New Lambton Heights vs New Lambton
In both, most households own their home and the large majority of homes are detached houses. In New Lambton Heights, most households are couple families. On these figures, New Lambton Heights tends to suit couples, while New Lambton suits people living alone.
Which one suits you?
There is no overall winner — the suburb that suits a family with school-age kids is routinely the wrong one for someone commuting into the city. So each of these answers its own question, against a checklist you can see, using the same figures in the tables below.
Families with school-age kids
They split
one each way, out of the 6 things we measure here
- New Lambton Heights is already more of a family suburb (78% vs 55%)
- New Lambton has more childcare (8 vs 1)
Weighs schools, house stock, crime, parks, childcare, and who already lives there.
First-home buyers
They split
one each way, out of the 3 things we measure here
- New Lambton Heights leaves households under less mortgage stress (20% vs 26%)
- New Lambton has cheaper units ($722,500 vs $965,000)
Weighs house prices, unit prices, and mortgage stress.
Renters
New Lambton
ahead on 2 of the 3 things we measure here
- has a bigger rental market to choose from (31% vs 12%)
- has cheaper rent ($395/wk vs $483/wk)
Weighs rent, rental stress, and how much is for rent.
Commuting to the city
New Lambton Heights
ahead on 2 of the 4 things we measure here
- has a shorter drive in (113 min vs 119 min)
- sits closer to the CBD (152.8 km vs 156.1 km)
- But New Lambton is more walkable (93/100 vs 57/100)
Weighs distance, drive time, rail access, and walkability.
Downsizers and retirees
New Lambton
ahead on 3 of the 5 things we measure here
- has more units and townhouses to downsize into (22% vs 2%)
- has more GPs (5 vs 2)
- is more walkable (93/100 vs 57/100)
Weighs smaller dwellings, who already lives there, GPs, walkability, and crime.
Investors
Too close to call
Nothing among the 2 things we measure here separates them by enough to be worth acting on.
Weighs house yield and population growth.
Where they sit
New Lambton Heights and New Lambton drawn to the same scale. Both outlines are shown together, so the map answers whether they share a border and how their areas compare.
Bars start at zero. Scores, risks and rankings are drawn against their full 0–100 range; other rows are drawn in proportion to the larger of the two.
Side by side, out of 100
Risks are inverted — shown as safety and low exposure — so a longer bar always means better.
Demographics
New Lambton has more residents (10,651 vs 2,610); New Lambton Heights has higher household incomes ($142,584 vs $96,356).
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 2,610 | 10,651 +308% vs other |
| Population trend (2016 → 2021) | +6.4% | +6.0% |
| Median age | 41 same for both | |
| Median household income | $142,584/yr +32% vs other | $96,356/yr |
| Median weekly rent | $483/wk +18% vs other | $395/wk |
Age profile
Share of residents in each band, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (16.6%).
Who lives together
Household composition, 2021 Census.
Who owns and who rents
Occupied private dwellings by tenure, 2021 Census.
Qualifications
Highest non-school qualification, residents 15+, 2021 Census.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (20.7%).
Where residents were born
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents, 2021 Census. A dash means that country is not among the suburb's own eight largest.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (3.3%).
What people live in
Occupied private dwellings by structure, 2021 Census.
Property market
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Median house price | $1,280,000 | $1,300,000 |
| Median unit price | $965,000 | $722,500 |
| Median land price | $560,000 | — |
| Typical days to sell (houses) | 38 days from 15 sales | 25 days from 100 sales |
House price by bedroom count
Only bed counts both suburbs published enough sales for. Sale counts are shown because the buckets differ in depth.
31 vs 95 sales
34 vs 38 sales
16 vs 10 sales
Zoning mix
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Residential | 38% | 52% |
| Infrastructure and transport | 31% | 4% |
| Environmental | 30% | 27% |
| Parks and recreation | 1% | 15% |
| Commercial | 0% | 2% |
| Zoning sets what may be built, not what is there today. A single address can sit in a different zone to the suburb around it. Zones as at 2026-09. | ||
Development activity
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| New dwellings approved | 912 across Newcastle same for both | |
| Approvals change year on year | +77% same for both | |
Gross rental yield
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | 3.3% $900/wk on $1.44M | 2.9% $800/wk on $1.45M |
| Units | — | 4.8% $550/wk on $598K |
Ranking within NSW
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| House price | Higher than 67% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| Income | Higher than 92% of NSW | Higher than 63% of NSW |
| Schools | — | Higher than 17% of NSW |
| Walkability | Higher than 83% of NSW | Higher than 98% of NSW |
| Affordability | Higher than 71% of NSW | Higher than 47% of NSW |
| EV adoption | Higher than 87% of NSW same for both | |
| NBN connectivity | Higher than 77% of NSW | Higher than 75% of NSW |
| Rental yield (houses) | Higher than 32% of NSW | Higher than 17% of NSW |
| Rental yield (units) | — | Higher than 56% of NSW |
Liveability
New Lambton is more walkable (93 vs 57).
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Grade | B same for both | |
| Score | 54/100 | 55/100 |
| Socio-economic band | very advantaged area decile 10/10 | advantaged area decile 8/10 |
Risk profile
New Lambton Heights carries more bushfire risk (46 vs 0).
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Bushfire | Moderate 46/100 | None 0/100 |
| Crime | Moderate 64/100 | Moderate 62/100 |
| Flood | Not mapped no mapped data here same for both | |
| Coastal erosion | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Aircraft noise | None 0/100 same for both | |
| Industrial facilities nearby | 4 within 5 km same for both | |
Schools
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Inside the suburb | 2 | 3 |
| Rated above peers | 0 same for both | |
| Rated at peers | 0 | 1 |
| Rated below peers | 0 | 2 |
| Universities within 10 km | 2 The University of Newcastle (Callaghan), 4.1 km | 2 The University of Newcastle (Callaghan), 4.0 km |
| Full-time students aged 15–24 | 2.6% | 2.5% |
Schools in New Lambton Heights
- New Lambton Heights Infants School Government · Primary
- John Hunter Hospital School Government · Combined · Special school
Schools in New Lambton
- New Lambton Public School Government · Primary at peers
- New Lambton South Public School Government · Primary below peers
- St Therese's Primary School Catholic · Primary below peers
Amenities in the suburb
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Supermarkets | 0 | 2 |
| Cafes & restaurants | 1 | 10 |
| Parks & reserves | 2 | 15 |
| Childcare | 1 | 8 |
| GPs | 2 | 5 |
| Pharmacies | 3 same for both | |
| Hospitals | 2 | 0 |
| Banks & Bank@Post | 0 | 4 |
| Fuel stations | 0 | 2 |
| Waterways | 2 | 12 |
Mobility
New Lambton sits further from the CBD (156.1 km vs 152.8 km).
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Walkability score | 57/100 | 93/100 |
| Distance to Sydney | 152.8 km | 156.1 km +2% vs other |
| Drive time (normal traffic) | 113 min | 119 min |
| Public transport score | 79/100 Bus | 79/100 Rail · Bus |
| Peak arrivals per hour | 153.0 7-9am + 5-7pm | 238.8 7-9am + 5-7pm |
| Median peak wait | 0 min scheduled, not actual same for both | |
| Electric vehicle share | 1.4% postcode 2305 same for both | |
| Rooftop solar per 100 dwellings | 38 postcode 2305 same for both | |
How people get to work
Method of travel on census day 2021 — which fell during COVID restrictions, so working from home is inflated and every travel mode understated.
Bars are drawn against the largest share shown (60.4%).
Setting
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Elevation | 84 m above sea level, at the suburb centre | 26 m above sea level, at the suburb centre |
| Distance to the ocean | 6.1 km | 4.6 km |
NBN connectivity
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Connectivity score | 71/100 | 67/100 |
| Most common technology | Fibre to the node same for both | |
| Full-fibre (FTTP) share | 47% 1,025 premises | 40% 5,022 premises |
Climate
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Annual rainfall | 1,025 mm same for both | |
| Summer max (Jan) | 25.4°C same for both | |
| Winter min (Jul) | 10.2°C same for both | |
Air quality (annual mean)
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| PM2.5 | 6.1 µg/m³ | 6.5 µg/m³ |
| PM10 | 16.5 µg/m³ | 21.7 µg/m³ |
| NO₂ | 0.53 pphm | 0.64 pphm |
Council rates
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Average residential rate | $1,783/yr same for both | |
| Council | Newcastle same for both | |
Federal electorate
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Division | Newcastle same for both | |
| Member | Sharon Claydon same for both | |
| Party | Australian Labor Party same for both | |
First Home Owner Grant
| New Lambton Heights | New Lambton | |
|---|---|---|
| Grant amount | $10,000 same for both | |
| Property price cap | $600,000 same for both | |
| Eligibility | New same for both | |
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