Newcastle is a suburb of Hunter Valley, New South
Wales and is about 117 kms north-northeast of
NSW's capital city of Sydney. In the 2011 Australian
census the population of Newcastle was 2,384
when there were 1,133 Females and 1,251 Males
living there. The median age for people living in
Newcastle was 36.
The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second
most populated area in the Australian state of New
South Wales and includes most of the Newcastle
and Lake Macquarie local government areas. It is
the hub of the Greater Newcastle area which
includes most parts of the local government areas
of City of Newcastle, City of Lake Macquarie, City
of Cessnock, City of Maitland and Port Stephens
Council.