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Mandalong

30.4 km south-west of Newcastle city centreCity of Lake Macquarie42 min to Catherine Hill Bay Beach9 min to Lake Macquarienext to Martinsville and Cooranbong

Rural acreage area west of the lake. Large properties with bushland and paddock settings. Not suburban in any meaningful sense - this is tree-change territory. Prices reflect land size rather than suburb desirability.

About Lake Macquarie

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Lake Mac Vibes editorial assessment

Median House

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YoY Growth

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Vibe Score

38/100

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 Mandalong

N1

Is Mandalong a good suburb?

Mandalong. It scores 38/100 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 Mandalong?

Rural acreage area west of the lake. Large properties with bushland and paddock settings. Not suburban in any meaningful sense - this is tree-change territory... See the full suburb profile for detailed local insights, or check a specific address to see what's happening within 500m.

Momentum: steady

Mandalong currently reads steady, at low confidence, the pattern: rural acreage west of lake.

Development activity

Major projects and active development applications shaping this suburb

Demolition

97 Mandaluck Chase · Unknown

1 into 2 Lot Subdivision and Single Dwelling House

86 Cut Rock Forest Road · Amended Approval

Shed

124 Midway Road · Approved

Deck, Swimming Pool and Associated Safety Barriers

202 Cut Rock Forest Road · Unknown

Deck, alterations and additions

202 Cut Rock Forest Road · 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

Cooranbong Public School (primary) · NAPLAN at

Morisset High School (secondary) · NAPLAN at

Data: NSW Education · ACARA NAPLAN · MySchool

Suburbs like Mandalong

Where else to look, and how they differ

What's happening next door

Adjacent suburbs and how their signals relate

Martinsville Momentum: steady

Cooranbong Momentum: rising

Freemans Waterhole Momentum: steady

Dora Creek Momentum: steady

Windermere Park Momentum: steady

Eraring 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 Mandalong. Which of it falls within 500 m of one particular house is a different question.

What is in a Surroundings Report · from $29

Found a place in Mandalong?

Check what's happening around any specific address: development, contamination, noise, and more within 500m.

Surroundings reports from $29

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