Suburb profile
Catherine Hill Bay NSW 2281
Catherine Hill Bay is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2281. It has 772 properties across 30 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Catherine Hill Bay, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Catherine Hill Bay
Catherine Hill Bay, NSW 2281, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Pinny Beach, Murrays Beach, Cams Wharf and Nords Wharf. Its 30 streets hold 772 properties, 770 of them houses and 2 units.
Census figures are for the Swansea - Caves Beach area, not Catherine Hill Bay alone. At the 2021 Census the area 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, 549 flats and 24 other. Tenure split into 2,175 owned outright, 1,552 owned with a mortgage and 1,057 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Catherine Hill Bay
- 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
Properties in Catherine Hill Bay
Agencies that specialise in Catherine Hill Bay
Streets in Catherine Hill Bay
- Anouska Street18 properties
- Breakers Boulevard10 properties
- Clarke Street32 properties
- Colliery Road27 properties
- Farr Street1 property
- Flowers Drive73 properties
- Frangipani Avenue5 properties
- Frazer Street6 properties
- Gillespie Street7 properties
- Guillespie Street7 properties
- Hale Street9 properties
- Hooey Street1 property
- Hopwood Close35 properties
- Lindsley Street15 properties
- Mine Camp Road1 property
- Montefiore Parkway16 properties
- Montefiore Street1 property
- Northwood Road10 properties
- Quinn Street46 properties
- Raywood Circuit21 properties
- Rockpool Road34 properties
- Sandhill Close11 properties
- Silkstone Circuit39 properties
- Stollard Street64 properties
- Sunnyspot Boulevard70 properties
- Surfside Drive133 properties
- Trevillion Lane3 properties
- Wardle Avenue10 properties
- Whale Street7 properties
- Woodbury Circuit60 properties
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.