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Merewether NSW 2291

Merewether is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2291. It has 6,423 properties across 96 streets. Explore every street in Merewether, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Merewether

Merewether, NSW 2291, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Hamilton South, Adamstown Heights, Bar Beach and Merewether Heights. Its 96 streets hold 6,423 properties, 3,950 of them houses and 2,473 units.

Census figures are for the Merewether - The Junction area. It had 14,506 residents, a median age of 40 and an average household of 2.5 people. Median household income was $2,277 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,500 a month and the median rent $420 a week. Of 5,584 dwellings, 3,491 were separate houses, 1,042 semi-detached and 1,050 flats; 2,003 were owned outright, 1,684 owned with a mortgage and 1,797 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Merewether

  • 14,506Peoplelive in the area
  • 40Median ageyears
  • $2,277Median household incomea week
  • $420Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,491
  • Townhouses and semis1,042
  • Flats and apartments1,050

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,500a month
  • Household size2.5people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,003Owned with a mortgage 1,684Rented 1,797Other 100

Schools in Merewether

  • Hamilton South Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • Merewether Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

  • St Joseph's Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

  • The Junction Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Merewether

A

  1. Alice Street32 properties
  2. Allworth Street25 properties
  3. Arthur Street5 properties

B

  1. Bank Street13 properties
  2. Bar Beach Avenue5 properties
  3. Barr Street15 properties
  4. Berner Street181 properties
  5. Buchanan Street66 properties
  6. Burwood Street56 properties
  7. Busby Close4 properties

C

  1. Caldwell Street83 properties
  2. Charlotte Street37 properties
  3. City Road86 properties
  4. Coane Street29 properties
  5. Cram Street51 properties
  6. Curry Street130 properties

D

  1. Dent Street107 properties

E

  1. Edward Street87 properties
  2. Elliott Street27 properties

F

  1. Fellowes Street26 properties
  2. Flowerdale Avenue33 properties
  3. Frederick Street213 properties

G

  1. Glebe Road163 properties
  2. Gregory Crescent2 properties

H

  1. Hall Street71 properties
  2. Hatfield Street1 property
  3. Helen Street113 properties
  4. Henderson Parade2 properties
  5. Henry Street167 properties
  6. Herbert Street4 properties
  7. Hickson Street58 properties
  8. Hill Street13 properties
  9. Hillcrest Road23 properties
  10. Hopkins Street105 properties
  11. Hugh Street5 properties

J

  1. James Street26 properties
  2. Janet Street143 properties
  3. John Parade23 properties
  4. June Street34 properties

K

  1. Kempster Road69 properties
  2. Kenrick Street64 properties
  3. Kiah Place7 properties
  4. Kilgour Avenue51 properties

L

  1. Lingard Street50 properties
  2. Little Edward Street15 properties
  3. Livingstone Street25 properties
  4. Llewellyn Street286 properties
  5. Lloyd Street42 properties
  6. Lockyer Street36 properties
  7. Lorraine Street14 properties

M

  1. Macquarie Street167 properties
  2. Margaret Street33 properties
  3. Mary Street42 properties
  4. Merewether Street230 properties
  5. Mitchell Street244 properties
  6. Moola Place11 properties
  7. Morgan Street397 properties
  8. Myamblah Crescent57 properties

N

  1. National Park Street52 properties
  2. Nott Street22 properties

O

  1. Ocean Street148 properties

P

  1. Park Street11 properties
  2. Patrick Street172 properties
  3. Pell Street77 properties

R

  1. Railway Street147 properties
  2. Ranclaud Street87 properties
  3. Ravenshaw Street1 property
  4. Ridge Street203 properties
  5. Robert Street31 properties
  6. Robey Street6 properties
  7. Robinson Street2 properties
  8. Rose Street24 properties
  9. Rowan Crescent73 properties
  10. Rowan Lane14 properties
  11. Rowlands Street40 properties

S

  1. Scenic Drive109 properties
  2. Selwyn Street238 properties
  3. Short Street15 properties
  4. Smith Street49 properties
  5. Snedden Street33 properties
  6. Stanley Street47 properties

T

  1. Takari Place11 properties
  2. Turnbull Street86 properties
  3. Tye Road2 properties
  4. Tye Street2 properties

U

  1. Ulick Street64 properties
  2. Union Street28 properties

V

  1. View Street2 properties

W

  1. Watkins Street124 properties
  2. Whiley Close10 properties
  3. William Street6 properties
  4. Wilton Street154 properties
  5. Winsor Street105 properties
  6. Woodward Street78 properties

Y

  1. Yule Lane7 properties
  2. Yule Road39 properties

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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.

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.