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Cams Wharf

25.3 km south-west of Newcastle city centreCity of Lake Macquarie8 min to Caves Beach8 min to Lake Macquarienext to Nords Wharf and Pinny Beach

Tiny hamlet on the Wallarah Peninsula with dual access to lake and ocean. A handful of houses, no shops, maximum privacy. Weekend retreat territory more than permanent living. Prices are lower than neighbouring Caves Beach but rising as the peninsula gets discovered.

About Lake Macquarie

Lake Mac is where Newcastle people move when they want space, water, and a slower clock. The vibe is family-friendly, boat-friendly, retirement-friendly.

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Lake Mac Vibes editorial assessment

Median House

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Median Unit

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YoY Growth

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Vibe Score

52/100

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 Cams Wharf

Is Cams Wharf a good suburb?

Cams Wharf. It scores 52/100 on our vibe index. Momentum reads steady and the price trajectory is stable. 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.

What's it like living in Cams Wharf?

Tiny hamlet on the Wallarah Peninsula with dual access to lake and ocean. A handful of houses, no shops, maximum privacy. Weekend retreat territory more than permanent living... See the full suburb profile for detailed local insights, or check a specific address to see what's happening within 500m.

Momentum: steady

Cams Wharf currently reads steady, at low confidence, the pattern: quiet peninsula hamlet, lake and ocean access.

Development activity

Major projects and active development applications shaping this suburb

Demolition, Pub, Function Centre, Swimming Pool, Car Park and Temporary Function Centre

1 Wild Duck Drive · Amended Approval

Shed

1 Wild Duck Drive · Unknown

Demolition, Pub, Function Centre, Swimming Pool, Car Park and Temporary Function Centre

1 Wild Duck Drive · Amended Approval

Shed

1 Wild Duck Drive · Unknown

Subdivision - Community Title

170 Currawong Circuit · Unknown

Data: Newcastle & Lake Macquarie Councils + NSW Planning Portal

Price trajectory

Too few sales here in the past year to publish a median. A price from a handful of sales says more about those houses than about the suburb.

NSW Valuer General via nswpropertysalesdata.com

Commercial vibe

Lifestyle venues that signal neighbourhood trajectory

OpenStreetMap data · Updated monthly

Living here

Groceries, medical, terrain, transport, schools

Terrain: mostly flat.

Data: OpenStreetMap · Terrain curated · Updated quarterly

Schools

Swansea Public School (primary) · NAPLAN at

Lake Munmorah High School (secondary) · NAPLAN at

Data: NSW Education · ACARA NAPLAN · MySchool

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What's happening next door

Adjacent suburbs and how their signals relate

Nords Wharf Momentum: steady

Median $1.1M

Pinny Beach Momentum: steady

Murrays Beach Momentum: steady

Median $1.2M

Moonee Momentum: steady

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 Cams Wharf. 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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