Suburb profile
Lawson NSW 2783
Lawson is located in the Penrith and the Blue Mountains region of New South Wales, postcode 2783. It has 1,879 properties across 73 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Lawson, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Lawson
Lawson, NSW 2783, sits in the Penrith and the Blue Mountains region and neighbours Rocklily Ridge, Bullaburra and Hazelbrook. Its 73 streets hold 1,879 properties, 1,704 of them houses and 175 units.
Census figures are for the Lawson - Hazelbrook - Linden area, which had 11,445 residents, a median age of 43 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $1,755 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,950 a month and the median rent $400 a week. Of 4,428 dwellings, 4,272 were separate houses, 78 semi-detached, 66 flats and 4 other; 1,650 were owned outright, 2,056 owned with a mortgage and 641 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Lawson
- 11,445Peoplelive in the area
- 43Median ageyears
- $1,755Median household incomea week
- $400Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses4,272
- Townhouses and semis78
- Flats and apartments66
- Other4
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,950a month
- Household size2.5people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Lawson
Lawson Public School
GovernmentPrimary
Our Lady of The Nativity Primary School
CatholicPrimary
No secondary schools in Lawson.
Blacktown Youth College - Lawson Campus
IndependentSpecial
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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.