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Swansea NSW 2281

Swansea is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2281. It has 3,712 properties across 65 streets. Explore every street in Swansea, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Swansea

Swansea, NSW 2281, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Blacksmiths, Caves Beach, Lake Macquarie and Murrays Beach. Its 65 streets hold 3,712 properties, 2,172 of them houses and 1,540 units.

Census figures are for the Swansea - Caves Beach area, which covers the whole suburb. It had 12,559 residents, a median age of 49 and an average household of 2.4 people. Median household income was $1,419 a week, the median mortgage repayment $2,080 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 4,968 dwellings, 3,964 were separate houses, 425 semi-detached, 549 flats and 24 other; 2,175 were owned outright, 1,552 owned with a mortgage and 1,057 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Swansea

  • 12,559Peoplelive in the area
  • 49Median ageyears
  • $1,419Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,964
  • Townhouses and semis425
  • Flats and apartments549
  • Other24

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$2,080a month
  • Household size2.4people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 2,175Owned with a mortgage 1,552Rented 1,057Other 184

Schools in Swansea

  • St Patrick's Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

  • Swansea Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Swansea

A

  1. Albert Street30 properties
  2. Alexander Place12 properties

B

  1. Bay Street40 properties
  2. Beach Street31 properties
  3. Belmont Street107 properties
  4. Bowman Street157 properties
  5. Boyd Street122 properties
  6. Braemar Road14 properties
  7. Bridge Street7 properties
  8. Burke Street21 properties

C

  1. Catherine Street55 properties
  2. Caves Beach Road1 property
  3. Chalmers Street14 properties
  4. Channel Street55 properties
  5. Charles Street39 properties
  6. Cork Place4 properties

D

  1. Dobinson Drive226 properties
  2. Dolphin Court3 properties

E

  1. Elizabeth Place14 properties

F

  1. Forbes Street48 properties

G

  1. Galgabba Street62 properties
  2. George Street35 properties
  3. Gray Street36 properties

H

  1. Hardy Street22 properties

J

  1. Jack High Close10 properties
  2. Jack High Court9 properties
  3. Jetty Point Drive1 property
  4. Josephson Street94 properties

K

  1. Kahibah Street29 properties
  2. Kennedy Street25 properties
  3. Kenny Close19 properties

L

  1. Lake Road123 properties
  2. Lakeside Drive47 properties
  3. Lambton Parade1 property

M

  1. Macquarie Street49 properties
  2. Marks Street27 properties
  3. Milray Street79 properties
  4. Moxey Street39 properties
  5. Murray Street52 properties

N

  1. Nash Street9 properties
  2. Nioka Place43 properties
  3. Northcote Avenue158 properties

O

  1. Oceanside Drive1 property
  2. Old Pacific Highway208 properties
  3. Oxley Street32 properties

P

  1. Pacific Highway268 properties
  2. Parbury Place26 properties
  3. Parbury Road58 properties
  4. Park Avenue1 property
  5. Park Street34 properties
  6. Peel Street12 properties
  7. Peggy Street18 properties
  8. Pelican Street120 properties

R

  1. Rawson Street52 properties
  2. Richards Road21 properties
  3. Ross Street37 properties

S

  1. Sandford Lane5 properties
  2. Sturt Street57 properties
  3. Swansea Street61 properties

T

  1. The Esplanade28 properties
  2. Tomlin Place5 properties

W

  1. Wallace Street303 properties
  2. Wallarah Street237 properties
  3. Wills Street40 properties
  4. Wood Street119 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.