Suburb profile

Shortland NSW 2307

Shortland is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2307. It has 2,577 properties across 63 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Shortland, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Shortland

Shortland, NSW 2307, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Birmingham Gardens, Callaghan, Hexham and Wallsend. Its 63 streets hold 2,577 properties, 1,900 of them houses and 677 units.

Census figures are for Shortland - Jesmond, which covers 12,593 residents with a median age of 28 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,325 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,700 a month and the median rent $365 a week. Of 4,256 dwellings, 2,790 were separate houses, 1,012 semi-detached, 431 flats and 9 other; 872 were owned outright, 974 owned with a mortgage and 2,174 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Shortland

  • 12,593Peoplelive in the area
  • 28Median ageyears
  • $1,325Median household incomea week
  • $365Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses2,790
  • Townhouses and semis1,012
  • Flats and apartments431
  • Other9

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,700a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 872Owned with a mortgage 974Rented 2,174Other 236

Properties in Shortland

Schools in Shortland

  • Awabakal Environmental Education Centre

    GovernmentPrimary and secondary

  • Our Lady of Victories Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

  • Shortland Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Agencies that specialise in Shortland

Streets in Shortland

A

  1. Aden Street3 properties
  2. Akuna Avenue13 properties
  3. Alderson Street27 properties
  4. Alister Street66 properties
  5. Astra Street23 properties

B

  1. Bardia Road68 properties
  2. Birrell Street11 properties
  3. Blanch Street49 properties

C

  1. Chapman Street16 properties
  2. Cobby Street55 properties
  3. Conmurra Circuit70 properties
  4. Cora Place12 properties
  5. Coral Sea Avenue42 properties
  6. Corella Street7 properties
  7. Craig Close4 properties

D

  1. Derna Road29 properties
  2. Duck Circuit8 properties

F

  1. Fairy Wren Way16 properties
  2. Fantail Street13 properties
  3. Figbird Retreat18 properties

G

  1. Guam Street28 properties

H

  1. Hansen Place43 properties
  2. Honey Bird Circuit6 properties

I

  1. Ibis Crescent18 properties
  2. Ibis Street13 properties

K

  1. Karloo Street22 properties
  2. Kestrel Circuit42 properties
  3. King Street76 properties

L

  1. Libya Street28 properties
  2. Long Crescent44 properties
  3. Lovell Parade36 properties
  4. Lyndel Parade15 properties

M

  1. Macarthur Street33 properties
  2. Malta Street29 properties
  3. Marsden Street286 properties
  4. Marton Street132 properties
  5. Mawson Street209 properties
  6. Milne Street53 properties
  7. Minmi Road2 properties
  8. Moorhen Street21 properties
  9. Mort Lane4 properties
  10. Mort Street73 properties
  11. Mullard Close6 properties

O

  1. Oriole Place1 property

P

  1. Parrot Place6 properties
  2. Pelican Way3 properties
  3. Pitt Street1 property

R

  1. Rabaul Street48 properties
  2. Rufous Crescent50 properties

S

  1. Sanderling Place36 properties
  2. Sandgate Road452 properties
  3. Sea Eagle Street2 properties
  4. Shearwater Drive44 properties
  5. Shelduck Place6 properties
  6. Silvereye Way3 properties
  7. Spoonbill Avenue12 properties
  8. Swift Street22 properties

T

  1. Tobruk Crescent30 properties
  2. Truscott Street15 properties

V

  1. Vale Street5 properties

W

  1. Waller Street47 properties
  2. Warbler Way24 properties
  3. Wetlands Place1 property

Neighbouring suburbs

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.