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Freemans Waterhole

26.9 km west of Newcastle city centreCity of Lake Macquarie42 min to Catherine Hill Bay Beach15 min to Lake Macquarienext to Martinsville and Mandalong

Rural locality in the western hinterland. Acreage living, bushland setting, and Hunter Expressway access. Barely classifiable as a suburb - more a collection of rural properties. Buy for the lifestyle, not the return.

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Lake Mac Vibes editorial assessment

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Vibe Score

35/100

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 Freemans Waterhole

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Is Freemans Waterhole a good suburb?

Freemans Waterhole. It scores 35/100 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 Freemans Waterhole?

Rural locality in the western hinterland. Acreage living, bushland setting, and Hunter Expressway access. Barely classifiable as a suburb - more a collection of rural properties... See the full suburb profile for detailed local insights, or check a specific address to see what's happening within 500m.

Momentum: steady

Freemans Waterhole currently reads steady, at low confidence, the pattern: rural locality, minimal development.

Development activity

Major projects and active development applications shaping this suburb

Eco-Tourist Facility and Ancillary Communal Facilities and Swimming Pool, Manager's Residence, Site Office and Demolition

161 Becks Road · Amended Approval

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

Cooranbong Public School (primary) · NAPLAN at

Morisset 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

Martinsville Momentum: steady

Mandalong Momentum: steady

Ryhope Momentum: steady

Awaba Momentum: steady

Mirrabooka Momentum: rising

Myuna Bay 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 Freemans Waterhole. 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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