Newcastle / Tighes Hill
Suburb profile
Tighes Hill
A small, walkable inner-city suburb next to Wickham and the TAFE campus.
$1.07m
Median house price
+2.7%
Growth, 12 months
$750/wk
Median rent
22 days
Avg. time on market
26
Houses sold, 12 months
CoreLogic data via RP Data, 12 months to Sep 2026.
About Tighes Hill
Tighes Hill is a small, tightly held inner-city suburb next to Wickham, home to a TAFE NSW campus and a short walk to Maitland Road's cafes and the CBD.
Housing is mostly older workers' cottages on small blocks, with genuinely limited stock coming to market.
Who buys here
Buyers wanting inner-city walkability and character housing, willing to compete for a genuinely small pool of listings.
Only 26 houses sold in the past year, among the tightest markets on our list, with values up 2.7% over 12 months.
What's nearby
Food & coffee
- Maitland Road, Islington
Education
- TAFE NSW Tighes Hill
Everyday
- Newcastle CBD
- Honeysuckle precinct
Schools
- Tighes Hill Public School
- Newcastle High School
Reading on Tighes Hill
Buying in Tighes Hill
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