Suburb profile
Paynes Crossing NSW 2325
Paynes Crossing is located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, postcode 2325. It has 116 properties across 7 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Paynes Crossing, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.
About Paynes Crossing
Paynes Crossing, NSW 2325, sits in the Hunter Valley region and neighbours Broke, Wollombi, Yengo and Cedar Creek. Its 7 streets hold 116 properties, all of them houses.
Census figures are for Cessnock Surrounds, an area that covers part of the suburb. At the 2021 Census it had 9,145 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $1,814 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,829 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 3,111 dwellings, 3,089 were separate houses, 5 semi-detached, 3 flats and 3 other; 1,274 were owned outright, 1,432 owned with a mortgage and 309 rented.
Updated October 2026
Who lives in Paynes Crossing
- 9,145Peoplelive in the area
- 42Median ageyears
- $1,814Median household incomea week
- $360Median renta week
Homes by type
- Houses3,089
- Townhouses and semis5
- Flats and apartments3
- Other3
Household
- Median mortgage repayment$1,829a month
- Household size2.8people on average
How homes are held
Streets in Paynes Crossing
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.
Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.