Suburb profile

Jewells NSW 2280

Jewells is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2280. It has 1,180 properties across 48 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Jewells, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Jewells

Jewells, NSW 2280, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Belmont North, Redhead, Tingira Heights and Windale. Its 48 streets hold 1,180 properties, 1,030 of them houses and 150 units.

Census figures are for the Belmont - Bennetts Green area, which 17,864 residents call home. Their median age was 44 and the average household 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,538 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,009 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 6,939 dwellings, 5,577 were separate houses, 761 semi-detached, 506 flats and 78 other; 2,703 were owned outright, 2,447 owned with a mortgage and 1,543 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Jewells

  • 17,864Peoplelive in the area
  • 44Median ageyears
  • $1,538Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses5,577
  • Townhouses and semis761
  • Flats and apartments506
  • Other78

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,009a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,703Owned with a mortgage 2,447Rented 1,543Other 246

Schools in Jewells

  • Jewells Primary School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Jewells

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.

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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.