Newcastle - Cooks Hill
New South Wales · Newcastle · Newcastle and Lake Macquarie
Why “Newcastle - Cooks Hill”? The ABS divides the larger suburb of Newcastle into several statistical areas (SA2s); this profile covers one part of it. Other parts are listed further down. SA2 boundaries don’t always match suburb boundaries.
Newcastle - Cooks Hill is a locality in the Newcastle area of New South Wales. This profile draws on ABS population and Census figures, the ACARA school register and ACECQA childcare ratings for the Newcastle - Cooks Hill SA2.
Schools, childcare & safety
Live data for the Newcastle - Cooks Hill SA2 — ACARA schools register, ACECQA childcare ratings, police-recorded incidents.
The Junction Public School
The government school your child can attend for free by living in Newcastle - Cooks Hill.
The government catchment school for parts of Newcastle - Cooks Hill is The Junction Public School — just outside the suburb boundary (NSW catchment data).
See the catchment on the mapFee-paying schools can’t be enrolled in by zone — they’re shown for context, not as the area’s school quality.
We show school intake context and catchments, not exam results. We don’t publish a school ranking.
Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors. Primary catchment zone shown where matched to official government data. School pins are approximate (ACARA geocoded location).
Schools in Newcastle - Cooks Hill
- Secondary · Government · Years 7-12Enrolment1,072ICSEA1027
- Combined · Independent · Years K-12Enrolment1,049ICSEA1181
- Primary · Government · Years K-6Enrolment260ICSEA1112
- Secondary · Independent · Years 7-9Enrolment79ICSEA1077
ICSEA reflects student intake context, not teaching quality (1000 = national average). All NSW schools →
Childcare & early learning
- Exceeding NQSExplore and Develop King StreetCentre-Based Care · 55 places · Newcastle
- Exceeding NQSHamilton Child Care CentreCentre-Based Care · 44 places · Hamilton
- Exceeding NQSFrog Stomp PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 32 places · Hamilton South
- Exceeding NQSHamilton Community Pre-SchoolCentre-Based Care · 26 places · Hamilton
- Exceeding NQSNewcastle Community PreschoolCentre-Based Care · 25 places · Cooks Hill
- Exceeding NQSCooks Hill Pre-SchoolCentre-Based Care · 20 places · Cooks Hill
- Meeting NQSCreative Childcare Hunter StreetCentre-Based Care · 109 places · Newcastle
- Meeting NQSGo Kindy Newcastle CityCentre-Based Care · 106 places · Newcastle West
- Meeting NQSCreative Childcare HamiltonCentre-Based Care · 96 places · Hamilton
- Meeting NQSSt Nicholas Early Education Newcastle WestCentre-Based Care · 92 places · Newcastle West
- Meeting NQSNewcastle East Out of School HoursCentre-Based Care · 75 places · The Hill
- Meeting NQSExplore & Develop Newcastle EastCentre-Based Care · 74 places · Newcastle
+ 5 more services in this area's postcodes.
NQS = National Quality Standard, rated by ACECQA. Services matched by postcode — verify locations before visiting.
Safety — recorded incidents
- Incidents, latest year
- 1,862
- vs previous year
- -4%
- vs 2021
- 1,327
- Against justice procedures 786
- Theft 451
- Assault 163
- Malicious damage to property 107
- Drug offences 87
Police-recorded incident counts (Calendar years; latest = Jan-Dec 2025). These are not population-adjusted and are not a judgement about the suburb — larger, busier areas record more incidents. More on safety →
Amenities
- GPs / clinics
- 2
- Supermarkets
- 6
- Parks
- 30
- Train stations
- 4
Counts of OSM-tagged features within the Newcastle - Cooks Hill SA2 polygon. OpenStreetMap coverage varies — verify with local directories before relying on these counts.
Climate & hazards
- Bushfire overlay
- Within the designated Bush Fire Prone Land
This shows whether the Newcastle - Cooks Hill SA2 intersects an official New South Wales government hazard overlay. It is the published overlay extent — not a risk rating, hazard score, or insurance assessment, and we compute none. A single property inside the SA2 may or may not be affected. Not financial or insurance advice — check the current planning scheme and your insurer for any specific address.
Property & rent
- Median house price
- $1,863,000
- House price YoY
- -8.3%
- Median 3BR house rent
- $1000/wk
Where did the gain come from?
+349Reading the streams: overseas arrivals were the dominant force — more came from abroad than the suburb grew on its own.
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