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Caves Beach NSW 2281

Caves Beach is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2281. It has 2,141 properties across 67 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Caves Beach, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Caves Beach

Caves Beach, NSW 2281, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Pinny Beach, Swansea and Swansea Heads. Its 67 streets hold 2,141 properties, 1,773 of them houses and 368 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, 549 flats and 24 other; 2,175 were owned outright, 1,552 owned with a mortgage and 1,057 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Caves Beach

  • 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

Schools in Caves Beach

  • Caves Beach Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Caves Beach

A

  1. Alexander Avenue37 properties
  2. Aquamarine Close20 properties

B

  1. Barellan Street31 properties
  2. Beachside Drive22 properties
  3. Bligh Avenue20 properties
  4. Bloodwood Close3 properties
  5. Bottlebrush Grove15 properties
  6. Braemar Road24 properties
  7. Brigantine Place23 properties

C

  1. Caldwell Street34 properties
  2. Callistemon Close18 properties
  3. Caves Beach Road420 properties
  4. Caves Court11 properties
  5. Cinnabar Close24 properties
  6. Civic Avenue32 properties
  7. Clipper Close17 properties
  8. Collins Close6 properties
  9. Copper Valley Close30 properties

D

  1. Dolphin Court3 properties
  2. Driftwood Close26 properties

E

  1. Ebbtide Avenue26 properties
  2. Emerald Close20 properties

F

  1. Farrington Close15 properties
  2. Forest Oak Place10 properties
  3. Frenchmans Way4 properties

G

  1. Galleon Grove12 properties
  2. Gem Close5 properties

I

  1. Ironwood Close6 properties
  2. Island Outlook7 properties

J

  1. Jan Close14 properties

K

  1. Kayuga Close7 properties

M

  1. Macquarie Grove191 properties
  2. Martha Street16 properties
  3. Mawson Close48 properties
  4. Melaleuca Close7 properties
  5. Middle Street22 properties
  6. Mine Camp Road1 property

N

  1. New Street18 properties
  2. North Close6 properties

O

  1. Ocean View Parade55 properties
  2. Oceanside Drive44 properties

P

  1. Pacific Street66 properties
  2. Palm Tree Crescent20 properties
  3. Park Avenue147 properties
  4. Phillip Street24 properties

R

  1. Rea Street2 properties
  2. Reid Close17 properties
  3. Rose Close6 properties
  4. Ruby Close8 properties

S

  1. Sapphire Close27 properties
  2. Satinwood Court14 properties
  3. Scenic Drive59 properties
  4. Sea Eagle Crescent15 properties
  5. Seacliff Place17 properties
  6. Seahorse Place8 properties
  7. Seaside Circuit44 properties
  8. Seaspray Close38 properties
  9. Silky Oak Drive98 properties
  10. Silver Birch Close11 properties
  11. South Close8 properties
  12. Spoon Rocks Road18 properties
  13. Strathmore Road35 properties

T

  1. Tasman Court53 properties
  2. The Esplanade21 properties

V

  1. Village Grove19 properties

Y

  1. Yachtsman Avenue10 properties
  2. Yellowbox Close6 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.

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.