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LEARN MORE ABOUT .idBetween 2021 and 2046, Newcastle - Newcastle East - Newcastle West is forecast for the greatest increase in development of new dwellings in the City of Newcastle.
Visualising the geographic pattern of growth in dwelling stock across the City of Newcastle is a good starting point for assessing the scale and type of change each part of the area is undergoing. Some areas will be experiencing significant growth in new dwellings, either through greenfield development or densification and renewal.
However it would be a mistake to assume that areas not experiencing significant housing development are not undergoing change. Other processes will be at work such as the aging-in-place of the existing population and changing household structures. The age structure map helps visualize population shifts.
| Forecast dwellings and development | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of Newcastle | 2021 | 2046 | Change between 2021 and 2046 | |||
| Area | Number | % | Number | % | Number | % |
| City of Newcastle | 74,398 | 100.0 | 94,184 | 100.0 | +19,786 | +26.6 |
| Adamstown | 2,811 | 3.8 | 3,395 | 3.6 | +584 | +20.8 |
| Adamstown Heights | 1,751 | 2.4 | 1,751 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 |
| Bar Beach - The Junction | 1,103 | 1.5 | 1,631 | 1.7 | +528 | +47.9 |
| Beresfield - Tarro - Northern Environmental Region | 2,424 | 3.3 | 2,543 | 2.7 | +119 | +4.9 |
| Birmingham Gardens - Callaghan | 1,092 | 1.5 | 1,267 | 1.3 | +175 | +16.0 |
| Broadmeadow - Hamilton North | 1,344 | 1.8 | 2,317 | 2.5 | +973 | +72.4 |
| Carrington | 986 | 1.3 | 993 | 1.1 | +6 | +0.6 |
| Cooks Hill | 2,064 | 2.8 | 2,629 | 2.8 | +565 | +27.4 |
| Elermore Vale - Rankin Park | 2,977 | 4.0 | 3,935 | 4.2 | +958 | +32.2 |
| Fletcher - Minmi | 2,756 | 3.7 | 5,344 | 5.7 | +2,588 | +93.9 |
| Georgetown - Waratah | 3,079 | 4.1 | 3,813 | 4.0 | +734 | +23.8 |
| Hamilton | 2,244 | 3.0 | 3,512 | 3.7 | +1,268 | +56.5 |
| Hamilton South - Hamilton East | 2,379 | 3.2 | 2,449 | 2.6 | +70 | +2.9 |
| Islington - Tighes Hill | 1,803 | 2.4 | 2,358 | 2.5 | +555 | +30.8 |
| Jesmond | 1,364 | 1.8 | 1,546 | 1.6 | +182 | +13.4 |
| Kotara | 1,709 | 2.3 | 1,765 | 1.9 | +55 | +3.2 |
| Lambton | 2,261 | 3.0 | 2,422 | 2.6 | +162 | +7.1 |
| Maryland | 2,894 | 3.9 | 3,011 | 3.2 | +117 | +4.0 |
| Maryville - Wickham | 1,734 | 2.3 | 2,363 | 2.5 | +629 | +36.3 |
| Mayfield - Mayfield East | 5,375 | 7.2 | 6,215 | 6.6 | +841 | +15.6 |
| Mayfield West - Warabrook | 1,657 | 2.2 | 1,750 | 1.9 | +93 | +5.6 |
| Merewether - Merewether Heights | 5,615 | 7.5 | 5,923 | 6.3 | +308 | +5.5 |
| New Lambton - New Lambton Heights | 4,814 | 6.5 | 4,986 | 5.3 | +172 | +3.6 |
| Newcastle - Newcastle East - Newcastle West | 4,473 | 6.0 | 10,267 | 10.9 | +5,795 | +129.6 |
| North Lambton | 1,516 | 2.0 | 1,667 | 1.8 | +151 | +9.9 |
| Shortland - Sandgate | 2,146 | 2.9 | 2,302 | 2.4 | +156 | +7.3 |
| Stockton | 1,857 | 2.5 | 2,002 | 2.1 | +145 | +7.8 |
| The Hill | 1,151 | 1.5 | 1,358 | 1.4 | +208 | +18.0 |
| Wallsend | 5,807 | 7.8 | 7,419 | 7.9 | +1,612 | +27.7 |
| Waratah West | 1,212 | 1.6 | 1,251 | 1.3 | +39 | +3.2 |
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