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Suburbs / Lake Macquarie / Whitebridge

NSW Planning fileLake Macquarie City Council2290Updated daily

WhitebridgeDA activity & market read

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

2,900
Population
40
Median age
$2,062/wk
Household income
38
DAs (12 mo)
$850k
Median house
$100k
Median DA cost
● About the area · cited

The area was named after a white truss bridge that crosses the Belmont Railway Line later replaced by a concrete bridge now part of Dudley Road. Source ↗

● What the data says

Whitebridge runs renovation / extension first, with swimming pool / spa (53) close behind: renovation / extension leads at 70 of 236 DAs on record. A Prestige-tier market on a $850k median, a typical job runs $100k, approvals are up 9% year on year.

$352k
194 Dudley Road
Dwelling house · 2 Sep 2026
$156k
37 Paterson Close
Dwelling house · 28 Aug 2026
$35k
3 Harrow Close
Dwelling house · 26 Aug 2026
$652k
34 Lonus Avenue
Dwelling house · 17 Aug 2026
$350k
51A Bulls Garden Road
Dwelling house · 14 Aug 2026
$567k
13 Petaurus Close
Dwelling house · 4 Aug 2026
$4k
80 Lonus Avenue
Erection of a new structure · 29 Jul 2026
$247k
6 Yaringa Place
Secondary dwelling · 24 Jul 2026
$590k
102 Burwood Road
Dwelling house · 16 Jul 2026
$300k
30 Barraba Street
Dwelling house · 14 Jul 2026
$30k
34 Lonus Avenue
Demolition · 8 Jul 2026
$5k
64 Lonus Avenue
Subdivision · 25 Jun 2026
$35k
New Home , 26 Aug 2026
$652k
New Home , 17 Aug 2026
$567k
New Home , 4 Aug 2026
$4,000
New Home , 29 Jul 2026
$247k
Granny Flat , 24 Jul 2026
$590k
New Home , 16 Jul 2026
$300k
New Home , 14 Jul 2026
$700k
New Home , 25 Jun 2026
$511k
New Home , 23 Jun 2026
$516k
New Home , 12 Jun 2026
$495k
New Home , 12 Jun 2026
$19k
New Home , 29 May 2026
$40k
Renovation , 27 May 2026
$330k
New Home , 15 May 2026
$125k
New Home , 14 May 2026
$12k
Renovation , 11 May 2026
$869k
New Home , 15 Apr 2026
$263k
New Home , 10 Apr 2026
$141k
New Home , 10 Apr 2026
Renovate-and-stay

30% of approvals are alterations and additions, so the work here is improving homes, not replacing them, your customer is a settled owner-occupier.

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 $100k approval is about 12% of the $850k median home, these are substantial transformations, not cosmetic touch-ups.

$4.77M
22 Burwood Road
Dwelling · 25 May 2021
$4.5M
2 Burwood Road
Dwelling · 12 Oct 2022
$4.2M
23 Hudson Street
Attached dwelling · 5 Jun 2026
$3.5M
1 Kopa Street
Demolition · 8 Nov 2022
$3M
9 Baroonba Street
Multi-dwelling housing · 6 Jun 2022

DAs lodged

Monthly, last 24 months (real NSW ePlanning data)
236
Total on record
38
Last 12 months
$100k
Median cost
1110

What they're building

All 236 DAs by category
Renovation / Extension70
Swimming Pool / Spa53
New Dwelling35
Demolition32
Subdivision17
Deck / Balcony / Fence13
Dual Occupancy / Multi6
Granny Flat / Secondary4
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 5-14 (418 residents). Real ABS 2021 census bands, the resident profile behind who renovates, extends and builds.
Whitebridge High School
Secondary · Whitebridge
Charlestown East Public School
Primary · Charlestown
Dudley Public School
Primary · Dudley
Kahibah Public School
Primary · Kahibah
Wiripaang Public School
Primary · Gateshead
Hunter Sports High School
Secondary · Gateshead

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

Which council handles development applications in Whitebridge?
Whitebridge sits in the Lake Macquarie City Council area. DA Notice pulls every DA Lake Macquarie City Council lodges for Whitebridge from the public NSW Planning Portal.
How many development approvals are there in Whitebridge?
In the last 365 days, Lake Macquarie City Council lodged 38 development applications in Whitebridge. We text you the new ones each Monday, filtered to your trade.
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