Suburb profile

Coal Point NSW 2283

Coal Point is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2283. It has 957 properties across 14 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Coal Point, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Coal Point

Coal Point, NSW 2283, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Carey Bay, Kilaben Bay and Lake Macquarie. Its 14 streets hold 957 properties, 940 of them houses and 17 units.

Census figures are for the Toronto - Awaba area, which has 13,961 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income is $1,400 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,733 a month and the median rent $340 a week. Of 5,510 dwellings, 4,633 are separate houses, 595 semi-detached, 244 flats and 31 other; 2,262 are owned outright, 1,701 owned with a mortgage and 1,381 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Coal Point

  • 13,961Peoplelive in the area
  • 48Median ageyears
  • $1,400Median household incomea week
  • $340Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,633
  • Townhouses and semis595
  • Flats and apartments244
  • Other31

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,733a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,262Owned with a mortgage 1,701Rented 1,381Other 166

Schools in Coal Point

  • Coal Point Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Coal Point

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.