Callaghan is in Newcastle LGA, NSW, postcode 2308, with population 1,358.
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Located in New South Wales within the Newcastle local government area, Callaghan is a close-knit residential community (postcode 2308). The area has roughly 1,358 residents and a younger resident base, with a median age of 20. Recent annual estimates show population movement staying broadly stable across the broader catchment, with population growth running at +1.1% year-on-year at the LGA level. NSW employment has moved +0.3% year-on-year in the official Jobs and Skills Australia NERO series, which provides the broader jobs backdrop for this suburb. NSW also had 37 Commonwealth-backed major projects under construction, 5 underway, and 75 in planning as at 2 October 2024, which is useful as a broader delivery backdrop rather than a suburb-specific project count. The most common occupations are community & personal service, sales, labourers. Employment in the area leans toward retail trade and accommodation & food. The top ancestries reported are Australian, English, Irish.
Public transport access includes 9 bus stops. The crime rate in the Newcastle LGA is moderate at 6,285 incidents per 100,000 population.
Looking at the investment signals, Population growth of +1.1% year-on-year points to stable demand fundamentals. Building approvals have changed +0% year-on-year, indicating steady development activity.
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Callaghan is in the Newcastle Local Government Area, NSW, postcode 2308. Council-level context for Newcastle LGA (suburb mix, population, rent, and price coverage) is available on the QuickProperty LGA page.
QuickProperty's investment signals for Callaghan show: Stable, Steady. These are computed from price, rent, income, and population data — not an opaque score.
Property prices come from state Valuers General offices and ABS Data by Region. Demographics are from ABS Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA. Crime statistics are from state police agencies. Transport data is sourced from GTFS feeds.
Property prices update quarterly. RBA macro indicators update with each deploy. Demographics are from Census 2021. School ICSEA scores are from ACARA 2025.