Newcastle West (NSW 2302): property prices, streets & suburb profile

Newcastle West house and unit prices

Too few Newcastle West house sales for a reliable median; the chart tracks what has sold; constant-quality growth is +53.0% over 10 years and +23.9% over 5 years.

• The headline growth figure uses a repeat-sales index of all dwellings (the same homes resold), which removes mix-of-what-sold noise; the tiles compare 12-month medians per dwelling type, so the two can differ, and differ widely where what sold changed.
• Unit medians are yearly because strata volumes are low; treat them as indicative.
• Quarters with fewer than three house sales are left off the chart; one sale does not make a market median.

Newcastle West street by street

Newcastle West has 17 streets with recorded sales in the last decade.

• A street needs at least 5 sales of a type in 10 years to get a median, so streets quieter than that are left out entirely.
• Sales that moved several properties on one dealing are left out, because the record repeats that dealing's whole price against every property in it.
• Prices are as-paid and not inflation-adjusted.

Rent in Newcastle West by bedrooms

A 2-bedroom unit rents for a median $750/wk.

• From NSW rental bond lodgements for postcode 2302 (covers neighbouring suburbs too), 12 months to July 2026.
• Bands with fewer than 10 bonds are hidden.
• Biggest 12-month move: 2-bedroom townhouses +35.3% year on year.

Who lives in Newcastle West

Newcastle West has a median age of 42 and a median household income of $1,639 a week, and 41.7% of homes are owner-occupied.

• Figures labelled Newcastle West are for the suburb boundary itself (ABS 2021 Census). Anything labelled SA2 or postcode covers a wider area: SA2 "Hamilton - Broadmeadow" and postcode 2302 both extend beyond Newcastle West.
• SEIFA decile 1 is the lowest tenth of Australian areas on that index and 10 the highest. The four indices measure different things and often disagree, which is why all four are shown: a suburb can rank high on education and occupation while ranking mid on economic resources.

Bushfire, flood and planning in Newcastle West

0.0% of Newcastle West properties sit in a mapped bushfire-prone area; no flood mapping is available in our dataset for this suburb.

• Bushfire-prone land is the NSW RFS certified map; being inside it triggers extra building requirements, not a prediction of fire.
• Absence of flood mapping in our dataset is NOT evidence a property cannot flood: always order a council s10.7 certificate before buying.

Schools serving Newcastle West

Most Newcastle West homes fall in the The Junction Public School intake zone.

• ICSEA is ACARA's socio-educational index (average 1000). It describes the family backgrounds of the students enrolled, NOT how well a school teaches: a lower ICSEA means a less advantaged intake, not a worse school.
• Percentiles are ACARA's own national ranking, so the Australia bar is a published figure rather than our arithmetic. Each area shows the median of the mainstream schools sitting inside it; special schools are listed in the table but excluded from the medians.
• Catchments are NSW Department of Education intake zones; always confirm an address with the school.

Crime and safety around Newcastle West

Break-ins, car theft and malicious damage run at 14,033 per 100,000 residents in postcode 2302, 834.3% above the NSW rate of 1,502.

• Counts are BOCSAR recorded incidents for January 2025 to December 2025 at LGA and postcode grain: both cover several suburbs, so they include neighbours of Newcastle West.
• Rates divide incidents by resident population (ABS 2021 Census), so they are comparable between areas in a way raw counts are not. Every tier uses the same offences and the same 12 months for January 2025 to December 2025.
• Two limits worth knowing: the rate counts residents only, so a postcode with a town centre, nightlife strip or shopping precinct carries crime generated by visitors against a small resident denominator and reads high; and the population is the 2021 Census, so a suburb that has grown fast since then reads high too.

Suburbs near Newcastle West

Compare Newcastle West with nearby suburbs we have profiled from the same public records.

• Aberdare 2325

  $690,000 median house price

• Aberglasslyn 2320

  $820,000 median house price

• Abermain 2326

  $666,250 median house price

• Adamstown 2289

  $1,170,000 median house price

• Adamstown Heights 2289

  $1,249,250 median house price

• Anna Bay 2316

  $1,050,000 median house price

• Ashtonfield 2323

  $890,000 median house price

• Bellbird 2325

  $625,000 median house price

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Newcastle West: common questions

How much have Newcastle West property prices grown?

A repeat-sales index of Newcastle West dwellings has risen 53.0% over 10 years and moved +23.9% over 5 years.

What does it cost to rent in Newcastle West?

The median 2-bedroom unit in postcode 2302 rents for $750/wk, from 52 bonds lodged in the last 12 months.

Which public schools serve Newcastle West?

The Junction Public School (primary, zoned for 64% of homes); Hamilton South Public School (primary, zoned for 36% of homes); Newcastle High School (secondary).

Is Newcastle West affected by bushfire or flood risk?

0.0% of properties sit in the NSW RFS bushfire-prone land map. No flood mapping is available in our dataset for this suburb; that is not evidence properties cannot flood; check a council s10.7 certificate.

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