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Waratah NSW 2298

Waratah is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2298. It has 2,785 properties across 50 streets. Explore every street in Waratah, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Waratah

Waratah, NSW 2298, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Mayfield West, Broadmeadow, Georgetown and Mayfield. Its 50 streets hold 2,785 properties, 1,712 of them houses and 1,073 units.

Census figures are for Waratah - North Lambton. There the census shows 12,883 residents, a median age of 36 and an average household of 2.3 people. Median household income was $1,639 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,937 a month and the median rent $380 a week. Of 4,987 dwellings, 3,863 were separate houses, 575 semi-detached, 524 flats and 19 other; 1,239 were owned outright, 1,609 owned with a mortgage and 1,993 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Waratah

  • 12,883Peoplelive in the area
  • 36Median ageyears
  • $1,639Median household incomea week
  • $380Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,863
  • Townhouses and semis575
  • Flats and apartments524
  • Other19

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,937a month
  • Household size2.3people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,239Owned with a mortgage 1,609Rented 1,993Other 146

Schools in Waratah

  • Corpus Christi Primary School

    CatholicPrimary

  • St Philip's Christian College - Waratah

    IndependentPrimary and secondary

  • Waratah Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Waratah

A

  1. Ada Street61 properties
  2. Alfred Street66 properties
  3. Arnolds Lane7 properties

B

  1. Bedford Street2 properties
  2. Bell Street7 properties
  3. Boomerang Road7 properties
  4. Bridge Street150 properties

C

  1. Cecil Avenue49 properties
  2. Christo Road177 properties
  3. Cintra Road37 properties
  4. Clarence Road52 properties
  5. Coolamin Road27 properties
  6. Crescent Road98 properties
  7. Cyril Street5 properties

D

  1. Dawson Street70 properties
  2. Delando Street29 properties
  3. Dulling Street30 properties

E

  1. Edith Street76 properties
  2. Ellis Road14 properties

F

  1. Frederick Street16 properties

G

  1. Garry Street5 properties
  2. Georgetown Road31 properties
  3. Glenda Street1 property
  4. Godfrey Street9 properties
  5. Griffiths Road3 properties
  6. Grove Street63 properties

H

  1. Harriet Street135 properties
  2. High Street117 properties

K

  1. Kahibah Road52 properties

L

  1. Lambton Road104 properties
  2. Lorna Street119 properties

M

  1. Maud Street28 properties
  2. Myall Road57 properties

O

  1. Oxley Road25 properties

P

  1. Palmer Street4 properties
  2. Platt Street107 properties
  3. Prince Street187 properties

S

  1. Schroder Avenue46 properties
  2. Smart Street40 properties
  3. Station Street214 properties
  4. Steel Street1 property

T

  1. Tighe Street92 properties
  2. Tinonee Road58 properties
  3. Traise Street14 properties
  4. Turton Road176 properties

W

  1. Wallace Street35 properties
  2. Waroonga Road69 properties
  3. Whiteman Lane4 properties
  4. Whiteman Street5 properties

Y

  1. Young Street4 properties

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.