Suburb profile
Newcastle West NSW 2302
Newcastle West is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2302. It has 2,602 properties across 26 streets, mostly units. Explore every street in Newcastle West, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Newcastle West
Newcastle West, NSW 2302, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Hamilton, Hamilton East, Hamilton South and Wickham. Its 26 streets hold 2,602 properties, 2,109 of them units and 493 houses.
Census figures are for the Newcastle - Cooks Hill area, which covers part of the suburb. The area had 12,805 residents, a median age of 38 and an average household of 1.9 people. Median household income was $1,929 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,169 a month and the median rent $445 a week. Of 6,129 dwellings, 3,876 were flats, 1,474 semi-detached, 716 separate houses and 31 other; 3,273 were rented, 1,569 owned outright and 1,188 owned with a mortgage.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Newcastle West
- 12,805Peoplelive in the area
- 38Median ageyears
- $1,929Median household incomea week
- $445Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses716
- Townhouses and semis1,474
- Flats and apartments3,876
- Other31
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$2,169a month
- Household size1.9people on average
How homes are held
Schools in Newcastle West
No primary schools in Newcastle West.
Novoschool
IndependentSecondary
Streets in Newcastle West
- Arnott Street2 properties
- Bellevue Street151 properties
- Beresford Lane4 properties
- Beresford Street55 properties
- Bull Street19 properties
- Denison Street37 properties
- Devonshire Street2 properties
- Dick Street3 properties
- Dumaresq Street2 properties
- Hall Street43 properties
- Hunter Street735 properties
- King Street443 properties
- National Park Street231 properties
- Parkway Avenue2 properties
- Parry Street217 properties
- Railway Street1 property
- Ravenshaw Street153 properties
- Selma Street3 properties
- Spurrs Lane1 property
- Steel Street309 properties
- Stewart Avenue59 properties
- Store Lane2 properties
- Tighe Street2 properties
- Tudor Street61 properties
- Union Street47 properties
- Wood Street18 properties
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.
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Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.