Newcastle - Cooks Hill

NSW

Newcastle - Cooks Hill is a growing region in NSW with 14,632 residents.

SA2 code: 111031229
State: NSW

Population

14,632

Estimated 2025

5-Year Growth

+15.4%

3yr: +9.8% · 10yr: +29.9%

5-year growth

Median Rent

$445/wk

Census 2021

Median Income

$1,929/wk

Household, Census 2021

Population over time — Newcastle - Cooks Hill (SA2)

Source: ABS ERP (latest release · 2025) · Census 2021. Numbers refreshed quarterly.

Growth at a Glance

3yr: +9.8%5yr: +15.4%10yr: +29.9%Total: +73.0%

Population grew from 8,459 to 14,632 over 24 years, averaging 2.3% per year.

Demand & supply signals

Derived signals haven't been computed for this region yet.

Roadmap signals

Two more derived metrics are defined in the platform and waiting on upstream-data orchestration. Each will populate here once its source series is wired through.

Affordability trend

Coming soon

RPPI year-on-year divided by WPI year-on-year. Above 1.0 means home prices are outpacing wages; below 1.0 means wages are catching up.

Awaiting: ABS RPPI (6432.0) + WPI (6345.0) GCCSA-grain orchestration.

Rent–price momentum spread

Coming soon

CPI rents year-on-year minus RPPI year-on-year. Positive means rents are gaining on prices; negative means prices are running ahead of rents.

Awaiting: ABS CPI rents component + RPPI orchestration.

Profile

Census snapshot

ABS · 2021

Housing

Public housing 6.4%

Predominantly apartments (63.9%), rental-heavy (53.4% renting).

Dwelling mix

Townhouses 24.3%

Apartments 63.9%

716 houses1,474 townhouses3,876 apartments

Tenure

Owned 25.6%

Mortgage 19.4%

Renting 53.4%

Owned 25.6%Mortgage 19.4%Renting 53.4%Other / NS 1.6%

Number of bedrooms

1 bed

1,232 (20.6%)

2 bed

2,361 (39.6%)

3 bed

1,776 (29.8%)

4 bed

440 (7.4%)

5 bed

114 (1.9%)

6+ bed

45 (0.8%)