Windermere Park NSW 2264

Located in New South Wales, Windermere Park sits 118 km from Sydney CBD, around 1 hour 35 minutes by car. The suburb has 722 residents, a median age of 38, and a median household income of $75,192 per year. On socioeconomic measures it sits in the bottom 20% nationally. Population grew 3.7% from 2016 to 2021. The 2021 Census recorded a median rent of $380 per week and a median monthly mortgage of $1,733. The area shows no recorded bushfire exposure. Walkability is moderate.

Is Windermere Park a good suburb?

Windermere Park scores a B (50/100) on SuburbScan's Liveability grade — strong on transit, weaker on community.

Transit

Very walkable

Walkability 61/100 · 118.3 km · 93 min drive to Sydney

Prices

Around the state median

Median $829K

Safety

Moderate crime risk

Fire 0/100 · Crime 54/100

Community

Highly disadvantaged

SEIFA decile 2/10 · median age 38 · 722 residents

B

Liveability Rating

50 / 100 · Ranked #743 in NSW

Each bar is Windermere Park'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.

Schools quality no data
no schools mapped
Safety
77
Bushfire None · Crime Moderate

No flood data is published for New South Wales — a blank here means we hold no data, not that there is no risk.

Socio-economic
20
Disadvantaged
Walkability
58
Walkable
CBD access
47
118.3 km · 93 min drive to Sydney
How it's calculated: Safety rank 77 × 25% + Socio-economic rank 20 × 25% + Walkability rank 58 × 15% + CBD access rank 47 × 10% = 50 / 100. Missing components rebalance the remaining weights.

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Median House Price

Public listings data

The median house sale price in Windermere Park sits at $829,000, broadly flat year-on-year.

$828,750

last 3 quarters

9% below its 3 neighbours (median $912,500)

Based on 16 recorded sales in the last 24 months.

Typically sold in 34 days — median across 8 sales that recorded a listing period

By bedrooms

  • 3 bed 11 sales $818K

Rental Market

Advertised rents · last 6 months

Houses in Windermere Park rent for around $700 a week on average, based on 4 houses listed for rent in the past six months.

$700/wk

4 houses advertised for rent in the last 6 months.

4 rentals advertised against an estimated 76 rented homes (5.3%) in the last 6 months.

Rent agreed on new leases

Jul–Sep 2026
3-bed houses
$620/wk
37 bonds
+40% since 2021

Median weekly rent on bonds lodged for new tenancies across postcode 2264 (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 2025

91 Unaffordable · the average rental household in this region would pay about 33% of its income on the median rent in postcode 2264.

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.

Is Windermere Park safe? Crime statistics

2025

Crime in Windermere Park sits in the moderate band, with 24 incidents recorded in 2025 — down roughly 14% on the prior year.

24 offences

14.3% since 2024
Assault 8 (33.3%)
Theft 6 (25.0%)
Harassment & Stalking 4 (16.7%)
Drug Offences 2 (8.3%)
Sexual Offences 2 (8.3%)
Robbery 1 (4.2%)
Property Damage 1 (4.2%)

Crime Trend

Serious Road Crashes

2021–2025

1 crash

where someone was killed or admitted to hospital, 1 of them fatal

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

Lake Macquarie City Council has published 14 flood studies on the NSW Flood Data Portal. The mapped flood areas are in those studies; SuburbScan does not hold them.

All 14 on the portal

Schools

No schools in this suburb boundary.

Walkability

Windermere Park is somewhat walkable on foot — at 61/100, a short cluster of errands work on foot but most trips still benefit from a car.

61
out of 100
Somewhat Walkable
Top 15% in NSW
Public Transport within 1 km 72
Schools within 1.5 km 80
Parks within 800 m 80
Supermarkets within 1 km 60
GPs within 1 km 60
Pharmacies within 1 km 0
Childcare within 1 km 60
Hospitals within 5 km 0

Public transport

Weekday and weekend service frequency across every stop inside Windermere Park.

31
out of 100
Bus
Peak (7-9am + 5-7pm)
6.2 arrivals/hr
Off-peak weekday
3.2 arrivals/hr
Saturday
0.8 arrivals/hr
Median peak wait
3 min
Span of service
14.9 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 Windermere Park.

76
connectivity score / 100
Top 15% in NSW
Most common
Fibre to the premises
Full-fibre (FTTP) share
56%
Premises covered
302
Technology mix
Fibre to the premises (FTTP) 56%
Fibre to the node (FTTN) 44%

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

No amenities mapped in this suburb boundary.

Lake Macquarie: council population

The whole council area, not just Windermere Park · estimated residents
at 30 June 2025
Residents
224,540
+1.1% in a year
Change
+2,396
people since 2024
Density
346
people per km² across the council area
What drove the change
Natural increase
+246
births minus deaths
Net internal migration
+1,535
moves within Australia
Net overseas migration
+615
arrivals minus departures

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

ABS SEIFA · ranked against every suburb in Australia, and within the state
2021 census
Advantage and disadvantage
2/10
2/10 within NSW
income, education, jobs and housing together
Economic resources
3/10
2/10 within NSW
income against housing cost and household size
Education and occupation
2/10
2/10 within NSW
qualifications and job type, income excluded

Windermere Park is home to 722 residents, with a median age of 38, broadly in line with the national figure. Median household income runs at $75,000 a year, with unemployment at 6.2%.

2021 Census · change since 2016

Population

722

3.7% since 2016

Median Age

38

5.6% since 2016

Median Household Income

$75,192/yr

32.4% since 2016

Census Median Rent

$380/wk

11.8% since 2016

Census Median Mortgage

$1,733/mo

14.2% since 2016

Avg Household Size

2.5

3.8% since 2016

Median Personal Income

$37,440/yr

36.4% since 2016

Unemployment Rate

6.2%

54.4% since 2016

Unoccupied Dwellings

6.1%

44.0% since 2016

Total Dwellings

278

4.1% since 2016

Owner-Occupier Rate

72.8%

1.8% since 2016

Houses

98.2%

1.1% since 2016

Rental Stress

26.3%

15.4% since 2016

Mortgage Stress

27.7%

13.7% since 2016

Work From Home

12.8%

141.5% since 2016

Dwelling Types

Houses 273 (98.2%)
Townhouses 3 (1.1%)
Flats / Apartments 2 (0.7%)

Property Ownership

Mortgage 107 (38.8%)
Owned Outright 94 (34.1%)
Renting 75 (27.2%)

Demographics

Born in Australia
86.7%
English Spoken at Home
93.6%
Employment Rate
58.5%
12.9% since 2016
Completed Year 12
29.6%

Occupations

Technicians & Trades 78 (22.3%)
Community & Personal Service 58 (16.6%)
Labourers 44 (12.6%)
Professionals 40 (11.5%)
Clerical & Administrative 38 (10.9%)
Machinery Operators & Drivers 35 (10.0%)
Sales 31 (8.9%)
Managers 23 (6.6%)

Religion

No Religion 341 (47.2%)
Christianity 333 (46.1%)
Other Religions 4 (0.6%)

Country of Birth (overseas)

Largest overseas birthplaces, as a share of all residents.

England 32 (4.4%)
New Zealand 8 (1.1%)
Philippines 7 (1.0%)
Italy 6 (0.8%)
Scotland 4 (0.6%)
Netherlands 3 (0.4%)

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.

2016-2021 0 (0.0%)
2011-2015 3 (0.4%)
2001-2010 3 (0.4%)
1991-2000 8 (1.1%)
1981-1990 10 (1.4%)
Before 1981 39 (5.4%)

0 residents (0.0%) 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.

4.6% of residents (31) lived in a capital city five years earlier, most of them in Sydney (28).

Central Coast 52 (7.8%)

Top places newcomers came from, as a share of the 668 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.

Spanish 3 (0.4%)
German 3 (0.4%)

Age Distribution

0-4 54 (7.5%)
5-14 77 (10.7%)
15-19 51 (7.1%)
20-24 54 (7.5%)
25-34 98 (13.6%)
35-44 84 (11.6%)
45-54 82 (11.4%)
55-64 103 (14.3%)
65-74 70 (9.7%)
75-84 47 (6.5%)
85+ 15 (2.1%)

Family & Household Composition

Lone Person 75 (36.4%)
Couple Families 72 (35.0%)
One Parent Families 49 (23.8%)
Group Household 10 (4.9%)

Commute to Work

Car (driver) 222 (81.3%)
Worked from Home 35 (12.8%)
Car (passenger) 9 (3.3%)
Train 4 (1.5%)
Walked Only 3 (1.1%)

2% of employed residents work in a capital's city centre (7 of 349).

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.

Education

Certificate III & IV 158 (21.9%)
Advanced Diploma / Diploma 54 (7.5%)
Bachelor Degree 49 (6.8%)
Graduate Diploma / Certificate 14 (1.9%)
Postgraduate Degree 11 (1.5%)

Cars per Dwelling

0 cars 9 (3.2%)
1 car 97 (34.9%)
2 cars 100 (36.0%)
3 cars 42 (15.1%)
4+ cars 28 (10.1%)

Council Rates

Lake Macquarie
FY 2024-25

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

Avg residential rate
$1,708/yr
39% above the NSW average of $1,230 · median of 128 councils
Valuation basis
Unimproved Value
land only

How this land is zoned

Share of Windermere Park's area by planning zone
2026-09
  • Residential 71%
  • Environmental 25%
  • Rural and farming 2%
  • Parks and recreation 1%
  • Not zoned 1%

Planning zones cover 99% of the suburb's area. The rest is unzoned land such as water or road reserve.

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: Lake Macquarie

The whole council area, not just Windermere Park · new residential dwellings
to 2026-08

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.

Trailing 12 months
1,212dwellings
+1.6% YoY
Houses
846
detached dwellings
Units
366
townhouses + apartments

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.

Air Quality

CLEAN

PM2.5 averaged 5 µg/m³ in 2025 — below the WHO 2021 annual guideline (5 µg/m³). 1 day exceeded the daily threshold of 25 µg/m³.

PM10 averaged 11.6 µg/m³ · NO₂ averaged 0.27 pphm. Days over the limit in 2025: PM10 1 · NO₂ 0 · ozone 0.

From the Morisset monitoring station, 2.1 km away.

Climate & Setting

from Norah Head AWS, 18.9 km

High rainfall — warm summers, mild winters.

Elevation
6 m
above sea level, at the suburb centre
Distance to the ocean
10.1 km
Annual rainfall
1,272 mm
104 rainy days
Summer max (Jan)
26.4°C
3 days ≥ 35°C
Winter min (Jul)
10.6°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

1 facility within 5 km

EV adoption

0.4%
of light vehicles are electric
Up from 0.03% in 2021
+0.2 points this year

In postcode 2264, 59 of 13,497 registered light vehicles are battery-electric on 31 January 2025. A further 2.4% (330 vehicles) are hybrid or plug-in hybrid, taking the non-petrol, non-diesel share to 2.9%.

Electric share, year by year
2021
0.03%
2022
0.05%
2023
0.13%
2024
0.28%
2025
0.44%

Rooftop solar

52
systems per 100 dwellings
Averaging 6.3 kW each

In postcode 2264, 3,611 rooftop-solar systems totalling 22.8 MW have been installed since 2001, against 7,012 dwellings recorded in the 2021 Census. 238 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.

Systems installed, year by year
2019
264
2020
290
2021
281
2022
295
2023
295
2024
266
2025
202
2026
182

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).

Verify eligibility with Revenue NSW

Mortgage repayments

I'm looking for
Deposit
$
%
Monthly repayment
$4,322
Loan amount
$663,000
Total interest over 30 years
$893,015

8 mortgage brokers are registered in postcode 2264.

Deposit
$165,750
Stamp duty
$31,481
Cash needed at settlement
$197,231

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.

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

Division of Hunter

Currently held by Dan Repacholi Australian Labor Party

Year Winner 2PP ALP 2PP LNP Swing
2025 Dan Repacholi 59.5% 40.5% +4.7
2022 Dan Repacholi 54.0% 46.0% -1.1
2019 Joel Fitzgibbon 53.0% 47.0% +9.5

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

Lake Macquarie District

Currently held by Greg Piper Independent

Next state election: 13 March 2027.

Year Winner Won with
2023 Greg Piper IND 74.1%
2019 Greg Piper IND 72.1%
2015 Greg Piper IND 60.7%

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 Windermere Park

Is Windermere Park a safe place to live?

Recorded crime in Windermere Park is moderate (54/100, ranked against other NSW suburbs on offences per resident).

What natural hazards affect Windermere Park?

Windermere Park has no recorded bushfire history. These are suburb-wide figures; check the address, as flood and bushfire exposure change street by street.

Is Windermere Park a good place to live?

Windermere Park has a SuburbScan Liveability grade of B (50/100), 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 Windermere Park?

Windermere Park, NSW had a population of 722 at the 2021 Australian Bureau of Statistics census.

What is the postcode for Windermere Park, NSW?

The postcode for Windermere Park, NSW is 2264.

How far is Windermere Park from Sydney?

Windermere Park is 118 km from Sydney CBD by road, about 93 minutes by car in normal traffic. Distance is the most-direct driving route, not straight-line.

What is the median household income in Windermere Park?

At the 2021 ABS Census, median household income in Windermere Park was $75,192 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 Windermere Park?

The median advertised rent in Windermere Park is $700 a week for houses (4 listings), from rental listings over the last six months.

What is the median age in Windermere Park?

The median age of residents in Windermere Park was 38 at the 2021 ABS Census.

Is Windermere Park walkable?

Windermere Park scores 61/100 on the SuburbScan Walkability Score, making it somewhat 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 Windermere Park?

The nearest government air-quality monitoring station to Windermere Park (Morisset) recorded a 2025 annual mean PM2.5 of 5.0 µg/m³ and PM10 of 11.6 µg/m³. That puts Windermere Park below the WHO annual guideline of 5 µg/m³.

What is the weather like in Windermere Park?

At the nearest Bureau of Meteorology station to Windermere Park, Norah Head AWS (18.9 km away), summer days average 26.4°C, winter nights 10.6°C, 1,272 mm of rain a year over 104 rainy days, and 3 days a year above 35°C over 2006-2026.

Is the First Home Owner Grant available in Windermere Park?

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 Windermere Park belong to?

Windermere Park sits within the Lake Macquarie local government area. Council rates, planning approvals, and waste collection fall under this LGA.

How much are council rates in Windermere Park?

The average residential rates bill through Lake Macquarie is $1,708 a year (2024). Every suburb in this LGA shares the same schedule — individual bills vary with land value.

How much is being built near Windermere Park?

Across Lake Macquarie, 1,212 new residential dwellings were approved in the year to August 2026 (source: ABS Building Approvals). That's up 1.6% 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 Windermere Park in?

Windermere Park sits within the federal Division of Hunter, currently held by Dan Repacholi (Australian Labor Party).

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