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Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Teralba

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TeralbaDA activity & market read

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

Get Teralba DAs · $35/moGovernment DA data
2,654
Population
37
Median age
$2,060/wk
Household income
46
DAs (12 mo)
$692k
Median house
$267k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

Early industries included coal mining, gravel quarries and market gardens. Source ↗

● What the data says

Teralba runs new dwelling first, with swimming pool / spa (97) close behind: new dwelling leads at 169 of 396 DAs on record. A Established-tier market on a $692k median, a typical job runs $267k, approvals are down 36% year on year.

$47k
19 Read Place
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 22 Sep 2026
$57k
22 Cordage Way
Swimming pool · 15 Sep 2026
$19k
18 Fishermans Drive
Erection of a new structure · 3 Sep 2026
Not stated
95 Railway Street
Multi-dwelling housing · 30 Aug 2026
$1.2M
10 Caravel Street
Dwelling house · 11 Aug 2026
$50k
12 Blair Street
Dwelling house · 6 Aug 2026
$1.47M
36 Outrigger Drive
Dwelling house · 5 Aug 2026
$130k
24 Cordage Way
Erection of a new structure · 24 Jul 2026
$235k
214 Fishermans Drive
Dwelling house · 21 Jul 2026
$713k
10 Rodgers Street
Dwelling house · 17 Jul 2026
Not stated
5 Rodgers Street
Demolition · 15 Jul 2026
$1.17M
52D Outrigger Drive
Secondary dwelling · 8 Jul 2026
$47k
Deck or Pergola , 22 Sep 2026
$1.2m
New Home , 11 Aug 2026
$50k
New Home , 6 Aug 2026
$1.47m
New Home , 5 Aug 2026
$130k
New Home , 24 Jul 2026
$235k
New Home , 21 Jul 2026
$713k
New Home , 17 Jul 2026
$1.17m
Granny Flat , 8 Jul 2026
$464k
New Home , 1 Jul 2026
$40k
New Home , 26 Jun 2026
$65k
Retaining Wall , 24 Jun 2026
$835k
New Home , 17 Jun 2026
$5,300
New Home , 1 Jun 2026
$778k
New Home , 26 May 2026
$636k
New Home , 8 May 2026
$45k
New Home , 8 May 2026
$15k
Subdivision , 5 May 2026
$38k
New Home , 4 May 2026
$49k
Deck or Pergola , 24 Apr 2026
$487k
New Home , 22 Apr 2026
$80k
New Home , 15 Apr 2026
Rebuild market

46% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $267k approval is about 39% of the $692k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

Lifestyle spend

24% of approvals are pools, decks and fencing, a discretionary-spend signal for pool, landscape and fencing trades.

$14.77M
12 Rodgers Street
Demolition · 13 Nov 2024
$6.18M
38 Pitt Street
Dwelling · 25 Mar 2021
$5.75M
50 Outrigger Drive
Group homes · 12 Sep 2023
$5.47M
73 Railway Street
Multi-dwelling housing · 19 Dec 2023
$4.5M
113 Railway Street
Multi-dwelling housing · 17 Mar 2021

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
396
Total on record
46
Last 12 months
$267k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 396 DAs by category
New Dwelling169
Swimming Pool / Spa97
Renovation / Extension33
Subdivision26
Deck / Balcony / Fence18
Granny Flat / Secondary13
Demolition12
Dual Occupancy / Multi11
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 (424 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Booragul Public School
Primary · Booragul
Five Islands School
Schools for Specific Purposes · Booragul
Lake Macquarie High School
Secondary · Booragul
Teralba Public School
Primary · Teralba
Fennell Bay Public School
Primary · Fennell Bay
Speers Point Public School
Primary · Speers Point

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

Which council handles development applications in Teralba?
Teralba sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Teralba from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Teralba?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 46 development applications in Teralba. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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