Suburb profile
Georgetown NSW 2298
Georgetown is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2298. It has 1,093 properties across 27 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Georgetown, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Georgetown
Georgetown, NSW 2298, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Islington, Broadmeadow, Hamilton North and Waratah. Its 27 streets hold 1,093 properties, 886 of them houses and 207 units.
Census figures are for Waratah - North Lambton, which covers the suburb. The area had 12,883 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,639 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,937 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 4,987 dwellings, 3,863 were separate houses, 575 semi-detached and 524 flats, with 19 other; 1,239 were owned outright, 1,609 owned with a mortgage and 1,993 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Georgetown
- 12,883Peoplelive in the area
- 36Median ageyears
- $1,639Median household incomea week
- $380Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,863
- Townhouses and semis575
- Flats and apartments524
- Other19
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,937a month
- Household size2.3people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Georgetown
- Asher Street62 properties
- Astley Street12 properties
- Austin Street18 properties
- Bedford Street18 properties
- Bowker Street22 properties
- Brett Street67 properties
- Chatham Road38 properties
- Christo Road83 properties
- Collins Street35 properties
- Cowper Street22 properties
- David Street19 properties
- Edward Street9 properties
- Fletcher Street18 properties
- Georgetown Road154 properties
- Hunter Street31 properties
- Lake Road7 properties
- Mabel Street56 properties
- Miller Street2 properties
- Moate Street117 properties
- Palmer Street31 properties
- Parkview Street27 properties
- Shelley Street26 properties
- Sparke Street71 properties
- Stephen Street10 properties
- Turner Street26 properties
- Wentworth Street52 properties
- Young Street60 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.