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Eraring

28.5 km south-west of Newcastle city centreCity of Lake Macquarie37 min to Catherine Hill Bay Beach2 min to Lake Macquarienext to Dora Creek and Myuna Bay

Home to Australia's largest power station (closing 2027), Eraring's identity is about to change. The lakefront position is genuine but the power station dominates. When it closes, the suburb could benefit from remediation and redevelopment - or stagnate. A wildcard play.

About Lake Macquarie

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Lake Mac Vibes editorial assessment

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Vibe Score

42/100

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 Eraring

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Is Eraring a good suburb?

Eraring. It scores 42/100 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.

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What's it like living in Eraring?

Home to Australia's largest power station (closing 2027), Eraring's identity is about to change. The lakefront position is genuine but the power station dominates. When it closes, the suburb could benefit from remediation and redevelopment - or stagnate... See the full suburb profile for detailed local insights, or check a specific address to see what's happening within 500m.

Momentum: steady

Eraring currently reads steady, at low confidence, the pattern: western shore, power station neighbour.

Development activity

Major projects and active development applications shaping this suburb

Garage

10 Payten Street · Approved

Garage, Storage Shed/Workshop, Awning and Retaining Walls

27 Point Piper Road · Approved

Electricity Generating Works

34 Cross Street · 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. Nearest groceries: FRIENDLY GROCER DORA CREEK (short drive), 1 option within 1.5km.

Data: OpenStreetMap · Terrain curated · Updated quarterly

Schools

Morisset Public School (primary) · NAPLAN at

Morisset High School (secondary) · NAPLAN at

Data: NSW Education · ACARA NAPLAN · MySchool

Suburbs like Eraring

Where else to look, and how they differ

What's happening next door

Adjacent suburbs and how their signals relate

Dora Creek Momentum: steady

Myuna Bay Momentum: steady

Wakefield Momentum: steady

Windermere Park Momentum: steady

Woodrising 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 Eraring. 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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