The Junction NSW 2291

Living Here

The Junction is a suburb of New South Wales, home to about 994 people, with a median age of 43. The typical household earns around $1,916 a week, with median rent near $470 a week. Most homes are houses. About 66% of households own their home and 32% 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: The Junction itself.

Getting Around & Local Services

• 41 schools

  • St Joseph's Primary School
  • The Junction Public School
  • Newcastle Grammar School Park campus
  • Newcastle High School
  • Hamilton South Public School
  • Cooks Hill Campus
  • ATWEA College
  • Holy Family Primary School
  • St Francis Xaviers College
  • Samaritans Early Learning Centre

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• 176 cafés & restaurants

  • A Taste Of Asia
  • Talulah
  • Lotus Corner
  • Lime
  • Hahesha
  • Goodfriends
  • HuBro
  • Papillon
  • Swell
  • Toto Sushi

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• 12 supermarkets

  • Hunter Organic Foods
  • Harris Farm Markets
  • IGA
  • Aldi
  • Woolworths
  • Coles
  • AKK Dansy Asian Grocery
  • Civic Grocer
  • Woolworths Metro
  • Hamilton IGA

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• 50 parks

  • Rowlands Park
  • National Park
  • Empire Park
  • Mitchell Park
  • Centennial Park
  • Robinson Place Reserve
  • Dixon Park
  • Campbell Park
  • LIttle Birdwood Park
  • Birdwood Park

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• 9 beaches

  • Bar Beach
  • Dixon Park Beach
  • Susan Gilmore Beach
  • Merewether Beach
  • Newcastle Beach
  • Burwood Beach
  • Horseshoe Beach
  • Little Park Beach
  • Nobbys Beach
• 8 Catholic churches

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

  • Guardian
  • The Junction Pharmacy
  • Chemmart Pharmacy
  • Doc’s Mega Save Chemist
  • Darby Street Day Night Chemist
  • TerryWhite Chemmart
  • Priceline Pharmacy
  • Discount Chemist
  • Baggas
  • Discount Chemist Warehouse
• 12 doctors & medical clinics

  • Vamp
  • Newcastle Community Health Centre
  • Hunter Radiology
  • Hunter Street Medical Centre
  • Denison Practice
  • Hamilton Doctors
  • Newcastle Family Practice
  • Princeton Medical Centre
  • Doctor Paul Ainsworth - Urologist
  • Broadmeadow Surgical Centre

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• 8 dentists

  • King Street Dental
  • The Good Dentist
  • Morrin Dental
  • Dental on Beaumont
  • Islington Dental
  • ABC Orthodontics
  • Hunter Periodontics and Implants
  • Robert Salmon Dental Prosthetist
• 2 physiotherapists

  • Newcastle Integrated Physiotherapy
  • Regent Street Physiotherapy
• 6 optometrists

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

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

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• 6 vets

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

  • KU Merewether Preschool
  • KU Wickham Preschool
  • Hamilton Community Preschool
  • The Rumpus Room Chatham
• 7 libraries

  • Newcastle City Library
  • Hamilton Library
  • Adamstown Library
  • Stockton Library
  • New Lambton Library
  • Mayfield Library
  • Lambton Library
• 9 post offices

  • The Junction Post Office
  • Merewether Post Office
  • Dangar Post Office
  • Wickham Post Office
  • Newcastle Post Office
  • Islington Post Office
  • Carrington Post Office
  • Broadmeadow Post Office
  • Stockton Post Office
• 10 service stations

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

  • Bar Beach Bowling & Sporting Club
  • Lowlands Bowling Club
  • Genesis Health and Fitness
  • The Parc
  • Anytime Fitness
  • Balance Health Clubs
  • Tuff'n Up Boxing Gym
  • Merewether Ocean Baths
  • The Forum
  • Nusport

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• 4 golf clubs

  • Merewether Golf Course
  • Shortland Waters Golf Club
  • Newcastle Golf Club
  • Charlestown Golf Course
• 2 dog parks

  • Adamstown Dog Off-Leash Area
  • Acacia Avenue Dog Park
• 9 bakeries

  • Daily Bakehouse
  • Bakers Delight
  • Vo’s Hot Bread
  • Newcastle’s French Bread House
  • hello naomi
  • My Baker
  • Carrington Bakehouse
  • Baked Uprising
  • Pies To The Max
• 4 butchers

  • Craig Cook’s
  • Darby Street Quality Meats
  • The Butchery on Brunker
  • Singo’s Bulk Meat
• 17 hardware stores

  • Blackwoods
  • Batteries
  • F&C Glass Aluminium
  • Reece
  • Home of Stone
  • Regent Renovators
  • Broadley Signs
  • Tink's - Newcastle (Newcastle Chainsaw & Mowers)
  • Affordable Wardrobes
  • Earp Bros

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• 13 hairdressers

  • Merewether Hair Studio
  • IKON Hair
  • Just Cuts
  • Hardy's On Hunter
  • The Whairhouse Of Wickham
  • Jimbo’s Barber Shop
  • Fadi on Beaumont
  • Harbourside Trimmers
  • Hair Space
  • Tony’s Barber Shop

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• 2 beauty salons

  • SKiiNsure
  • The Beauty Bar
• 29 mechanics

  • Midas
  • Car Lovers
  • Darby St Automotive
  • Capital Brake Services
  • Newcastle Automotive Services
  • Ultratune
  • Marty's Smash Repairs
  • Glenn Snelson Automotive
  • TW's Car Repair
  • Goodyear

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• 2 electricians

  • AVE Technologies
  • Rix Electrical Contracting
• 1 plumber

  • Clarkies Plumbing
• 35 places to stay

  • Mercure Newcastle
  • Quest
  • Newcastle Central Plaza Apartment Hotel
  • Holiday Inn Express Newcastle
  • Ibis Hotel
  • Little National Hotel
  • Backpackers Newcastle
  • Merewether Beach B&B
  • Rydges Newcastle
  • Quality Suites

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Getting around. Train station: Newcastle Interchange, 1.5 km north · Light rail stop: Honeysuckle, 1.4 km north-east · Bus interchange: Newcastle Interchange, 1.5 km north · Ferry wharf: Muloobinba / Queens Wharf, 2.3 km north-east · Airport: Newcastle Airport, 16.4 km north-east.

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Socio-economic Standing

Greenery

🌳 Tree canopy: 3.9% satellite estimate · 2021

Demographics

Unemployment 3.8% · Labour-force participation 64.8%

Birds & Wildlife Nearby

44,352 bird observations recorded near The Junction — most often seen:

• Common Myna (2,621)
• Australian Magpie (2,550)
• Crested Tern (2,110)
• Australian Pelican (1,970)
• Rock Dove (1,958)
• Silver Gull (1,935)
• Australian Raven (1,870)
• Rainbow Lorikeet (1,831)
• Curlew Sandpiper (1,746)
• Great Cormorant (1,710)
• Noisy Miner (1,688)
• Welcome Swallow (1,557)
• Little Black Cormorant (1,541)

Nearby Suburbs

The closest suburbs to The Junction:

• Bar Beach (0.8 km)
• Cooks Hill (0.9 km)
• Merewether (1 km)
• Hamilton East (1.2 km)
• Newcastle West (1.2 km)
• Hamilton South (1.5 km)
• The Hill (1.6 km)
• Wickham (1.9 km)

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