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Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Macquarie Hills

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Macquarie HillsDA activity & market read

Every council DA in Macquarie Hills, the work behind it, and who's building. Tradies get the new ones texted every Monday, filtered to their trade.

Get Macquarie Hills DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
3,605
Population
35
Median age
$2,241/wk
Household income
17
DAs (12 mo)
$770k
Median house
$48k
Median DA cost
Ground truth
● What the data says

Macquarie Hills runs swimming pool / spa first, with renovation / extension (44) close behind: swimming pool / spa leads at 51 of 157 DAs on record. A Premium-tier market on a $770k median, a typical job runs $48k, approvals are down 43% year on year.

Recent approvals
$180k
4 Sacramento Avenue
Dwelling house · 7 Aug 2026
$18k
20 Lawson Road
Erection of a new structure · 7 Jul 2026
$292k
127 Macquarie Road
Place of public worship · 24 Jun 2026
$25k
21 Monterey Avenue
Dwelling house · 27 May 2026
$41k
15 Fitzwilliam Circuit
Erection of a new structure · 6 May 2026
$65k
80 Dalmeny Drive
Erection of a new structure · 17 Apr 2026
Not stated
26 Blantyre Road
Subdivision · 13 Apr 2026
$129k
1 Sacramento Avenue
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 13 Mar 2026
$72k
7 Kuraman Close
Erection of a new structure · 6 Mar 2026
$48k
16 Rosebery Avenue
Dwelling house · 23 Feb 2026
$1.02M
26 Blantyre Road
Dual occupancy · 23 Jan 2026
$60k
2 Hume Close
Erection of a new structure · 16 Dec 2025
Applications with a full record
$180k
4 Sacramento Ave Macquarie Hills
New Home , 7 Aug 2026
$18k
20 Lawson Rd Macquarie Hills
New Home , 7 Jul 2026
$41k
15 Fitzwilliam Cct Macquarie Hills
New Home , 6 May 2026
$65k
80 Dalmeny Dr Macquarie Hills
New Home , 17 Apr 2026
Market read · who's building here
Renovate-and-stay

28% of approvals are alterations and additions, so the work here is improving homes, not replacing them, your customer is a settled owner-occupier.

Lifestyle spend

32% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

Major projects · biggest approvals by value
$2.29M
127 Macquarie Road
Place of public worship · 7 Nov 2024
$1.9M
6 Wentworth Road
Industrial development · 13 Sep 2021
$1.02M
26 Blantyre Road
Dual occupancy · 23 Jan 2026
$781k
47 Lawson Road
Dwelling · 5 Apr 2023
$676k
8 Kariba Close
Dwelling · 31 Oct 2022
Development activity

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
157
Total on record
17
Last 12 months
$48k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 157 DAs by category
Swimming Pool / Spa51
Renovation / Extension44
New Dwelling25
Deck / Balcony / Fence11
Dual Occupancy / Multi8
Subdivision5
Demolition5
Other5
Who lives here
0-4
5-14
15-19
20-24
25-34
35-44
45-54
55-64
65-74
75-84
85+
The biggest age band here is 25-34 (556 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Schools nearby
Cardiff Public School
Primary · Cardiff
Cardiff South Public School
Primary · Cardiff South
Biddabah Public School
Primary · Warners Bay
Warners Bay High School
Secondary · Warners Bay
Argenton Public School
Primary · Argenton
Cardiff High School
Secondary · Cardiff

NSW public schools within ~3.5 km. Source: NSW Department of Education schools master dataset.

Common questions
Which council handles development applications in Macquarie Hills?
Macquarie Hills sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Macquarie Hills from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Macquarie Hills?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 17 development applications in Macquarie Hills. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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