DA Notice

Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Wangi Wangi

NSW Planning fileLake Macquarie City Council2267Updated daily

Wangi WangiDA activity & market read

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

2,920
Population
54
Median age
$1,339/wk
Household income
39
DAs (12 mo)
$775k
Median house
$140k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

The suburb is also home to the retired Wangi Power Station, which operated from 1956 to 1986. Source ↗

● What the data says

Wangi Wangi runs renovation / extension first, with swimming pool / spa (54) close behind: renovation / extension leads at 56 of 262 DAs on record. A Established-tier market on a $775k median, a typical job runs $140k, approvals are up 22% year on year.

$314k
115 Watkins Road
Dwelling house · 17 Sep 2026
$51k
19A Tuloa Street
Secondary dwelling · 14 Sep 2026
$44k
239 Watkins Road
Erection of a new structure · 11 Sep 2026
$163k
9 Rees Street
Secondary dwelling · 10 Sep 2026
$71k
80 Dobell Drive
Demolition · 9 Sep 2026
$193k
133B Dobell Drive
Dwelling house · 20 Aug 2026
$140k
26 Rees Street
Subdivision · 17 Aug 2026
$500k
292 Dobell Drive
Dwelling house · 4 Aug 2026
$555k
1 Dobell Drive
Dwelling house · 31 Jul 2026
$911k
149 Dobell Drive
Secondary dwelling · 30 Jul 2026
$12k
61 Wangi Point Road
Subdivision · 13 Jul 2026
Not stated
88 Watkins Road
Alterations or additions to an existing building or structure · 22 Jun 2026
$314k
New Home , 17 Sep 2026
$51k
Granny Flat , 14 Sep 2026
$71k
New Home , 9 Sep 2026
$193k
New Home , 20 Aug 2026
$140k
Subdivision , 17 Aug 2026
$500k
New Home , 4 Aug 2026
$555k
New Home , 31 Jul 2026
$911k
Granny Flat , 30 Jul 2026
$314k
New Home , 22 Jul 2026
$12k
Subdivision , 13 Jul 2026
$538k
New Home , 18 Jun 2026
$43k
New Home , 15 Jun 2026
$7,000
New Home , 27 May 2026
$458k
New Home , 21 May 2026
$1.19m
Dual Occupancy , 18 May 2026
$242k
Granny Flat , 13 May 2026
$1.02m
Dual Occupancy , 11 May 2026
$694k
New Home , 9 Apr 2026
Investor-active

20% of approvals are dual-occupancy, subdivision or granny flats, above the 13% coast norm, so a real share of the work is yield-driven, developers and landlords, not just homeowners.

Rebuild market

30% of approvals are new builds or demolitions, so knock-down-rebuild is a genuine slice here, not just extensions.

Big-ticket jobs

the typical $140k approval is about 18% of the $775k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

$7.54M
38 French Road
Demolition · 11 Apr 2023
$3.2M
281 Watkins Road
Stratum / community title subdivision · 14 Dec 2022
$2.8M
11 Dobell Drive
Seniors housing · 16 Apr 2024
$1.8M
9 French Road
Multi-dwelling housing · 13 Oct 2023
$1.49M
71 Dobell Drive
Subdivision · 4 Mar 2025

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
262
Total on record
39
Last 12 months
$140k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 262 DAs by category
Renovation / Extension56
Swimming Pool / Spa54
New Dwelling46
Demolition33
Subdivision24
Granny Flat / Secondary19
Deck / Balcony / Fence10
Dual Occupancy / Multi9
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 (560 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Wangi Wangi Public School
Primary · Wangi Wangi
Arcadia Vale Public School
Primary · Arcadia Vale
Rathmines Public School
Primary · Rathmines

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

Which council handles development applications in Wangi Wangi?
Wangi Wangi sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Wangi Wangi from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Wangi Wangi?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 39 development applications in Wangi Wangi. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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