Merewether Heights NSW 2291

Living Here

Merewether Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 1,495 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $3,022 a week, with median rent near $580 a week. Most homes are houses. About 90% of households own their home and 9% rent. Most workers drive to work. Common community backgrounds include English, Australian, Irish. On the ABS socio-economic scale it sits in decile 10 of 10 nationally — a relatively advantaged area.

Over time — Census 2001 → 2021

Dashed line: district figures for the Merewether - The Junction statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: Merewether Heights itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 56 schools

  • Merewether Heights Primary School
  • Saint Columba’s Primary School
  • Kip McGrath
  • Merewether Public School
  • Adamstown Public School
  • Belair Public School
  • Merewether High School
  • Saint Pius X
  • Holy Family Primary School
  • New Lambton South Primary

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• 43 cafés & restaurants

  • Cupcake Espresso
  • Bondwood Cafe
  • sapphire Indian
  • Mrs Lin’s Kitchen
  • Pekárna European Cafe & Bakery
  • Maxi's Caffe
  • Asian Delight
  • Cafe HaHa's
  • The Ritz Cafe
  • Adamstown Hot Bread Shop

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• 7 supermarkets

  • Foodworks
  • IGA
  • Coles
  • Woolworths
  • ALDI
  • Blackbutt Friendly Grocer
  • Hunter Organic Foods
• 38 parks

  • Myamblah Crescent Reserve
  • O'Connell Park
  • West Park Reserve
  • Henderson Park
  • Woodward Street Reserve
  • Charlotte Street Reserver
  • Morgan Street Reserve
  • Fletcher Street Reserve
  • Adamstown Park
  • Claremont Avenue Park

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• 6 beaches

  • Burwood Beach
  • Merewether Beach
  • Dixon Park Beach
  • Dudley Beach
  • Bar Beach
  • Susan Gilmore Beach
• 9 Catholic churches

  • St Therese's Church
  • Saint Philips
  • Sacred Heart Cathedral
  • Immaculate Heart of Mary
  • Corpus Christi Catholic Church
  • Saint Columban’s
  • Saint Kevin's Catholic Church
  • Our Lady of Victories Church
  • St Mary's
• 7 pharmacies

  • Wilson’s Chemist
  • Scott Dibben Chemist
  • Priceline Pharmacy
  • Chemmart Pharmacy
  • The Junction Pharmacy
  • Guardian
  • TerryWhite Chemmart
• 16 doctors & medical clinics

  • Adamstown Medical Centre
  • Hunter Imaging
  • Laverty Pathology
  • Hunter Endocrinology
  • Brunker Road Medical Centre
  • Adamstown Clinic
  • Newcastle Muscle Therapy
  • Stevensons Chiropractic Clinic
  • The Hunter Foot Clinic
  • AudioClinic

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• 9 dentists

  • Hunter Periodontics and Implants
  • Robert Salmon Dental Prosthetist
  • Pacifc Smiles
  • ABC Orthodontics
  • New Lambton Family Dental
  • Dental on Beaumont
  • Islington Dental
  • Pacific Smiles
  • Affordable Dental Charlestown
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Newcastle Integrated Physiotherapy
  • Regent Street Physiotherapy
• 6 optometrists

  • Rodgers Optical Services
  • Specsavers
  • Bupa Optical
  • Sunglasses Hut
  • OPSM
  • OPSM
• 13 hospitals

  • Lingard Private Hospital
  • Newcastle Private Hospital
  • Rankin Park Centre
  • John Hunter Hospital
  • Newcastle Eye Hospital
  • Royal Newcastle Centre
  • Lake Macquarie Private Hospital
  • Calvary Mater Hospital
  • Hunter New England Mental Health Service
  • Pendlebury Clinc Private Hospital

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• 7 vets

  • Brunker Road Veterinary Hospital
  • Animal Referral and Emergency Centre
  • New Lambton Veterinary Clinic
  • Hamilton VET Clinic
  • The Lake Vet Hospital
  • Lambton Veterinary Clinic
  • RSPCA Tighes Hill
• 5 childcare & kindergartens

  • Adamstown Community Early Learning and Preschool
  • KU Merewether Preschool
  • KU Kahibah Road
  • The Rumpus Room Chatham
  • Little Kindy Broadmeadow
• 7 libraries

  • Adamstown Library
  • Hamilton Library
  • New Lambton Library
  • Charlestown Library
  • Newcastle City Library
  • Lambton Library
  • Mayfield Library
• 11 post offices

  • Merewether Post Office
  • Kotara Post Office
  • Kahibah Post Office
  • Broadmeadow Post Office
  • Kotara East Post Office
  • The Junction Post Office
  • New Lambton Post Office
  • Dangar Post Office
  • Islington Post Office
  • Wickham Post Office

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• 8 service stations

  • Westside Petroleum
  • Shell Nine Ways
  • BP
  • Ampol
  • BP
  • BP
  • 7- Eleven
  • Metro Islington
• 32 gyms & sports centres

  • Broadmeadow Race Course
  • Broadmeadow Race Course
  • The Concept
  • Merewether Ocean Baths
  • Jenny Craig
  • Alder Park Bowling Club
  • Newcastle Basketball Stadium
  • Newcastle District Tennis Club
  • Newcastle Knights Centre of Excellence
  • PCYC

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• 4 golf clubs

  • Merewether Golf Course
  • Charlestown Golf Course
  • Shortland Waters Golf Club
  • Waratah Golf Club
• 3 dog parks

  • Adamstown Dog Off-Leash Area
  • Acacia Avenue Dog Park
  • Russell Quarry Oval
• 3 bakeries

  • The Cheesecake Shop
  • Daily Bakehouse
  • Bakers Delight
• 8 butchers

  • The Butchery on Brunker
  • Craig Cook
  • Regent Street Deli
  • Adams Family Meats
  • Dunn’s Butchers
  • Singo’s Bulk Meat
  • Craig Cook’s
  • Darby Street Quality Meats
• 17 hardware stores

  • Affordable Wardrobes
  • RSEA Safety
  • Bunnings Warehouse
  • Home of Stone
  • Newcastle Home Timber And Hardware
  • Reece
  • Regent Renovators
  • Broadley Signs
  • Gasweld
  • Tink's - Newcastle (Newcastle Chainsaw & Mowers)

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• 10 hairdressers

  • Impress Hair
  • Barber
  • Golden Scissors
  • South of the River Hairdressing
  • Salon Eleven
  • Christiane's Hair Design
  • Price Attack
  • Just Teezn
  • Just Cuts
  • Merewether Hair Studio
• 4 beauty salons

  • Craft. Skin Co.
  • Alluring Beauty
  • Edge
  • Pearl Nails
• 31 mechanics

  • Steve Toms Automotive Services
  • Adamstown Car Doctors
  • Capital Brake Services
  • New Lambton Service Centre
  • Goodyear
  • TW's Car Repair
  • Car Lovers
  • Semits Smash Repairs
  • Nova Auto Innovations
  • Midas

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• 2 electricians

  • AVE Technologies
  • Rix Electrical Contracting
• 1 plumber

  • Clarkies Plumbing
• 32 places to stay

  • Baileys Cottage
  • Baileys Cottageb
  • Cosmo Motel Adamstown
  • Merewether Beach B&B
  • Adamstown Motel
  • Mercure Charlestown Hotel
  • Tudor Inn Motel
  • Quality Suites
  • Apollo International Hotel
  • Backpackers Newcastle

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Getting around. Train station: Adamstown, 1.9 km north-west · Light rail stop: Honeysuckle, 3.9 km north-east · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 3.5 km north-east · Ferry wharf: Muloobinba / Queens Wharf, 5.1 km north-east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 15.4 km south-west.

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Socio-economic Standing

Deciles from 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest), against all Australian suburbs. The overall figure weighs advantage and disadvantage together; economic resources counts income and housing, and education & jobs counts qualifications and occupation. They often differ. Source: ABS SEIFA 2021.

Tree cover

🌳 Tree canopy: 18.1% share of land under canopy · satellite map, 2020

Green: 10 m cells where trees dominate, satellite 2021. Blue: water. The line is the suburb boundary.

Demographics

Unemployment 3.9% · Labour-force participation 66.1%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

44,571 bird observations recorded near Merewether Heights — most often seen:

• Australian Magpie (2,982)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (2,739)
• Noisy Miner (2,527)
• Laughing Kookaburra (2,345)
• Common Myna (1,907)
• Australian Raven (1,902)
• Red-browed Finch (1,613)
• White-browed Scrubwren (1,588)
• Southern Noisy Miner (1,463)
• Rock Dove (1,455)
• Eastern Rosella (1,417)
• Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,404)
• Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (1,391)

Sightings reported by observers, not a survey, so the counts show what people record rather than what lives here. Source: Atlas of Living Australia.

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to Merewether Heights:

• Adamstown (1.4 km)
• Merewether (1.8 km)
• Hamilton South (1.8 km)
• Adamstown Heights (2 km)
• Highfields (2.1 km)
• Broadmeadow (2.5 km)
• Kahibah (2.7 km)
• The Junction (2.8 km)

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