The Junction NSW 2291
The Junction is a suburb in New South Wales, 161 km from Sydney CBD, around 2 hours 5 minutes by car. Population is 994; the median age is 43 and the median household income is $99,632 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the top 20% nationally. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $470 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $2,383. The Junction is characterised by high crime risk and no recorded bushfire exposure. 2 schools sit within the suburb boundary, and walkability is high.
Is The Junction a good suburb?
The Junction scores a B (62/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit and community, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
2 schools
Very walkable
Walkability 91/100 · 160.6 km · 126 min drive to Sydney
Pricier than most
Median $2.08M · Pricier than 86% of NSW
High crime risk
Fire 0/100 · Crime 95/100
Very advantaged
SEIFA decile 10/10 · median age 43 · 994 residents
Liveability Rating
62 / 100 · Ranked #457 in NSWEach bar is The Junction's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better). Scored on 4 of 5 factors: no school data, so the other factors carry its weight.
No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.
How do you rate the liveability in The Junction?
Local knowledge beats any dataset. Rate it and see what other residents think.
Our score
62 / 100
From schools, safety and socio-economic data — not opinion.
Residents say
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Median House Price
Public listings dataThe Junction's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $2.08 million, about 1% below where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$2,085,000
4% above its 4 neighbours (median $2,010,000)
Based on 23 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 17 days — median across 3 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 3 bed 9 sales $2.2M
- 4 bed 7 sales $2.23M
Units
$832,750
In line with its 3 neighbours (median $812,500)
Based on 12 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 8 sales $739K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in The Junction are currently listed at around $2.05 million on average. Based on 4 houses listed in the past six months.
$2.05M
4 houses listed in the last 6 months.
4 of the suburb's 409 dwellings (1.0%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in The Junction rent for around $835 a week on average, based on 8 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
$835/wk
8 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
10 rentals advertised against an estimated 133 rented homes (7.5%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $925/wk
- 30 bonds
- +34% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $620/wk
- 37 bonds
- +38% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2291 (NSW publishes bonds by postcode, which can cover several suburbs). Change since 2021 compares the median of the first four quarters with the last four. Asking rents above come from advertised listings.
Rental affordability
June quarter 202582 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 37% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2291.
SGS Rental Affordability Index: a score of 100 means rent takes 30% of income, the usual housing-stress line; lower scores are less affordable. "Region" is the capital city or the rest of the state.
Gross rental yield
Indicative$835/week ($43,000 a year) on a $2.05 million median
Based on a small sample (4 listings) — indicative only.
Gross yield — before strata, rates, management, insurance and vacancy. Calculated from median advertised rents and median asking prices over the last 6 months. How we calculate.
Is The Junction safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in The Junction sits in the high band, with 181 incidents recorded in 2025 — up roughly 31% on the prior year.
181 offences
31.2% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–20253 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Crashes are counted where they happened, so a main road through the suburb carries people passing through; this is not a measure of risk to residents. Roads are listed with 3 or more serious crashes.
Council Flood Studies
Newcastle City Council has published 2 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.
Schools
Two schools serve The Junction, and the cohort is trailing peer-suburb performance.
- • 837 students across 2 schools (avg 418)
- • Sectors: 1 Catholic, 1 Government
- • ICSEA 1115-1141, median 1128 (well above the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: The Junction Public School (450 students)
Primary
Universities nearby
- 2.2 kmThe University of Newcastle (Newcastle City)University of Newcastle · 108 courses
- 7.3 kmThe University of Newcastle (Callaghan)University of Newcastle · 326 courses
4.1% of residents here are full-time university students aged 15–24.
Distance is measured to the suburb centre. A campus nearby does not by itself mean a student rental market — most suburbs within a few kilometres of one have a student share close to the national norm, and the figure above is what tells them apart.
Walkability
The Junction is exceptionally walkable on foot — at 91/100, daily errands don't require a car at all.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside The Junction.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 72.8 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 54.7 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 30.3 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 1 min
- Span of service
- 18.5 hours
Scheduled service only, based on the 21 October 2026 timetable. Reliability (delays, cancellations) not measured.
NBN connectivity
The internet access technology available across NBN premises in The Junction.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 26%
- Premises covered
- 758
NBN Co fixed-line and fixed-wireless premises, as at 30 December 2025. Higher-quality technologies (full fibre) score above copper, wireless, and satellite. Actual speeds depend on your plan.
Amenities
Newcastle: council population
The three add up to the change above. These are council-wide figures from the ABS, not figures for this suburb alone — this suburb's own population is in the census section above.
Socio-economic profile
The ABS scores 4 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 3 different deciles — a narrow range, so the average describes the suburb closely.
The Junction is home to 994 residents, with a median age of 43, a touch above the national 38. Median household income runs at $100,000 a year, with unemployment at 3.6%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
994
Median Age
43
Median Household Income
$99,632/yr
Census Median Rent
$470/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$2,383/mo
Avg Household Size
2.4
Median Personal Income
$50,336/yr
Unemployment Rate
3.6%
Unoccupied Dwellings
8.3%
Total Dwellings
409
Owner-Occupier Rate
67.4%
Houses
53.8%
Rental Stress
24.5%
Mortgage Stress
28.7%
Work From Home
37.1%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 81.8%
- English Spoken at Home
- 88.3%
- Employment Rate
- 62.4%
- Completed Year 12
- 58.1%
Occupations
Religion
Country of Birth (overseas)
Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.
When They Arrived
Share of all residents by the year they arrived in Australia. Periods cover different numbers of years, so compare the shape rather than the bar widths.
29 residents (2.9%) arrived since 2016. Australia’s borders were closed to most arrivals from March 2020, so the last two years of that period are much smaller than the ones before them — nationally 260,799 people arrived in 2019 against 28,521 in 2021.
Where New Residents Came From
Where residents aged five and over lived five years before the 2021 Census, for those who lived somewhere else.
6.2% of residents (59) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (42).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 956 residents aged five and over. Areas are ABS statistical regions. Small counts are approximate: the ABS adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Languages Spoken at Home
Top languages other than English, as a share of all residents.
Age Distribution
Family & Household Composition
Commute to Work
2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (11 of 540).
City centre: the ABS area around each capital's CBD, such as Sydney Inner City or Perth City (which takes in Subiaco and Leederville). 2021 Census place of work.
Local Jobs
People who work in this suburb against employed people who live here, 2021 Census.
About 1,193 people work here; 540 employed residents live here.
A jobs hub: 2.2 jobs for every working resident. At least 44% of the people who work here must live elsewhere.
Counts are by place of work and place of usual residence. The ABS counts jobs in zones; where a zone spans several places, its jobs are shared out by land use. The ABS also adjusts every figure slightly to protect privacy.
Education
Cars per Dwelling
Council Rates
Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,783 a year through Newcastle based on 2024 figures.
How this land is zoned
- Residential 80%
- Commercial 13%
- Parks and recreation 7%
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 — the property page shows the zone for one address.
Building Approvals: Newcastle
In the year to August 2026, 912 new dwellings were approved across Newcastle. That mix is 266 houses and 646 units. Approvals are up 77.4% on the same period a year earlier.
Aboriginal Land Council
Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Awabakal Local Aboriginal Land Council.
Local Aboriginal Land Councils are statutory bodies under the Aboriginal Land Rights Act 1983, responsible for land claims and land management for their members. Their boundaries are administrative and are not a statement of whose Country this is. NSW does not publish a register of Aboriginal parties by area — they are registered for each project.
Air Quality
MODERATEPM2.5 averaged 6.5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 3 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.
PM10 averaged 21.7 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.64 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 8 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 1.
From the Newcastle monitoring station, 0.8 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS, 4.2 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 10 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 743 m
- 794 m to a named beach
- Annual rainfall
- 1,025 mm
- 91 rainy days
- Summer max (Jan)
- 25.4°C
- 4 days ≥ 35°C
- Winter min (Jul)
- 10.2°C
- 0 frost days ≤ 0°C
Elevation is the ground at the suburb centre, from Geoscience Australia's National Digital Elevation Model. Approximate — it reads high in dense built-up areas. It is a measure of height above sea level and not an indicator of flood risk, which depends on height above nearby waterways.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
9 facilities within 5 km- 2.4 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Ammonia (total) · Total Phosphorus
- 2.6 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · n-Hexane · Ethanol
- 3.1 kmPort and Water Transport Terminal OperationsTop reported: Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide · Total Volatile Organic Compounds
- 3.2 kmRailway Rolling Stock Manufacturing and Repair ServicesTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Cumene (1-methylethylbenzene)
- 3.4 kmPetroleum Product WholesalingTop reported: Total Volatile Organic Compounds · Xylenes (individual or mixed isomers) · Toluene (methylbenzene)
EV adoption
In postcode 2291, 148 of 10,137 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.6% (366 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 5.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2291, 2,069 rooftop-solar systems totalling 14.5 MW have been installed since 2001, against 5,933 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 193 went up in the last year.
Counts every system certified since 2001, so a roof re-fitted with a newer system is counted twice, and small commercial systems are included alongside houses — useful for comparing postcodes, not an estimate of how many homes have working panels today.
2026 covers part of the year only, to 2026-07.
First Home Owner Grant
FY2026-27$10,000 for new homes priced up to $600,000.
Off-the-plan or contracted-build value cap is $750,000 (vs $600,000 for completed new homes). Stamp duty concessions are a separate scheme (First Home Buyers Assistance).
Mortgage repayments
12 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 20 across postcode 2291.
Transfer duty at the owner-occupier rate, and it excludes first home buyer concessions — those can cut it substantially or remove it entirely. Excludes legal, inspection and lender fees. Check with Revenue NSW
The First Home Owner Grant applies to newly built homes only, so it isn't available on an established purchase. A first home buyer building or buying new under $600,000 may qualify for $10,000 — see what qualifies with Revenue NSW.
At $2,085,000 this is $1,485,000 above the $600,000 First Home Owner Grant cap. A first home buyer may qualify for $10,000 on a newly built home — check eligibility with Revenue NSW.
A deposit under 20% usually attracts Lenders Mortgage Insurance, which this doesn't include.
Principal and interest over 30 years, fixed rate. Excludes fees, offset, redraw and LMI. Default rate is the median comparison rate across 1788 advertised products as at 2026-10-27 — indicative only, and not an offer. Your rate depends on the lender, your deposit and your circumstances. Not financial advice.
Federal Electorate
Currently held by Sharon Claydon Australian Labor Party
| Year | Winner | 2PP ALP | 2PP LNP | Swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Sharon Claydon | 70.8% | 29.2% | +2.9 |
| 2022 | Sharon Claydon | 68.0% | 32.0% | -4.2 |
| 2019 | Sharon Claydon | 63.8% | 36.2% | +0.0 |
Results are per division — federal electoral boundaries are redrawn periodically, so the history reflects this division's past, not necessarily the exact suburb's voters across time.
State Electorate
Currently held by Tim Crakanthorp Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Tim Crakanthorp ALP | 72.6% |
| 2019 | Tim Crakanthorp ALP | 67.7% |
| 2015 | Tim Crakanthorp ALP | 57.4% |
Results are per district. Districts were last redrawn in 2021, so results from before then describe the district of that name, not necessarily this suburb's voters. Results: © State of New South Wales through the NSW Electoral Commission, CC BY 4.0, adapted.
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- Nearest and zoned schools, with the walk from that door
- Flood, bushfire and noise mapping, where the state publishes it
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Common questions about The Junction
Is The Junction a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in The Junction is high (95/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident). Offences against shops, venues and visitors are divided by the people who live here, so suburbs with large daytime or visitor populations rank higher than living there may feel.
What natural hazards affect The Junction?
The Junction has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is The Junction a good place to live?
The Junction has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (62/100), ranked against other NSW suburbs on school quality (25%), safety (25%), SEIFA socio-economic advantage (25%), walkability (15%) and CBD access (10%). Whether it suits you depends on what you weigh — each of those is on this page.
What is the population of The Junction?
The Junction, NSW had a population of 994 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for The Junction, NSW?
The postcode for The Junction, NSW is 2291.
How far is The Junction from Sydney?
The Junction is 161 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 126 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in The Junction?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in The Junction was $99,632 a year. It is the most recent suburb-level income figure until 2026 Census results are released in 2027.
What is the median weekly rent in The Junction?
The median advertised rent in The Junction is $835 a week for houses (8 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in The Junction?
The median age of residents in The Junction was 43 at the 2021 ABS Census.
How are the schools in The Junction?
There are 2 schools inside the The Junction boundary: 1 at and 1 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is The Junction walkable?
The Junction scores 91/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it exceptionally walkable. The score is a weighted average of public transport, schools, parks, supermarkets, GPs, pharmacies, childcare, and hospitals within walking distance.
What is the air quality in The Junction?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to The Junction (Newcastle) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.5 µg/m³ and PM10 of 21.7 µg/m³. That puts The Junction below the Australian NEPM annual standard of 8 µg/m³ but above the stricter WHO guideline of 5 µg/m³.
What is the weather like in The Junction?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to The Junction, Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS (4.2 km away), summer days average 25.4°C, winter nights 10.2°C, 1,025 mm of rain a year over 91 rainy days, and 4 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.
Is the First Home Owner Grant available in The Junction?
First-home buyers in NSW may be eligible for $10,000 towards new homes with a purchase price up to $600,000. The grant is administered by Revenue NSW; confirm current eligibility before signing a contract — state rules and amounts can change.
What council does The Junction belong to?
The Junction sits within the Newcastle local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in The Junction?
The average residential rates bill through Newcastle is $1,783 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.
How much is being built near The Junction?
Across Newcastle, 912 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 77.4% on the same period a year earlier. These are LGA-level totals — every suburb in the council shares the same figure.
Which federal electorate is The Junction in?
The Junction sits within the federal Division of Newcastle, currently held by Sharon Claydon (Australian Labor Party).
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Data freshness
- Census · 2021
- Median sale prices · Oct 2026
- For-sale & rental market · Oct 2026
- Council rates · FY 2024–25
- Building approvals · Aug 2026
- Schools · 2025
- Public transport · Oct 2026
- NBN connectivity · Dec 2025
- Crime · 2025
- Road crashes · 2021–2025
- Air quality · 2025
- Climate · 2006–2026
- Socio-economic (SEIFA) · 2021
- EV adoption · Jan 2025
- First Home Owner Grant · Sep 2026
- Federal electorate · 2025
- State electorate · 2023
- Amenities · Sep 2026
- Health & emergency facilities · Sep 2026
- Industrial emissions (NPI) · 2024/2025
- Coastal erosion · 1988–2025
- Aircraft noise · 2024
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