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Redhead NSW 2290

Redhead is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2290. It has 2,471 properties across 54 streets. Explore every street in Redhead, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Redhead

Redhead, NSW 2290, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Belmont, Belmont North, Dudley and Jewells. Its 54 streets hold 2,471 properties, 1,615 of them houses and 856 units.

At the 2021 Census Redhead had 3,785 residents, a median age of 48 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,598 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,300 a month and the median rent $420 a week. Of 1,416 dwellings, 1,310 were separate houses, 83 semi-detached and 11 flats; 782 were owned outright, 398 owned with a mortgage and 185 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Redhead

  • 3,785Peoplelive in the area
  • 48Median ageyears
  • $1,598Median household incomea week
  • $420Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses1,310
  • Townhouses and semis83
  • Flats and apartments11

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,300a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 782Owned with a mortgage 398Rented 185Other 51

Schools in Redhead

  • Redhead Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Redhead

A

  1. Alison Street22 properties
  2. Allard Street15 properties

B

  1. Beach Road44 properties
  2. Bennett Street18 properties
  3. Bentley Street47 properties
  4. Beresford Close10 properties
  5. Bombora Close18 properties
  6. Brown Street65 properties
  7. Burns Street80 properties

C

  1. Cain Street34 properties
  2. Callicoma Place17 properties
  3. Clearwater Street16 properties
  4. Coastal Circuit89 properties
  5. Collier Street92 properties
  6. Cowlishaw Street166 properties

D

  1. Dodds Street58 properties
  2. Dryandra Place18 properties

E

  1. Ebsworth Street19 properties
  2. Elandale Place17 properties
  3. Elsdon Street45 properties

G

  1. Geraldton Drive87 properties

H

  1. Hanly Street4 properties
  2. High Street21 properties
  3. Horizon Way17 properties
  4. Hovea Place10 properties
  5. Hutchinson Street72 properties

I

  1. Iluka Street7 properties

J

  1. Jesmond Street18 properties

K

  1. Kalaroo Road603 properties
  2. Kerle Street13 properties

M

  1. Mirage Way11 properties

O

  1. Oakdale Road2 properties
  2. Ocean Street18 properties
  3. Oyster Drive16 properties

R

  1. Red Head Road41 properties
  2. Redhead Road81 properties
  3. Redhead Street79 properties
  4. Reflection Way12 properties

S

  1. Salt Marsh Way8 properties
  2. Saltspray Close20 properties
  3. Sandstone Street16 properties
  4. Sandy Lane28 properties
  5. Sea Scape Drive48 properties
  6. Seabed Street14 properties
  7. Seasalt Road19 properties
  8. Seasands Drive68 properties
  9. Seaward Street20 properties
  10. Shoreline Boulevard17 properties
  11. Shortland Street31 properties
  12. Steel Street43 properties
  13. Stokes Street22 properties

W

  1. Waters Edge Way17 properties
  2. White Cap Close24 properties
  3. Woods Street74 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.

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.