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Rankin Park

6.7 km west of Newcastle city centreCity of Newcastle13 min to Dixon Park Beach14 min to Lake Macquarienext to Garden Suburb and New Lambton Heights

Bushland suburb bordering the Newcastle/Lake Mac boundary. Rankin Park provides a green buffer with walking trails and native wildlife. Close to John Hunter Hospital for employment. Larger blocks and a semi-rural feel despite suburban surroundings.

About Newcastle

Newcastle is Australia's seventh-largest city, but it doesn't feel like it. Two hours north of Sydney, it's compact enough to walk from beach to harbour to CBD in 15 minutes.

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Newy Vibes editorial assessment

Median House

$971k

Median Unit

—

YoY Growth

+14.9%

Vibe Score

58/100

Building approvals Licensed venues Late trading Contaminated land Recent sales

Basemap: OpenStreetMap via Protomaps Findings: council registers, NSW Liquor & Gaming, NSW contaminated land register

Common questions about Rankin Park

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What is the median house price in Rankin Park?

The median house price in Rankin Park is $971k. Prices have moved up 14.9% year-on-year, with a upward trajectory. Data: NSW Valuer General. For address-specific property intelligence, check any address on Newy Vibes.

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Is Rankin Park a good suburb?

Rankin Park. The median house is $971k, prices moved +14.9% in a year and it scores 58/100 on our vibe index. Momentum reads steady and the price trajectory is upward. Every figure comes from public registers and is refreshed weekly. A suburb average is not an address, so check the specific street before you commit.

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What's it like living in Rankin Park?

Bushland suburb bordering the Newcastle/Lake Mac boundary. Rankin Park provides a green buffer with walking trails and native wildlife. Close to John Hunter Hospital for employment... See the full suburb profile for detailed local insights, or check a specific address to see what's happening within 500m.

Momentum: steady

Rankin Park currently reads steady, at low confidence, the pattern: bushland suburb near hospital precinct.

Median prices moved +14.9% year on year.

Development activity

Major projects and active development applications shaping this suburb

Retaining walls, Swimming Pool and Associated Safety Barriers and Deck

13 Atherton Close · Unknown

Concrete Swimming Pool and Associated Safety Barriers, and Retaining Walls.

13 Hasluck Drive · Unknown

Covered Deck

53 Atherton Close · Unknown

Dwelling Alterations and Additions, Carport, Shed

214 Grandview Road · Unknown

Retaining Walls

16 Kingsway Avenue · Unknown

Data: Newcastle & Lake Macquarie Councils + NSW Planning Portal

Price trajectory

Median house price: $971k from 53 sales in the 12 months to May 2026, +14.9% year on year.

NSW Valuer General via nswpropertysalesdata.com Sales settled in the 12 months to May 2026

Commercial vibe

Lifestyle venues that signal neighbourhood trajectory

OpenStreetMap data · Updated monthly

Living here

Groceries, medical, terrain, transport, schools

Terrain: mostly flat. 2 medical services mapped.

Data: OpenStreetMap · Terrain curated · Updated quarterly

Schools

New Lambton Public School (primary) · NAPLAN above

Hunter School of the Performing Arts (secondary) · NAPLAN well above

Data: NSW Education · ACARA NAPLAN · MySchool

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What's happening next door

Adjacent suburbs and how their signals relate

Garden Suburb Momentum: steady

New Lambton Heights Momentum: steady

Cardiff Heights Momentum: steady

Elermore Vale Momentum: cooling

Kotara Momentum: steady

Kotara South Momentum: steady

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Risks

Safety

Data: NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research · three-year momentum

Crime is counted per suburb. What a Surroundings Report adds for one address →

Noise sources

Rail: quiet, No rail corridors within 500m. Construction: No significant construction.

Data: OpenStreetMap roads · Transport for NSW traffic counts and rail corridors · NSW Liquor & Gaming

A late-trading venue two streets away is not the same as one at the fence line. Noise within 500 m of an address →

Those risks are suburb-wide. Yours might not be.

Everything above describes Rankin Park. Which of it falls within 500 m of one particular house is a different question.

What is in a Surroundings Report · from $29

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Check what's happening around any specific address: development, contamination, noise, and more within 500m.

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