Suburb profile

Charlestown NSW 2290

Charlestown is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2290. It has 8,124 properties across 183 streets. Explore every street in Charlestown, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Charlestown

Charlestown, NSW 2290, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Gateshead, Kotara South, Highfields and Whitebridge. Its 183 streets hold 8,124 properties, 5,232 of them houses and 2,892 units.

Census figures are for the Charlestown - Dudley area. It had 25,254 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,808 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,000 a month and the median rent $390 a week. Of 9,642 dwellings, 7,728 were separate houses, 1,356 semi-detached and 548 flats; 3,339 were owned outright, 3,631 owned with a mortgage and 2,499 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Charlestown

  • 25,254Peoplelive in the area
  • 38Median ageyears
  • $1,808Median household incomea week
  • $390Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses7,728
  • Townhouses and semis1,356
  • Flats and apartments548

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,000a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 3,339Owned with a mortgage 3,631Rented 2,499Other 173

Schools in Charlestown

  • Charlestown East Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Charlestown Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Charlestown South Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Hillsborough Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Joseph's Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

Streets in Charlestown

A

  1. Aberfeldy Close27 properties
  2. Abrahams Lane3 properties
  3. Aintree Close31 properties
  4. Aldrin Avenue8 properties
  5. Alexander Parade67 properties
  6. Algona Road73 properties
  7. Alisha Close9 properties
  8. Alvestor Close16 properties
  9. Anjon Street18 properties
  10. Apollo Drive38 properties
  11. Armstrong Road49 properties
  12. Arnold Street48 properties
  13. Attunga Close6 properties

B

  1. Baikie Crescent29 properties
  2. Baloo Close16 properties
  3. Bati Street11 properties
  4. Benaud Street19 properties
  5. Bianca Close23 properties
  6. Biraban Street5 properties
  7. Birkwood Close18 properties
  8. Birrong Place6 properties
  9. Boldon Close24 properties
  10. Bradman Street47 properties
  11. Brett Street4 properties
  12. Bula Street27 properties
  13. Buller Street25 properties
  14. Bulls Garden Road3 properties
  15. Buwa Street51 properties

C

  1. Camrose Street3 properties
  2. Canberra Street9 properties
  3. Carl Close15 properties
  4. Castle Close26 properties
  5. Chapman Street48 properties
  6. Charles Street253 properties
  7. Charlestown Road415 properties
  8. Chelston Close9 properties
  9. Chester Close7 properties
  10. Conifer Close5 properties
  11. Conrad Avenue35 properties
  12. Coolac Close11 properties
  13. Courtney Close19 properties
  14. Cowper Avenue60 properties
  15. Crescent Road85 properties
  16. Creswell Avenue60 properties

D

  1. Daisley Crescent13 properties
  2. Damian Close16 properties
  3. Dea Place4 properties
  4. Dickinson Street183 properties
  5. Downing Street27 properties
  6. Dudley Road242 properties

E

  1. E K Avenue130 properties
  2. Ede Close11 properties
  3. Edward Street128 properties
  4. Elizabeth Parade26 properties
  5. Elmore Street17 properties
  6. Emslie Street4 properties

F

  1. Fairview Avenue22 properties
  2. Felton Street15 properties
  3. Ferris Street1 property
  4. Fraser Parade48 properties
  5. Frederick Street36 properties

G

  1. Gari Street65 properties
  2. Garvey Grove17 properties
  3. Gemini Close16 properties
  4. Glenview Close8 properties
  5. Glider Court11 properties
  6. Goola Avenue12 properties
  7. Green Valley Road27 properties
  8. Griffiths Street81 properties
  9. Guna Street30 properties
  10. Gurra Place9 properties

H

  1. Hallam Street25 properties
  2. Hallvert Crescent18 properties
  3. Hampshire Place28 properties
  4. Hartley Street10 properties
  5. Hazleton Grove31 properties
  6. Heshbon Street1 property
  7. Highland Close41 properties
  8. Hillhouse Street15 properties
  9. Hillsborough Road69 properties
  10. Hooper Street5 properties
  11. Hopetoun Street38 properties
  12. Hutton Street47 properties

I

  1. Ida Street10 properties
  2. Illawong Place6 properties

J

  1. James Street112 properties
  2. Jarrod Close17 properties
  3. Jennifer Street86 properties
  4. Jenny Close12 properties
  5. Jergi Close42 properties
  6. Jill Parade19 properties
  7. Joanna Close9 properties
  8. Jordan Street7 properties
  9. Juliet Street8 properties
  10. Juncea Close24 properties

K

  1. Kahibah Road94 properties
  2. Kaleen Street64 properties
  3. Kalinda Parade41 properties
  4. Kalora Crescent42 properties
  5. Katrina Close10 properties
  6. Keal Street14 properties
  7. Kendall Street53 properties
  8. Kerr Street35 properties
  9. Kerri Close14 properties
  10. Kirika Street18 properties
  11. Kirkdale Drive57 properties
  12. Kulai Street95 properties
  13. Kullaroo Road37 properties
  14. Kurra Street7 properties

L

  1. Lara Close10 properties
  2. Lees Street63 properties
  3. Leisa Close4 properties
  4. Library Lane1 property
  5. Lincoln Street12 properties
  6. Lindyn Street10 properties
  7. Lorraine Street12 properties
  8. Luprena Close11 properties

M

  1. Madeleine Avenue61 properties
  2. Maltarra Place16 properties
  3. Mara Street6 properties
  4. Marie Street40 properties
  5. Maurene Crescent28 properties
  6. Mcdonald Crescent33 properties
  7. Melissa Close8 properties
  8. Merran Avenue44 properties
  9. Milson Street88 properties
  10. Mimosa Avenue9 properties
  11. Moonah Avenue17 properties
  12. Moto Street4 properties
  13. Mulbinga Street43 properties

N

  1. Nalya Close9 properties
  2. Naroo Avenue9 properties
  3. Nioke Place11 properties

O

  1. O'Brien Street11 properties
  2. Ocean View Parade78 properties

P

  1. Pacific Highway587 properties
  2. Park Street85 properties
  3. Patricia Avenue71 properties
  4. Pearson Street585 properties
  5. Pillapai Street50 properties
  6. Pindari Close14 properties
  7. Powell Street25 properties
  8. Princes Avenue81 properties
  9. Princeton Avenue1 property

R

  1. Redbud Close7 properties
  2. Repton Street8 properties
  3. Retreat Lane4 properties
  4. Ridley Street89 properties
  5. Roberts Street88 properties
  6. Roslyn Avenue105 properties

S

  1. Sabine Close8 properties
  2. Shelton Street31 properties
  3. Sherburn Place36 properties
  4. Simpson Close8 properties
  5. Smart Street113 properties
  6. Smith Street304 properties
  7. St Albans Close5 properties
  8. Stafford Close13 properties
  9. Stuart Street1 property

T

  1. Tallara Street1 property
  2. Tallowood Circuit35 properties
  3. Targo Street15 properties
  4. Teal Court4 properties
  5. Thompson Street21 properties
  6. Timbercrest Chase58 properties
  7. Tingara Street11 properties
  8. Tiral Street109 properties
  9. Tirriki Street165 properties
  10. Trent Street43 properties

U

  1. Ulaka Street11 properties

V

  1. Vicki Street3 properties
  2. Villa Place13 properties
  3. Voyager Close18 properties

W

  1. Wakal Street53 properties
  2. Wales Street34 properties
  3. Wall Close21 properties
  4. Waratah Avenue46 properties
  5. Warners Bay Road128 properties
  6. Whitburn Close31 properties
  7. Willis Street74 properties
  8. Willoughby Street28 properties

Y

  1. Yarrabee Close11 properties
  2. Yurig Street13 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.