Suburb profile

Kahibah NSW 2290

Kahibah is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2290. It has 1,371 properties across 37 streets. Explore every street in Kahibah, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Kahibah

Kahibah, NSW 2290, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Whitebridge, Highfields and Charlestown. Its 37 streets hold 1,371 properties, 914 of them houses and 457 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 Kahibah

  • 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

Owned outright 3,339Owned with a mortgage 3,631Rented 2,499Other 173

Schools in Kahibah

  • Kahibah Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Kahibah

Neighbouring suburbs

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