Wakefield ^{NSW 2278}

Wakefield's house market is moving lower: the median sale price reached $1.73 million in the December 2025 quarter, roughly 10% below where it sat a year earlier. That said, only four sales settled in the quarter, so the median is a noisy signal — treat it as a direction rather than a level. Zoom out: prices have climbed roughly 152% over the past decade — 9.7% per year on average.

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.

Households face an average residential rates bill of $1,708 a year through Lake Macquarie based on 2024 figures.

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.

In the year to August 2026, 1,212 new dwellings were approved across Lake Macquarie. That mix is 846 houses and 366 units. Approvals are up 1.6% on the same period a year earlier.

Aboriginal Land Council

Aboriginal land in this area is administered by the Biraban 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.

PM2.5 averaged 6.1 µg/m³ in 2025 — below Australia's NEPM annual standard (8 µg/m³), slightly above the stricter WHO guideline (5 µg/m³). 4 days exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 16.5 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.53 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 2 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 1.

From the Wallsend monitoring station, 13.4 km away.

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation

49 m

above sea level, at the suburb centre

Distance to the ocean

13.9 km

Near high-voltage lines

7.1% of addresses

6 within 100 m of an overhead line of 110 kV or more

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.

• Newstan Colliery

  Coal Mining

  Top reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
  1.7 km
• Downer EDI Works Teralba

  Other Petroleum and Coal Product Manufacturing

  Top reported: Sulfur dioxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
  3.4 km
• Toronto Wastewater Treatment Works

  Sewerage and Drainage Services

  Top reported: Hydrogen sulfide · Ammonia (total)
  4.2 km

$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).

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Currently held by Dan Repacholi Australian Labor Party

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.

Currently held by Greg Piper Independent

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

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.