Wallsend NSW 2287
Located in New South Wales, Wallsend sits 150 km from Sydney CBD, around 1 hour 50 minutes by car. The suburb has 13,244 residents, a median age of 39, and a median household income of $72,852 per year. By household income, education, and employment patterns, it ranks in the lower-middle tier nationally. The suburb grew 6.2% between 2016 and 2021. At the 2021 Census, households here paid a median rent of $375 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. Wallsend is characterised by high crime risk. Of 4 schools within the suburb boundary, 1 ranks above the state average, and walkability is high.
Is Wallsend a good suburb?
Wallsend scores a C (42/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on safety.
Mixed results
4 schools · 1 above peer schools
Very walkable
Walkability 89/100 · 150.4 km · 111 min drive to Sydney
Around the state median
Median $849K
High crime risk
Fire 43/100 · Crime 86/100
Below-average income
SEIFA decile 3/10 · median age 39 · 13,244 residents
Liveability Rating
42 / 100 · Ranked #968 in NSWEach bar is Wallsend's rank among NSW suburbs, from 0 to 100 (higher is better).
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 Wallsend?
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Our score
42 / 100
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Median House Price
Public listings dataWallsend's house market is moving higher: the median sale price reached $849,000, about 9% above where it sat a year earlier.
Houses
$848,750
10% below its 11 neighbours (median $945,000)
Based on 346 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 20 days — median across 142 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 2 bed 49 sales $750K
- 3 bed 194 sales $840K
- 4 bed 62 sales $955K
- 5 bed 11 sales $1M
Units
$647,500
8% below its 4 neighbours (median $707,500)
Based on 56 recorded sales in the last 24 months.
Typically sold in 22 days — median across 18 sales that recorded a listing period
By bedrooms
- 1 bed 10 sales $535K
- 2 bed 19 sales $610K
- 3 bed 14 sales $705K
Currently for Sale
Last 6 monthsHouses in Wallsend are currently listed at around $860,000 on average. Based on 75 houses listed in the past six months.
Houses
$860K
75 houses listed in the last 6 months.
Units
$705K
8 units listed in the last 6 months.
83 of the suburb's 5,255 dwellings (1.6%) were listed for sale in the last 6 months.
Rental Market
Advertised rents · last 6 monthsHouses in Wallsend rent for around $700 a week on average, based on 76 houses listed for rent in the past six months.
Houses
$700/wk
10% below its 8 neighbours (median $775/wk)
76 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
Units
$525/wk
10 units advertised for rent in the last 6 months.
86 rentals advertised against an estimated 2,007 rented homes (4.3%) in the last 6 months.
Rent agreed on new leases
Jul–Sep 2026- 3-bed houses
- $700/wk
- 123 bonds
- +45% since 2021
- 2-bed units
- $570/wk
- 22 bonds
- +46% since 2021
Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2287 (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 202587 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 34% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2287.
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$700/week ($36,000 a year) on a $860,000 median
$525/week ($27,000 a year) on a $705,000 median
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 Wallsend safe? Crime statistics
2025Crime in Wallsend sits in the high band, with 1,188 incidents recorded in 2025 — up about 3% on the prior year.
1,188 offences
2.9% since 2024Crime Trend
Serious Road Crashes
2021–202538 crashes
where someone was killed or admitted to hospital
Where they happened
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
Four schools serve Wallsend, and results are mixed — some outperforming peer-suburb schools, some below. Callaghan College Wallsend Campus leads the pack.
- • 1,660 students across 4 schools (avg 415)
- • Sectors: 3 Government, 1 Catholic
- • ICSEA 910-1076, median 958 (below the national baseline of 1000)
- • Largest: Callaghan College Wallsend Campus (890 students)
Primary
Secondary
Universities nearby
2.6% 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
Wallsend is very walkable on foot — at 89/100, most daily errands can be done on foot. Within the suburb there are 2 supermarkets, 26 parks and 7 cafes to anchor that walking radius.
Public transport
Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Wallsend.
- Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
- 508.2 arrivals/hr
- Off-peak weekday
- 312.6 arrivals/hr
- Saturday
- 207.4 arrivals/hr
- Median peak wait
- 0 min
- Span of service
- 19.8 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 Wallsend.
- Full-fibre (FTTP) share
- 32%
- Premises covered
- 6,452
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 26 small areas inside this suburb and averages them into the single decile above. They fall into 7 different deciles — a wide range, so parts of this suburb rank well above the average and parts well below it.
Wallsend is home to about 13,200 residents, with a median age of 39, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $73,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.0%.
2021 Census · change since 2016
Population
13,244
Median Age
39
Median Household Income
$72,852/yr
Census Median Rent
$375/wk
Census Median Mortgage
$1,733/mo
Avg Household Size
2.3
Median Personal Income
$36,400/yr
Unemployment Rate
6.0%
Unoccupied Dwellings
5.7%
Total Dwellings
5,255
Owner-Occupier Rate
61.8%
Houses
77.7%
Rental Stress
26.8%
Mortgage Stress
28.5%
Work From Home
21.7%
Dwelling Types
Property Ownership
280 rented from a state or territory housing authority and 114 from a community housing provider, as a share of the 1,929 rented dwellings above — not of all dwellings.
Demographics
- Born in Australia
- 80.4%
- English Spoken at Home
- 83.1%
- Employment Rate
- 53.8%
- Completed Year 12
- 37.6%
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.
473 residents (3.6%) 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.
3.8% of residents (477) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (323).
Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 12,531 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
1% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (54 of 6,017).
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 4,673 people work here; 6,017 employed residents live here.
Roughly as many jobs as working residents (0.8 per resident). At least 20% of employed residents must work outside the suburb.
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 40%
- Environmental 36%
- Infrastructure and transport 11%
- Parks and recreation 7%
- Industrial 3%
- Commercial 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 — 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 6.1 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, 1.0 km away.
Climate & Setting
from Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS, 13.0 kmHigh rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.
- Elevation
- 37 m
- above sea level, at the suburb centre
- Distance to the ocean
- 9.3 km
- Near high-voltage lines
- 6.3% of addresses
- 471 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.
Industrial Emissions Nearby
3 facilities within 5 km- 1.5 kmOther Electricity GenerationTop reported: Carbon monoxide · Oxides of Nitrogen · Sulfur dioxide
- 2.9 kmSewerage and Drainage ServicesTop reported: Total Nitrogen · Hydrogen sulfide · Ammonia (total)
- 4.5 kmPrepared Animal and Bird Feed ManufacturingTop reported: Particulate Matter ≤10.0 µm (PM10) · Oxides of Nitrogen · Carbon monoxide
EV adoption
In postcode 2287, 261 of 30,121 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 3.3% (983 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 4.1%.
Rooftop solar
In postcode 2287, 6,558 rooftop-solar systems totalling 41.2 MW have been installed since 2001, against 15,539 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 376 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
3 mortgage brokers are registered in this suburb, 10 across postcode 2287.
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 $848,750 this is $248,750 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 2026-10-26 — 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 Sonia Hornery Labor
Next state election: 13 March 2027.
| Year | Winner | Won with |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Sonia Hornery ALP | 81.8% |
| 2019 | Sonia Hornery ALP | 75.4% |
| 2015 | Sonia Hornery ALP | 70.8% |
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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Common questions about Wallsend
Is Wallsend a safe place to live?
Recorded crime in Wallsend is high (86/100, 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 Wallsend?
Wallsend has a moderate recorded bushfire history (43/100, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history). These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.
Is Wallsend a good place to live?
Wallsend has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of C (42/100), 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 Wallsend?
Wallsend, NSW had a population of 13,244 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.
What is the postcode for Wallsend, NSW?
The postcode for Wallsend, NSW is 2287.
How far is Wallsend from Sydney?
Wallsend is 150 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 111 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.
What is the median household income in Wallsend?
At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Wallsend was $72,852 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 Wallsend?
The median advertised rent in Wallsend is $700 a week for houses (76 listings) and $525 a week for units (10 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.
What is the median age in Wallsend?
The median age of residents in Wallsend was 39 at the 2021 ABS Census.
Is Wallsend at risk of bushfire?
Wallsend has a moderate recorded bushfire history (43/100). The score comes from Geoscience Australia's historical bushfire boundaries, with planned burns excluded: the area of recorded fires touching the suburb relative to its size, ranked against every Australian suburb with any fire history. It records where fire has burned, not a bushfire-prone land designation, which your council's planning scheme sets.
How are the schools in Wallsend?
There are 4 schools inside the Wallsend boundary: 1 above and 3 below similar schools on NAPLAN, compared with same-state, same-type schools of similar socio-educational advantage (ICSEA).
Is Wallsend walkable?
Wallsend scores 89/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it very 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 Wallsend?
The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Wallsend (Wallsend) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 6.1 µg/m³ and PM10 of 16.5 µg/m³. That puts Wallsend 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 Wallsend?
At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Wallsend, Newcastle Nobbys Signal Station AWS (13 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 Wallsend?
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 Wallsend belong to?
Wallsend sits within the Newcastle local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.
How much are council rates in Wallsend?
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 Wallsend?
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 Wallsend in?
Wallsend 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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