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8 Hughes Street, Gateshead NSW 2290

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Flood
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Bushfire
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Not within a mapped bushfire hazard area.
Zoning
Residential
General residential — standard housing; allowable density varies by precinct.

Council zone: Neighbourhood Centre

School catchment
2 zones
PrimaryWiripaang Public School
SecondaryHunter Sports High School
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Property values

Median sale price across Gateshead's postcode area

Houses
$1,115,000+17.39%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025
Units & apartments
$755,000+14.39%
Postcode-area median · Q4 2025

Postcode-area median — NSW figures are reported by postcode, so this covers Gateshead and nearby suburbs sharing its postcode. Not a valuation of this specific property. Source: NSW DCJ Rent and Sales Report — sales tables (postcode).

Crime

Reported offences around Lake Macquarie

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7,157
offences per 100k — Lake Macquarie council area
15,313
reported offences (last 12 months) in the Lake Macquarie council area
01,0002,000202120222023202420252026

Reported offences in the Lake Macquarie council area over time

Development in the area

New dwellings approved across Lake Macquarie council

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1,187
Dwellings/yr
768
Houses
419
Units
01,0002,0002020202120222023202420252026

New dwellings approved in the 12 months to May 2026, across the whole Lake Macquarie council area (not just this address). Source: ABS Building Approvals.

Who lives here

6.9% of Gateshead’s 3,121 residents were born overseas

Top ancestries

Australian47.1%
English39.3%
Australian Aboriginal11.6%
Scottish10.3%
Irish8.8%
German3.6%

Top countries of birth

England1.2%
New Zealand1.2%
Philippines0.6%
India0.4%
United States0.4%
Scotland0.3%

Suburb-level profile for Gateshead, not this specific address. Ancestry counts people reporting each ancestry (up to two each), as a share of responses. Source: ABS 2021 Census.

A note on insurance. This is government flood and bushfire mapping — the public data that insurers’ databases (NFID) are built from. Insurers price using proprietary, address-level models (and Bushfire Attack Level for bushfire), so use this to inform an insurance quote, not replace one.

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Indicative only — verify with the relevant council or department before relying on it. Sources: NSW Department of Planning (land zoning & flood-planning overlays), NSW Rural Fire Service (bushfire-prone land), NSW Department of Education (school catchments), NSW BOCSAR (crime), Geoscape G-NAF (addresses).