Suburb profile
Lambton NSW 2299
Lambton is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2299. It has 3,068 properties across 57 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Lambton, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Lambton
Lambton, NSW 2299, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours New Lambton Heights, Broadmeadow, Elermore Vale and Jesmond. Its 57 streets hold 3,068 properties, 2,230 of them houses and 838 units.
Census figures are for the Lambton - New Lambton area, which covers most of the suburb. It had 17,343 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,863 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,119 a month and the median rent $390 a week. Of 6,787 dwellings, 5,351 were separate houses, 899 semi-detached, 522 flats and 11 other; 2,322 were owned outright, 2,262 owned with a mortgage and 2,073 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Lambton
- 17,343Peoplelive in the area
- 40Median ageyears
- $1,863Median household incomea week
- $390Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses5,351
- Townhouses and semis899
- Flats and apartments522
- Other11
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,119a month
- Household size2.4people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Lambton
Lambton Public School
GovernmentPrimary
St John's Primary School
CatholicPrimary
Lambton High School
GovernmentSecondary
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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.