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Murrays Beach

26.7 km south-west of Newcastle city centreCity of Lake Macquarie3 min to Catherine Hill Bay Beach3 min to Lake Macquarienext to Catherine Hill Bay and Cams Wharf

Relatively new residential development on the Wallarah Peninsula, near Catherine Hill Bay. Modern homes on the southern end of the peninsula with bushland setting and coastal access. Part of the broader peninsula development story that's transforming this stretch of coast.

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

Building approvals Licensed venues Late trading Contaminated land Recent sales

Basemap: OpenStreetMap via Protomaps Findings: council registers, NSW Liquor & Gaming, NSW contaminated land register

Momentum: steady

Murrays Beach currently reads steady, at low confidence, the pattern: new coastal development near catherine hill bay.

Median prices moved +5.7% year on year.

Development activity

Major projects and active development applications shaping this suburb

Dwelling House

36 Freshwater Crescent · Approved

Dwelling House and Retaining Wall

6 Centella Rise · Approved

Dwelling House

33 Whistling Kite Circuit · Approved

Dwelling House

5 Hibbertia Rise · Approved

Dwelling House

2 Hibbertia Rise · Unknown

Data: Newcastle & Lake Macquarie Councils + NSW Planning Portal

Price trajectory

Median house price: $1.2M from 31 sales in the 12 months to May 2026, +5.7% year on year.

NSW Valuer General via nswpropertysalesdata.com Sales settled in the 12 months to May 2026

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

Suburbs like Murrays Beach

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What's happening next door

Adjacent suburbs and how their signals relate

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 Murrays Beach. 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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