New Lambton Heights NSW 2305
1,155 addresses · 39 streets
Newcastle Electorate › Lake Macquarie LGA › New Lambton Heights · 113 km from Sydney
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Living Here
New Lambton Heights is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 2,610 people, with a median age of 41. The typical household earns around $2,742 a week, with median rent near $483 a week. Most homes are houses. About 87% of households own their home and 12% 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 Glendale - Cardiff - Hillsborough statistical area (SA2), the smallest area the ABS published before 2011. Solid line: New Lambton Heights itself.
Getting Around & Local Services
11 doctors & medical clinics
- Medical and Surgical Eye Centre
- Laser Clinics Australia
- Main Road Medical Centre
- Awabakal Medical Centre - Cardiff (Women and Children's Clinic)
- AudioClinic
- Kotara Family Practice
- Cromwell Street Medical Centre
- ihear
- Dr. Steve Raymond
- Newcastle Anaesthesia & Perioperative Service
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4 childcare & kindergartens
4 beauty salons
2 electricians
1 plumber
Getting around. Train station: Kotara, 1.7 km south-east · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 6.8 km east · Airport: Lake Macquarie Airport, 15.4 km south.
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: 58.6% 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.
| Canopy share, 1 m canopy height map, 2020 | 58.6% |
|---|---|
| Land with trees, 10 m satellite map, 2021 | 86.9% |
Demographics
Unemployment 3.4% · Labour-force participation 69.2%
Population by age in New Lambton Heights
| 0-4 | 132 |
|---|---|
| 5-14 | 434 |
| 15-19 | 191 |
| 20-24 | 129 |
| 25-34 | 206 |
| 35-44 | 360 |
| 45-54 | 391 |
| 55-64 | 336 |
| 65-74 | 271 |
| 75-84 | 119 |
| 85+ | 39 |
Dwelling types in New Lambton Heights
| House | 855 |
|---|---|
| Townhouse | 11 |
| Apartment | 9 |
| Other | 0 |
Households by weekly income in New Lambton Heights
| <$650 | 51 |
|---|---|
| $650-1,499 | 135 |
| $1,500-2,999 | 241 |
| $3,000+ | 372 |
Top ancestries in New Lambton Heights
| English | 1,126 |
|---|---|
| Australian | 1,002 |
| Irish | 427 |
| Scottish | 371 |
| Other | 188 |
| German | 110 |
Housing tenure in New Lambton Heights
| Owned | 363 |
|---|---|
| Mortgage | 398 |
| Rented | 109 |
| Other | 3 |
Cars per household in New Lambton Heights
| 0 | 9 |
|---|---|
| 1 | 203 |
| 2 | 442 |
| 3 | 141 |
| 4+ | 69 |
Commute to work in New Lambton Heights
| Car | 723 |
|---|---|
| Train | 3 |
| Bus | 10 |
| Tram/ferry | 0 |
| Walked | 19 |
| Bicycle | 8 |
| Home | 364 |
Top countries of birth in New Lambton Heights
| England | 86 |
|---|---|
| New Zealand | 39 |
| China | 33 |
| India | 26 |
| South Africa | 13 |
| North Macedonia | 12 |
Languages used at home in New Lambton Heights
| Mandarin | 32 |
|---|---|
| Cantonese | 16 |
| Macedonian | 14 |
| Italian | 13 |
| Tamil | 11 |
| Vietnamese | 9 |
Birds & Wildlife Nearby
46,313 bird observations recorded near New Lambton Heights — most often seen:
- Rainbow Lorikeet (3,717)
- Noisy Miner (3,200)
- Australian Magpie (3,152)
- Laughing Kookaburra (2,534)
- Eastern Rosella (1,914)
- Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,829)
- Australian Raven (1,707)
- Red-browed Finch (1,653)
- Pacific Black Duck (1,572)
- White-browed Scrubwren (1,541)
- Grey Butcherbird (1,530)
- Southern Noisy Miner (1,489)
- Common Myna (1,401)
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- Spotted Turtle-dove (1,397)
- Coastal New South Wales Australian Magpie (1,290)
- Tawny Frogmouth (1,269)
- Australian Wood Duck (1,248)
- Eastern Rainbow Lorikeet (1,243)
- Golden-mantled Rosella (1,108)
- Bell Miner (1,104)
- Magpie-lark (1,085)
- Eastern Sulphur-crested Cockatoo (1,084)
- Dusky Moorhen (1,078)
- Eastern Whipbird (1,076)
- Crested Pigeon (1,075)
- Eastern Australian Raven (1,051)
- Southern Laughing Kookaburra (1,015)
- Australasian Purple Swamphen (997)
- Superb Fairy-wren (978)
- Pied Currawong (976)
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 New Lambton Heights:
- Rankin Park (0.8 km)
- Cardiff Heights (1.2 km)
- Garden Suburb (1.6 km)
- Kotara (1.9 km)
- Kotara South (2.3 km)
- Elermore Vale (2.3 km)
- Cardiff (2.7 km)
- New Lambton (2.7 km)
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Streets
- Ardlessa Way (13)
- Arkana Close (16)
- Beverley Crescent (22)
- Bowness Street (10)
- Bushlands Close (10)
- Candlebark Way (32)
- Cardiff Road (53)
- Carisbrooke Avenue (17)
- Carrington Parade (2)
- Charlestown Road (16)
- Christine Close (11)
- Clepham Street (16)
- Croudace Street (46)
- Currawong Road (48)
- Dunblane Close (15)
- Dunston Close (8)
- Eskdale Close (28)
- Fernleigh Place (15)
- Floralia Close (18)
- Gistford Street (24)
- Grand Valley Way (21)
- Grandview Road (166)
- Holly Circuit (59)
- Hollywood Parade (16)
- Hurn Street (9)
- Jacaranda Drive (14)
- Koala Close (17)
- Kookaburra Circuit (1)
- Lodge Drive (1)
- Lookout Road (133)
- Main Road (1)
- Marshall Street (79)
- Mountain View Parade (67)
- President Place (8)
- Ridgeway Road (61)
- Saxton Close (6)
- Tranmere Close (8)
- Victoria Crescent (30)
- Walkern Road (38)