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Warabrook

6.0 km north-west of Newcastle city centreCity of Newcastle15 min to Bar Beach24 min to Lake Macquarienext to Mayfield West and Waratah West

Late-1990s townhouses between the wetlands and the station

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Newy Vibes editorial assessment

Building approvals Licensed venues Late trading Contaminated land Recent sales

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

Momentum: steady

Warabrook currently reads steady, at moderate confidence, the pattern: late-1990s townhouses between the wetlands and the station.

Median prices moved -4.6% year on year.

Development activity

Major projects and active development applications shaping this suburb

Industrial training facility - change of use including alterations and additions.

14 Callistemon Close Warabrook NSW 2304 · Approved · $233,200

Dwelling House - ancillary dev

31 Angophora Drive Warabrook NSW 2304 · Unknown

Data: Newcastle & Lake Macquarie Councils + NSW Planning Portal

Price trajectory

Median house price: $933k from 18 sales in the 12 months to Aug 2026, -4.6% year on year.

Median unit price: $730k from 15 sales in the 12 months to Aug 2026.

This is a thin market. Fewer than 30 homes sold here in the past year, so the figure above moves a long way on a single unusual sale. Read it as a rough guide, not a firm price.

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

Commercial vibe

Lifestyle venues that signal neighbourhood trajectory

OpenStreetMap data · Updated monthly

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Risks

Safety

Safety rating: Safe · three-year trend: stable.

Noise sources

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 Warabrook. Which of it falls within 500 m of one particular house is a different question.

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