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Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Rathmines

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RathminesDA activity & market read

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

Get Rathmines DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
2,076
Population
47
Median age
$1,517/wk
Household income
22
DAs (12 mo)
$714k
Median house
$98k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

It was named after the town of Rathmines in Ireland. Source ↗

● What the data says

Rathmines runs swimming pool / spa first, with new dwelling (29) close behind: swimming pool / spa leads at 37 of 141 DAs on record. A Established-tier market on a $714k median, a typical job runs $98k, approvals are up 38% year on year.

$389k
21 Clydebank Road
Dual occupancy · 14 Sep 2026
$312k
61 Rosemary Row
Dwelling house · 26 Aug 2026
$300k
43 Fishing Point Road
Erection of a new structure · 11 Aug 2026
$10k
1 Dorrington Road
Erection of a new structure · 8 Jul 2026
$25k
28 Harborne Avenue
Dwelling house · 13 Jun 2026
$30.96M
13 Darrambal Close
Signage · 18 May 2026
$90k
56 Rosemary Row
Erection of a new structure · 14 May 2026
$10k
68 Rosemary Row
Erection of a new structure · 6 May 2026
$67k
7 Burnage Place
Erection of a new structure · 21 Apr 2026
$9k
40 Hampstead Way
Erection of a new structure · 20 Apr 2026
$464k
40 Hampstead Way
Dwelling house · 17 Apr 2026
$48k
12 Overhill Road
Erection of a new structure · 1 Apr 2026
$389k
Subdivision , 14 Sep 2026
$312k
New Home , 26 Aug 2026
$9,900
New Home , 8 Jul 2026
$25k
New Home , 13 Jun 2026
$30.96m
Subdivision , 18 May 2026
$90k
New Home , 14 May 2026
$10k
New Home , 6 May 2026
$67k
New Home , 21 Apr 2026
$9,000
New Home , 20 Apr 2026
$464k
New Home , 17 Apr 2026
Rebuild market

28% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $98k approval is about 14% of the $714k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

26% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$30.96M
13 Darrambal Close
Signage · 18 May 2026
$3.08M
3 Immarna Road
Demolition · 5 Jun 2024
$2.87M
7 Darrambal Close
Demolition · 6 Jan 2025
$2.75M
79 Fishing Point Road
Secondary dwelling · 3 Sep 2024
$2.37M
18 Fishing Point Road
Residential flat building · 4 Mar 2026

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
141
Total on record
22
Last 12 months
$98k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 141 DAs by category
Swimming Pool / Spa37
New Dwelling29
Renovation / Extension20
Subdivision11
Deck / Balcony / Fence10
Demolition10
Other7
Granny Flat / Secondary7
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 65-74 (337 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Rathmines Public School
Primary · Rathmines
Arcadia Vale Public School
Primary · Arcadia Vale
Coal Point Public School
Primary · Coal Point
Wangi Wangi Public School
Primary · Wangi Wangi

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

Which council handles development applications in Rathmines?
Rathmines sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Rathmines from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Rathmines?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 22 development applications in Rathmines. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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