Road428 properties
  5. Maple Street19 properties
  6. Margaret Street18 properties
  7. Marianne Street33 properties
  8. Mary Street28 properties
  9. May Street19 properties
  10. Mcintyre Street48 properties
  11. Medlow Street12 properties
  12. Merewether Street14 properties
  13. Merrion Way8 properties
  14. Michael Street8 properties
  15. Mitchell Road102 properties
  16. Munibung Road235 properties
  17. Murray Road49 properties
  18. Myall Road115 properties

N

  1. Nelson Road69 properties
  2. Newcastle Street122 properties
  3. Norfolk Street33 properties

P

  1. Palm Street2 properties
  2. Park Street58 properties
  3. Paul Street25 properties
  4. Pavilion Place28 properties
  5. Pearce Street32 properties
  6. Peatties Road15 properties
  7. Pendlebury Road233 properties
  8. Pennant Street31 properties
  9. Penylan Street14 properties
  10. Percy Street1 property

Q

  1. Queens Avenue58 properties

R

  1. Railway Parade12 properties
  2. Ranton Street26 properties
  3. Reserved Road4 properties
  4. Roath Street38 properties
  5. Russell Street40 properties

S

  1. Short Street3 properties
  2. St Clair Place7 properties
  3. Stone Street28 properties
  4. Sturt Road121 properties

T

  1. Taylor Street21 properties
  2. Thomas Street95 properties
  3. Torrens Avenue23 properties

V

  1. Veronica Street47 properties
  2. Vides Street20 properties
  3. View Street21 properties

W

  1. Wansbeck Valley Road98 properties
  2. Wayne Place6 properties
  3. Wendy Street13 properties
  4. Wentworth Road8 properties
  5. William Street12 properties
  6. Woden Close17 properties

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.

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.