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Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Redhead

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RedheadDA activity & market read

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

Get Redhead DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
3,785
Population
48
Median age
$1,598/wk
Household income
49
DAs (12 mo)
$1.4M
Median house
$150k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Early industries included a banana orchard and mining. Source ↗

● What the data says

Redhead runs swimming pool / spa first, with renovation / extension (77) close behind: swimming pool / spa leads at 102 of 330 DAs on record. A Premium-tier market on a $1.4M median, a typical job runs $150k.

$47k
87 Redhead Road
Erection of a new structure · 14 Sep 2026
$35k
24 Shortland Street
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 7 Sep 2026
$484k
62 Cowlishaw Street
Dwelling house · 7 Sep 2026
Not stated
69 Kalaroo Road
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia · 26 Aug 2026
$38k
14 Jesmond Street
Swimming pool · 20 Aug 2026
$38k
14 Jesmond Street
Erection of a new structure · 19 Aug 2026
$200k
3 Cain Street
Demolition · 10 Aug 2026
$92k
24 Dodds Street
Dwelling house · 28 Jul 2026
$1.98M
22 Burns Street
Dual occupancy · 23 Jul 2026
$150k
51 Woods Street
Dwelling house · 23 Jul 2026
$300k
27 Steel Street
Secondary dwelling · 15 Jul 2026
$80k
1 Steel Street
Erection of a new structure · 14 Jul 2026
$47k
New Home , 14 Sep 2026
$35k
Pool , 7 Sep 2026
$484k
New Home , 7 Sep 2026
$92k
New Home , 28 Jul 2026
$1.98m
Subdivision , 23 Jul 2026
$150k
New Home , 23 Jul 2026
$300k
Granny Flat , 15 Jul 2026
$80k
New Home , 14 Jul 2026
$160k
New Home , 9 Jul 2026
$60k
New Home , 6 Jul 2026
$102k
New Home , 1 Jul 2026
$108k
New Home , 24 Jun 2026
$199k
Deck or Pergola , 19 Jun 2026
$250k
Renovation , 1 Jun 2026
$272k
Granny Flat , 26 May 2026
$650k
New Home , 18 May 2026
$293k
Granny Flat , 7 May 2026
$253k
Renovation , 5 May 2026
$42k
New Home , 5 May 2026
$2m
New Home , 21 Apr 2026
$558k
Subdivision , 17 Apr 2026
$30k
New Home , 9 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 $150k approval is about 11% of the $1.4M median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

31% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$15.35M
39 Kalaroo Road
Other · 26 Apr 2021
$7.04M
69 Kalaroo Road
Change of use of land or a building or the classification of a building under the Building Code of Australia · 25 Mar 2025
$5.46M
20 Kalaroo Road
Alterations and additions to industrial development · 16 May 2023
$3M
32 Kalaroo Road
Warehouse or distribution centre · 19 Oct 2023
$2.8M
10 High Street
Dual occupancy · 26 Aug 2022

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
330
Total on record
49
Last 12 months
$150k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 330 DAs by category
Swimming Pool / Spa102
Renovation / Extension77
New Dwelling46
Demolition45
Subdivision19
Commercial / Change of use13
Granny Flat / Secondary9
Other9
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 45-54 (515 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Redhead Public School
Primary · Redhead
Jewells Primary School
Primary · Jewells
Dudley Public School
Primary · Dudley

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

Which council handles development applications in Redhead?
Redhead sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Redhead from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Redhead?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 49 development applications in Redhead. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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