Suburb profile

Watagan NSW 2325

Watagan is located in the Hunter Valley region of New South Wales, postcode 2325. It has 150 properties across 9 streets, almost all houses. Explore every street in Watagan, its property history, homes for sale and rent, who lives there, and the local agents.

About Watagan

Watagan, NSW 2325, sits in the Hunter Valley region and neighbours Congewai, Corrabare, Dairy Arm and Olney. Its 9 streets hold 150 properties, 147 of them houses and 3 units.

Census figures are for the Cessnock Surrounds area, which had 9,145 residents, a median age of 42 and an average household of 2.8 people. Median household income was $1,814 a week, the median mortgage repayment $1,829 a month and the median rent $360 a week. Of 3,111 dwellings, 3,089 were separate houses, 5 semi-detached, 3 flats and 3 other; 1,274 were owned outright, 1,432 owned with a mortgage and 309 rented.

Updated October 2026

Who lives in Watagan

  • 9,145Peoplelive in the area
  • 42Median ageyears
  • $1,814Median household incomea week
  • $360Median renta week

Homes by type

  • Houses3,089
  • Townhouses and semis5
  • Flats and apartments3
  • Other3

Household

  • Median mortgage repayment$1,829a month
  • Household size2.8people on average

How homes are held

Owned outright 1,274Owned with a mortgage 1,432Rented 309Other 96

Streets in Watagan

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.

Area summaries are generated from the national address file and ABS Census data, and checked against those figures before publication.