Suburb profile
Hamilton NSW 2303
Hamilton is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2303. It has 3,429 properties across 48 streets. Explore every street in Hamilton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Hamilton
Hamilton, NSW 2303, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Broadmeadow, Hamilton East, Hamilton South and Newcastle West. Its 48 streets hold 3,429 properties, 2,102 of them houses and 1,327 units.
Census figures are for the Hamilton - Broadmeadow area. It had 12,772 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.2 people. Median household income was $1,669 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,115 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 5,263 dwellings, 3,258 were separate houses, 860 semi-detached, 1,087 flats and 50 other; 1,590 were owned outright, 1,340 owned with a mortgage and 2,157 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Hamilton
- 12,772Peoplelive in the area
- 40Median ageyears
- $1,669Median household incomea week
- $380Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,258
- Townhouses and semis860
- Flats and apartments1,087
- Other50
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,115a month
- Household size2.2people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Hamilton
Hamilton Public School
GovernmentPrimary
Newcastle High School
GovernmentSecondary
St Francis Xavier's College
CatholicSecondary
Streets in Hamilton
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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.