Suburb profile

Lakelands NSW 2282

Lakelands is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2282. It has 575 properties across 33 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Lakelands, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Lakelands

Lakelands, NSW 2282, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Macquarie Hills and Warners Bay. Its 33 streets hold 575 properties, 499 of them houses and 76 units.

Census figures are for Warners Bay - Boolaroo, which covers the whole suburb. The area had 14,694 residents, a median age of 45 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,648 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,090 a month and the median rent $410 a week. Of 5,847 dwellings, 4,445 were separate houses, 1,021 semi-detached, 370 flats and 10 other. Of the same 5,847, 2,402 were owned outright, 1,951 owned with a mortgage and 1,346 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Lakelands

  • 14,694Peoplelive in the area
  • 45Median ageyears
  • $1,648Median household incomea week
  • $410Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses4,445
  • Townhouses and semis1,021
  • Flats and apartments370
  • Other10

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,090a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,402Owned with a mortgage 1,951Rented 1,346Other 148

Streets in Lakelands

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.