Suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Newcastle
Thornton leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 54% since 2021, from $420 to $645 a week. East Maitland leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 55% ($305 to $472). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 31 eligible Newcastle suburbs.
This ranking orders Newcastle suburbs by how much the median rent agreed on new leases has risen since 2021, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. The figures come from rental bond records, so they are what tenants signed up to pay, not what landlords advertised.
Advertised rents would have told a different story. Checked against bond records in October 2026, they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where bigger, dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared. The change compares the median of the four quarters of 2021 with the latest four, and every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds.
Newcastle suburbs where 3-bedroom house rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 3-bedroom houses, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
Thornton
NSW 2322 · 10,690 residents+54% since 2021 · $420 to $645 a week · postcode 2322 figures
Lambton
NSW 2299 · 5,214 residents+49% since 2021 · $499 to $745 a week · postcode 2299 figures
Waratah
NSW 2298 · 4,927 residents+46% since 2021 · $502 to $732 a week · postcode 2298 figures
Shortland
NSW 2307 · 4,537 residents+46% since 2021 · $452 to $660 a week · postcode 2307 figures
Wallsend
NSW 2287 · 13,244 residents+45% since 2021 · $484 to $700 a week · postcode 2287 figures
Cessnock
NSW 2325 · 16,300 residents+43% since 2021 · $399 to $570 a week · postcode 2325 figures
Charlestown
NSW 2290 · 13,601 residents+43% since 2021 · $510 to $730 a week · postcode 2290 figures
Raymond Terrace
NSW 2324 · 13,453 residents+43% since 2021 · $420 to $600 a week · postcode 2324 figures
Cameron Park
NSW 2285 · 9,977 residents+43% since 2021 · $498 to $710 a week · postcode 2285 figures
Speers Point
NSW 2284 · 3,400 residents+43% since 2021 · $476 to $679 a week · postcode 2284 figures
Toronto
NSW 2283 · 5,973 residents+42% since 2021 · $456 to $650 a week · postcode 2283 figures
East Maitland
NSW 2323 · 11,860 residents+41% since 2021 · $440 to $620 a week · postcode 2323 figures
Belmont
NSW 2280 · 7,289 residents+41% since 2021 · $508 to $715 a week · postcode 2280 figures
Kurri Kurri
NSW 2327 · 6,174 residents+41% since 2021 · $410 to $580 a week · postcode 2327 figures
New Lambton
NSW 2305 · 10,651 residents+40% since 2021 · $555 to $775 a week · postcode 2305 figures
Ranked from 31 qualifying suburbs.
Newcastle suburbs where 2-bedroom unit rents rose most
Change in the median rent agreed on new leases of 2-bedroom units, from 2021 to the latest four quarters.
East Maitland
NSW 2323 · 11,860 residents+55% since 2021 · $305 to $472 a week · postcode 2323 figures
Waratah
NSW 2298 · 4,927 residents+55% since 2021 · $355 to $550 a week · postcode 2298 figures
Mayfield
NSW 2304 · 9,760 residents+50% since 2021 · $382 to $572 a week · postcode 2304 figures
Cessnock
NSW 2325 · 16,300 residents+48% since 2021 · $320 to $475 a week · postcode 2325 figures
Adamstown
NSW 2289 · 6,335 residents+47% since 2021 · $410 to $601 a week · postcode 2289 figures
Raymond Terrace
NSW 2324 · 13,453 residents+46% since 2021 · $340 to $495 a week · postcode 2324 figures
Wallsend
NSW 2287 · 13,244 residents+46% since 2021 · $392 to $575 a week · postcode 2287 figures
New Lambton
NSW 2305 · 10,651 residents+43% since 2021 · $420 to $600 a week · postcode 2305 figures
Charlestown
NSW 2290 · 13,601 residents+42% since 2021 · $415 to $590 a week · postcode 2290 figures
Lambton
NSW 2299 · 5,214 residents+41% since 2021 · $392 to $555 a week · postcode 2299 figures
Merewether
NSW 2291 · 11,788 residents+38% since 2021 · $458 to $630 a week · postcode 2291 figures
Rutherford
NSW 2320 · 13,091 residents+37% since 2021 · $365 to $500 a week · postcode 2320 figures
Belmont
NSW 2280 · 7,289 residents+34% since 2021 · $380 to $509 a week · postcode 2280 figures
Newcastle
NSW 2300 · 3,852 residents+33% since 2021 · $548 to $728 a week · postcode 2300 figures
Cameron Park
NSW 2285 · 9,977 residents+32% since 2021 · $410 to $540 a week · postcode 2285 figures
Ranked from 22 qualifying suburbs.
Common questions about this ranking
What are the suburbs where rents are rising fastest in Newcastle?
Thornton leads the 3-bedroom house list: rents agreed on new leases rose 54% since 2021, from $420 to $645 a week. East Maitland leads the 2-bedroom unit list, up 55% ($305 to $472). These 30 suburbs came from a field of 31 eligible Newcastle suburbs.
Are these advertised rents or rents people actually pay?
Rents people agreed to pay: every new lease lodges a bond with the state, and the bond record carries the weekly rent. Advertised rents were checked and not used. In October 2026 they roughly doubled the rise at the top of the Sydney list (Ermington: advertised +99%, agreed +44%), because suburbs where dearer homes now make up more of the listings looked like suburbs where rents had soared.
How is the rise measured?
The median rent of the four quarters of 2021 against the median of the latest four, for 3-bedroom houses and 2-bedroom units separately. Every one of those quarters needs at least 10 new bonds, so one thin quarter cannot put a suburb at the top.
Why does each Newcastle postcode appear only once?
New South Wales publishes bond figures by postcode, not by suburb. Every suburb in a postcode would show the same numbers, so each postcode is listed once, under its most populous suburb.
Why is there no list for Melbourne, Perth, Canberra or Darwin?
Victoria publishes bond rents only for groups of suburbs, and the ACT and the Northern Territory publish none we can use. Western Australia's figures start in 2023, so they cannot be compared with 2021.
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Rankings last computed 24 October 2026. Recomputed after each ACARA schools data refresh.
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