Suburb profile
Kotara South NSW 2289
Kotara South is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2289. It has 526 properties across 20 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Kotara South, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Kotara South
Kotara South, NSW 2289, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Adamstown Heights, Charlestown, Garden Suburb and Kotara. Its 20 streets hold 526 properties, 510 of them houses and 16 units.
Census figures are for the Adamstown - Kotara area, which had 16,600 residents, a median age of 37 and an average household of 2.6 people. Median household income was $2,071 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,167 a month and the median rent $410 a week. Of 6,221 dwellings, 5,103 were separate houses, 683 semi-detached, 422 flats and 11 other; 2,156 were owned outright, 2,276 owned with a mortgage and 1,682 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Kotara South
- 16,600Peoplelive in the area
- 37Median ageyears
- $2,071Median household incomea week
- $410Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,103
- Townhouses and semis683
- Flats and apartments422
- Other11
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,167a month
- Household size2.6people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Kotara South
St James' Primary School
CatholicPrimary
No secondary schools in Kotara South.
Streets in Kotara South
- Beulah Place12 properties
- Blackbutt Parade80 properties
- Boundary Street11 properties
- Cathrine Street36 properties
- Charlestown Road38 properties
- Dalpura Lane7 properties
- Deborah Street67 properties
- Elvidge Crescent27 properties
- Gillian Street8 properties
- Highland Close6 properties
- Inglis Street29 properties
- Kenneth Street27 properties
- Kirkdale Drive40 properties
- Kuranda Crescent13 properties
- Laurie Street4 properties
- Lugar Street14 properties
- Myall Road4 properties
- Neerim Avenue18 properties
- Roscoe Street28 properties
- Stuart Street57 properties
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.