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Waratah West NSW 2298

Waratah West is located in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region of New South Wales, postcode 2298. It has 1,426 properties across 44 streets, mostly houses. Explore every street in Waratah West, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Waratah West

Waratah West, NSW 2298, sits in the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie region and neighbours Mayfield West, North Lambton, Warabrook and Callaghan. Its 44 streets hold 1,426 properties, 1,137 of them houses and 289 units.

Census figures are for the Waratah - North Lambton area, which covers the suburb. It had 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 West

  • 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 West

  • Waratah West Public School

    GovernmentPrimary

Streets in Waratah West

A

  1. Acacia Avenue97 properties
  2. Adelaide Street13 properties
  3. Allowah Street136 properties
  4. Angus Avenue41 properties
  5. Avena Path36 properties
  6. Avoca Close11 properties

B

  1. Bernice Crescent41 properties
  2. Branxton Street47 properties

C

  1. Cassine Boulevard8 properties
  2. Catherine Street38 properties
  3. Christo Road64 properties
  4. Clarence Road4 properties
  5. Cooksey Close30 properties
  6. Coronation Street16 properties
  7. Corymbia Way7 properties
  8. Creer Road2 properties

D

  1. Delauret Square42 properties
  2. Dover Crescent20 properties

E

  1. Edith Street3 properties
  2. Eldon Street5 properties

H

  1. Hexham Road12 properties

J

  1. Jacknorman Street18 properties
  2. Jarrett Street23 properties

K

  1. Kimian Avenue67 properties
  2. King Street48 properties
  3. Koala Close5 properties

L

  1. Landa Parade18 properties
  2. Leonora Parade48 properties
  3. Livistonia Circuit23 properties
  4. Lorna Street50 properties
  5. Lyre Close9 properties

M

  1. Marcus Street24 properties
  2. Morpeth Road61 properties

N

  1. Noreen Place11 properties
  2. Norman Street47 properties

P

  1. Parkhill Parade46 properties
  2. Platt Street1 property

Q

  1. Queen Street40 properties

S

  1. Stannett Street69 properties

T

  1. Tripet Place7 properties

U

  1. University Drive55 properties

V

  1. Vera Street49 properties
  2. Verli Place10 properties
  3. Villa Road24 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.