Suburb profile
Highfields NSW 2289
Highfields is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2289. It has 418 properties across 13 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Highfields, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Highfields
Highfields, NSW 2289, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Charlestown, Kahibah, Merewether and Whitebridge. Its 13 streets hold 418 properties, 369 of them houses and 49 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 Highfields
- 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
Streets in Highfields
- Burwood Road1 property
- Cotterill Lane2 properties
- George Street42 properties
- Highfields Parade92 properties
- Hillcrest Parade40 properties
- Kahibah Road67 properties
- Louisa Avenue24 properties
- Margaret Street20 properties
- Maybury Street8 properties
- Oliver Lane3 properties
- Pacific Highway64 properties
- Syltone Close5 properties
- Valaud Crescent50 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.