Suburb profile
Lake Macquarie NSW 2283
Lake Macquarie is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2283. It has 4 properties across 4 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Lake Macquarie, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Lake Macquarie
Lake Macquarie, NSW 2283, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Carey Bay, Wyee, Belmont and Warners Bay. Its 4 streets hold 4 properties, all 4 of them houses and none units.
Census figures are for Bonnells Bay - Silverwater, an area that covers part of the suburb. It had 9,691 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,491 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,783 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 3,667 dwellings, 3,511 were separate houses, 102 semi-detached and 41 flats; 1,454 were owned outright, 1,221 owned with a mortgage and 908 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Lake Macquarie
- 9,691Peoplelive in the area
- 43Median ageyears
- $1,491Median household incomea week
- $400Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,511
- Townhouses and semis102
- Flats and apartments41
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,783a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Lake Macquarie
Neighbouring suburbs
- Carey Bay
- Wyee
- Belmont
- Warners Bay
- Booragul
- Dora Creek
- Cams Wharf
- Wangi Wangi
- Croudace Bay
- Teralba
- Gwandalan
- Kilaben Bay
- Bonnells Bay
- Fishing Point
- Coal Point
- Murrays Beach
- Toronto
- Yarrawonga Park
- Valentine
- Speers Point
- Pelican
- Balcolyn
- Belmont South
- Arcadia Vale
- Marmong Point
- Chain Valley Bay
- Bolton Point
- Silverwater
- Morisset
- Swansea
- Myuna Bay
- Fennell Bay
- Nords Wharf
- Point Wolstoncroft
- Eraring
- Mirrabooka
- Brightwaters
- Summerland Point
- Buttaba
- Windermere Park
- Fassifern
- Sunshine
- Crangan Bay
- Kingfisher Shores
- Mannering Park
- Eleebana
- Blackalls Park
- Balmoral
- Rathmines
- Wyee Point
- Morisset Park
- Marks Point
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.